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The United States International Trade Commission (ITC) on Dec. 13 voted 6-0 to move forward against China regarding possible illegal HFC-134a refrigerant coming into the United States. The ITC said in a news release that there is a “reasonable indication” that U.S. industry is materially injured by the imports.

The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) has released $1 million in second round funding for its Game Changer Energy Innovation Competitive Grant Program. It invites applications to develop Maryland-based projects that support deployment of “game changing” renewable and clean energy generation and storage technologies.

At its Dec. 11 meeting, the California Energy Commission (CEC) voted to push back the effective date for the 2013 Building Energy Efficiency Standards, also known as Title 24, from Jan. 1, 2014, to July 1, 2014.

Follett Corp. has announced that all 7 Series ice-only dispensers, with integral air-cooled ice machine producing up to 125 pounds (56.7 kg) of Chewblet® ice daily, are now Energy Star® qualified.

Show management has announced that the 2014 International Air-Conditioning, Heating, Refrigerating Exposition (AHR Expo) in New York City, scheduled for Jan. 21-23, will be the largest HVACR exposition ever held in the Northeast.

Two reports from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) find that non-hardware costs for solar — often referred to as soft costs — now comprise up to 64 percent of the total price of residential solar energy systems.

Iceotope announced that the application of its data center cooling system at the University of Leeds has received the Best Technology Innovation award from the Computer Weekly European User Awards for Data Centre program.

The Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) announced that it has updated its ANSI/ACCA 4 QM – 2013 Standard (Maintenance of Residential HVAC Systems).

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded nearly $4 million to 13 states to increase statewide energy savings and boost the energy efficiency of public institutions, local governments, and industrial sectors.