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ecobee has announced a new partnership with Electricity Maine and Thayer Corp. to conduct a pilot project as part of the Efficiency Maine Innovation Program.

Direct Energy, one of North America’s largest energy and energy-related services companies, has agreed to acquire AWHR America’s Water Heater Rentals L.L.C. from MWHR, a U.S. based investment entity, for $30 million in cash plus working capital.

Coyne College, a leader in education and training for HVAC and refrigeration and other career fields, announced that representatives from more than 45 companies located throughout metropolitan Chicago will attend a career fair for current Coyne students and graduates.

For the second straight year, a team of University of Maryland (UMD) students has won the Max Tech and Beyond Design Competition for Ultra-Low-Energy-Use Appliances and Equipment.

Demand for the services of commissioning professionals is rising and will continue to rise into the near future, according to a survey by PECI and the Building Commissioning Association (BCA).

Combined United States shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps totaled 721,979 units in July 2013, up 15.2 percent from 626,951 units shipped in July 2012, according to figures from the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI).

EMCOR Services Fluidics is helping building owners comply with the city of Philadelphia’s new benchmarking law (Bill #120428), which requires all buildings 50,000 square feet and larger to benchmark energy and water consumption annually.

MBM Insurance Resource Center announced that it has retained Cochrane & Associates to help market the insurance plans offered by MBM for IAQ professionals and mold remediation contractors.

This year, in addition to its Student Design Competition, ASHRAE also presented students with its new Applied Engineering Challenge, which invited them to design a portable refrigeration unit.

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, are working to take research innovations from their labs into the real world to cut commercial building energy consumption by close to a third, and give office workers more control over their personal comfort.