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The Sporlan Division of Parker Hannifin has unveiled CHILLSKILLS Sporlan Online Training, a new training website specially designed to provide self-paced online modules to help customers understand Sporlan products and the HVACR industry.

North American Technician Excellence (NATE), in partnership with Refrigeration Service Engineers Society (RSES), is offering NATE certification testing at the 76th RSES Conference & HVACR Technology Expo in conjunction with the EKA 50th Annual Conference.

To help meet the need for qualified duct testing, ESCO Institute announced that it is now offering a complete duct and envelope training package that it says is easy to integrate into any training program.

FMI, a provider of management consulting and investment banking to the engineering and construction industry, has announced the release of its 2013 Third Quarter Nonresidential Construction Index (NRCI) report. The NRCI score of 60.3 is a .2-point improvement over the second quarter.

The Commercial Heating, Ventilation, and Air-Conditioning (HVAC), Water Heating (WH), and Refrigeration Certification Working Group has issued a report to the Appliance Standards and Rulemaking Federal Advisory Committee (ASRAC) regarding certification requirements for HVAC, water heating, and refrigeration equipment.

Renewable energy sources generated 14.2 percent of net U.S. electric power generation during the first six months of 2013, up from 13.6 percent the same time a year ago, according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). 

Xylem Inc. announced that its board of directors has appointed Steven R. Loranger as chief executive officer and president, effective immediately. Loranger currently serves as a director of Xylem and succeeds Gretchen W. McClain, who has stepped down.

The Mechanical Contractors Association of America (MCAA) has joined with 10 other trade associations to create the Construction Industry Safety Coalition in response to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) proposed rule on silica for the construction industry.

RMF Engineering has announced the opening of a new full-service office in Charlotte, N.C. The new office enables RMF to offer local mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) engineering services for health care, higher education, and local and federal government projects in the greater Charlotte area. 

Smart Fog has introduced a specially optimized non-wetting humidifier design for printing and paper storage. The company said the commercial humidifier enables printing operators to reduce paper curls and paper cracks, and eliminate mis-registers and web-breaks.