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AmiraLin has introduced the new HVAC Strap™, a magnetic gauge holder, which the company says solves a historic problem for air conditioning and refrigeration technicians: trying to hang a manifold gauge by its built-in hook.

Aquatherm has been honored by Inc. magazine as No. 1,617 on the Inc. 500|5000, a ranking of the fastest growing companies in the United States.

ASHRAE and the International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA)-USA have announced a joint conference that merges the IBPSA-USA SimBuild and ASHRAE Energy Modeling Conferences. 

The EPA and Department of Justice have announced a settlement agreement with Safeway in which the grocery store chain has agreed to pay a $600,000 civil penalty and implement a corporate-wide plan to significantly reduce its refrigerant emissions from refrigeration equipment at 659 of its stores nationwide.

Cold Craft Inc., a mid-sized commercial and residential heating and air conditioning company near San Jose, Calif., has announced the appointment of Susan Nichol as its chief executive officer.

A new U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) study conducted by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) indicates that by 2025 wind and solar power electricity generation in the western United States could become cost-competitive without federal subsidies.

Building Performance Institute Inc. (BPI) has announced that its BPI-3300-A-201x: “Standard for Residential Building Air Distribution System Energy Performance” is available for public comment through Sept. 30.

North American Technician Excellence (NATE), in partnership with APR Supply Co., is offering NATE certification testing in Philadelphia on Sept. 17, 2013, at 1 p.m. at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Room 123.

Rose State College’s Environmental Training Center in Oklahoma City will offer the first Building Operator Certification (BOC) course in Oklahoma starting Oct. 24. BOC is a national program to certify facilities personnel in job skills and knowledge to improve the energy performance of their buildings.

With heating and cooling accounting for 40 to 50 percent of power consumption in nonresidential buildings, it highlights the need to increase energy efficiency in these buildings, and geothermal heating and cooling may hold the key, according to a new analysis from Frost & Sullivan.