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The Balfour Beatty/McCarthy joint venture, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Health Facilities Planning Agency (HFPA), and Medical Command (MEDCOM) celebrated the official topping out for the Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center Replacement at Fort Hood, Texas.

KE2 Therm Solutions announced that it has won a Kitchen Innovation Award, presented at the National Restaurant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show, for its KE2 Evaporator Efficiency (KE2 Evap) controller for walk-in coolers and freezers.

GE and the Kotzebue Electric Association (KEA), an electric cooperative that focuses on supplying electricity to the remote city of Kotzebue and other rural areas of Alaska, have launched a joint project to increase the energy efficiency and extend the fuel supply of several diesel engines powering Kotzebue.

ecobee Inc., makers of the ecobee Smart Thermostat, has announced the launch of its new public application programming interface (API). Through the API, ecobee said the company and its partners will create connected home solutions for homeowners.

Custom Air Products & Services Inc. (CAPS), a leading commercial and industrial HVAC company based in Houston, has been awarded vendor status in the HCDE Choice Partners cooperative.

CLEAResult, a leading provider of energy efficiency solutions and energy management services, announced that it has agreed to partner with General Atlantic, a global equity investment firm.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is warning HVAC technicians, home improvement contractors, propane manufacturers and sellers, and homeowners of the potential safety hazards related to the use of propane or other unapproved refrigerants in residential air conditioning systems.

An Arup-designed chilled-water system at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) has earned a $757,000 energy efficiency award from PG&E, and a 2013 Higher Education Energy Efficiency and Sustainability Best Practice Award in the HVAC Retrofit category.

Morgenthaler Private Equity (MPE) has announced the recapitalization of United Pipe & Steel Corp. (UP&S), a leading independent master distributor of steel pipe, copper tubing, plastic pipe, electrical conduit, and related products serving customers in the plumbing; HVAC; pipe, valve, and fittings (PVF); waterworks; and electrical markets.

A ventilation control now in development could slash 18 percent — tens of thousands of dollars — off the overall annual energy bill of the average large office building, with no loss of comfort, according to a report by researchers at the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL).