Heating, Air-conditioning and Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) announced average U.S. HVACR distributor sales were up 17.9 percent in May 2012. This is the highest month-over-month growth since November 2010, when the looming $1,500 federal tax credit expiration pulled sales forward.
Danfoss recently participated in the ATMOsphere America 2012 event, held June 12-13 in Washington, D.C. The conference focused on the business case for natural refrigerants in the United States and Canada.
Uponor was recently named one of Minneapolis Star Tribune’s Top Workplaces for 2012. The evaluation for the top workplaces program was based upon feedback from a survey given to all employees earlier this year.
ASHRAE has announced a call for papers for its 2013 Annual Conference. The conference seeks papers on current research worldwide; core HVACR applications and systems; and, featured for this conference, integrated project design, energy modeling, and building efficiency performance.
The Mechanical Contractors Association of America (MCAA) and its National Certified Pipe Welding Bureau (NCPWB) subsidiary have compiled a set of NCPWB Toolbox Safety Talks addressing key safety concerns for those involved in pipe welding.
Fujitsu Training Academy is now offering its “Airstage V-II” classes online at the Fujitsu VRF Training Center, Fairfield, N.J., and at the Alabama HVAC Training Center, Verbena, Ala.
To mark the 110th anniversary of the invention of modern air conditioning by Dr. Willis H. Carrier — inventor and founder of the company that bears his name — Geraud Darnis, president and CEO, UTC Climate, Controls & Security presented “Weathermakers to the World” to the Library of Congress.
Doug Dougherty, president of the Geothermal Exchange Organization (GEO) submitted a statement for the record regarding S. 2146, the Clean Energy Standard Act of 2012 (CES), which is now before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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