Weather-Rite purchased Phoenix Air Systems, Owatonna, Minn. The company will conduct
the business under the trade name of Phoenix Air Systems™, which is associated
with the production of critical process air-handling equipment and related
products for the food industry and other critical air process industries.
Arzel Zoning Technology announced its Comfort College™
schedule for the first half of 2008. The seminar is held at Arzel’s two
locations, Cleveland and Pasadena, Calif.
The
Home Ventilating Institute (HVI) elected new officers and directors at its
General Membership Meeting on Sept. 26 in St. Louis. Peter Grinbergs of Nutech
Brands Inc., London, Ontario, was elected to serve a two-year term as HVI
chairman of the board.
As part of its ongoing Website enhancement program, the
American Indoor Air Quality Council has developed a slide show explaining its
certification processes and requirements.
The slide show, which may be viewed directly
from the Website, takes a prospective candidate through the certification
process step by step.
The
Proximity Hotel was designed and built with energy efficiency and guest comfort
in mind. The project strived for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
(LEED) Gold certification and includes a $2.5 million Trane-Taco variable-flow
HVAC system.
Guidance on how to get to net-zero energy design is featured in the technical program at the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers’ (ASHRAE’s) 2008 Winter Meeting, Jan. 19-23, in New York. “This technical program is ASHRAE’s most ambitious ever,” promises Mo Hosni, chair of the ASHRAE program committee.
The Green Mechanical Council (GreenMech) will be providing eight green workshops during the Ecobuild fall convention, Dec. 10-13, at the Washington Convention Center. According to GreenMech, Ecobuild is the premier event for green building, sustainable design, environmental planning, construction technology, and information management.
The Energy Efficiency Global Forum and Exposition (EE Global), taking place Nov. 11-14, is a first-of-its-kind, comprehensive energy-efficiency forum at the Washington D.C. Convention Center. Representatives from all end-use sectors are encouraged to register. The forum will allow participants to exchange the latest technical, commercial, and policy information.
The Ethernet Alliance announced the addition of nine new members including Brocade, Dune Networks, International Engineering Consortium (IEC), LSI Corp., Marvell Semiconductors, Mellanox Technologies, Plastic Optical Fiber Trade Organization (POFTO), SMC Networks, and Woven Systems.