Housing starts rose to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 2.070 million units in October, reported the U.S. Department of Commerce. This is 4.5 percent above October's upwardly revised estimate of 1.980 million units.
Contractors Services, the parent company of Plumbers' Success International® (PSI) and AirTime 500®, has changed its name to Success Group International™ (SGI).
The Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute (ARI) has issued a new guideline: Guideline V, "Calculating the Efficiency of Energy Recovery Ventilation and its Effect on Efficiency and Sizing of Building HVAC Systems."
The Hydronics Institute (HI) Division of the Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association (GAMA) recently reintroduced its I=B=R schools with six sessions in four states.
Canadian Tire Corp. was sentenced in the Ontario Court of Justice in Brampton on three counts of violating the ozone-depleting substances regulations of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999.
The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) has published Underfloor Air Distribution Design Guide, written by Fred Bauman, P.E.
The Refrigeration Service Engineers Society (RSES) has announced that its 67th annual conference will take place in Calgary, Alberta, Sept. 30 - Oct. 2, 2004.
John Murphy, chair of the Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Institute of Canada (HRAI), and Norm Fraser, chair of the HVACR Heritage Centre Canada (HHCC), announced an affiliation between the two organizations.
The Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute (ARI) is inviting its members to the first annual ARI Cool Connections Public Policy Symposium, which will take place in Washington Feb. 11-12, 2004.
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