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SMACNA Donates $5,000 to Arizona Equine Rescue

The equine rescue group rehabilitates abandoned, abused, and neglected horses requiring intensive medical care.

December 19, 2016

Each year, SMACNA makes a donation to a local charity in the convention’s host city.

PHCC CONNECT 2016 Lands in San Antonio

The event drew nearly 800 attendees

December 19, 2016

This year’s CONNECT also featured the inaugural Quality Service Contractors (QSC) Business Excellence Day, an event made to highlight the unique programming and services of PHCC’s QSC, a one-day track that was aimed at owners and senior managers and focused on service and repair topics, and more.

The Joseph Groh Foundation Assists New York Carpenter

The organization donated a handicapped assistance van

December 19, 2016

In 2014, an accident turned Gagot’s life upside down. He was pulling shutters off a second-story window, when he slipped and fell off of a ladder. As a result, he broke his neck and damaged his spinal cord at the C-5 vertebrae.

Philadelphia Builder Earns HVAC Green Award

Semco LLC honored Scott Mazo at the 2016 GreenBuild International Conference and Expo

December 19, 2016

The Center of Excellence Award honors buildings with unique sustainable and energy-cost-reducing green designs, such as UPA’s recently developed 98,000-square-foot 2.0 University Place in Philadelphia’s surging University City green building corridor.

Viega Hosts Training Open House

More than 200 industry professionals received training during the event

December 19, 2016

Viega’s annual open house provided attendees with the opportunity to see its Nashua training facility, where thousands of professionals in the plumbing, HVAC, and pipe-joining industries receive training each year.

Johnson Controls Customers Earn Awards

West Branch Regional Medical Center and Washtenaw Intermediate School District were honored in Lansing, Michigan

December 19, 2016

The Energy Services Coalition (ESC) presented two Johnson Controls Inc. customers with ESC 2016 Leadership in Energy Efficiency Awards.

HARDI Members Report Revenue Increase

Average sales for HARDI distributor members increased by 7.3 percent in September 2016

December 19, 2016

HARDI members do not receive financial compensation in exchange for their monthly sales data and can discontinue their participation without prior notice or penalty. Participation is voluntary, and the depth of market coverage varies from region to region.

DOE Published Notice Extending the Comment Period Pertaining to Commercial and Industrial Fans and Blowers

December 16, 2016

The Department of Energy (DOE) has published Federal Register notice extending the comment period pertaining to commercial and industrial fans and blowers. 81 FR 91049 (December 16, 2016).

Rise Engineering Gains State Recycling Honor

Rise Engineering returned 13 bins of mercury thermostats in 2015

December 12, 2016

Rise Engineering was the top-performing TRC collection partner in the state in terms of total recycling bins returned (13) and mercury thermostats recycled (1,171) in 2015, which accounted for 53 percent of the state’s mercury thermostat collections for the year.