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The heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration training program offered by Johnstone Supply (Grimme Group) through its Johnstone Solutions University has received national accreditation by the Partnership for Air Conditioning, Heating, Refrigeration (PAHRA) program, making it the only HVACR wholesale distributor in the country to receive such an accreditation.

The Clifford H. "Ted" Rees Jr. Scholarship Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charitable foundation of the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) and ACCA, announced scholarship awards totaling $58,200 to 36 students, including four veterans, studying to become technicians in the HVACR and water heating industry.

Real gross domestic product (GDP) expanded by 2.6 percent on a seasonally adjusted annualized basis during the year’s second quarter, according to Associated Builders and Contractors Inc.’s (ABC) analysis of data released by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Nonresidential fixed investment, a category of GDP embodying nonresidential construction activity, expanded at a 5.2 percent seasonally adjusted annual rate. This follows a 7.2 percent expansion during the first quarter.

ASHRAE announced the inaugural course schedule for its new Global Training Center for Building Excellence in Dubai, with “HVAC Design Essentials” slated as the first planned training opportunity ran in early September.

Heating, Air-conditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) released its monthly TRENDS report, showing average sales for HARDI distributor members increased by 4.7 percent in July 2017.