The HVACR Alliance announced its endorsement of H.R. 3515, the HVAC Expensing and Technology (HEAT) Act. The bill, introduced by Reps. Pat Tiberi, R-Ohio, and Ron Kind, D-Wis., would allow commercial building owners to expense qualified HVACR equipment under Section 179 of the U.S. Tax Code.
The HVACR Alliance announced its endorsement of H.R. 3515, the HVAC Expensing and Technology (HEAT) Act. The bill, introduced by Reps. Pat Tiberi, R-Ohio, and Ron Kind, D-Wis., would allow commercial building owners to expense qualified HVACR equipment under Section 179 of the U.S. Tax Code.
The Sierra Club, a grassroots environmental organization, announced it would be joining nonprofit public interest law organization, Earthjustice; the Consumer Federation of America; the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC); and a coalition of state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit against the Trump administration over the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) delays in issuing new energy-efficiency standards for ceiling fans, freezers, boilers, and commercial and consumer goods.
Networking is everything nowadays, folks. When I began my position at The NEWS, I was far from an HVAC expert; however, my managing editor suggested I join our LinkedIn group and many other industry-related groups to connect with HVAC professionals to learn from.
ACCA is getting a boost to one of its top priorities, workforce development, from President Donald Trump and his administration. The president recently embarked on a three-day trip to expand the nation’s use of apprenticeships to fill unmet labor needs and to highlight workforce development issues.
Service Leadership, formerly the Service Managers Forum, has been one of ACCA's most popular meetings for the past decade and is returning with a new lineup of learning labs to help veteran and aspiring service leaders reach new levels of success. ACCA worked with service professionals from top contracting companies around the country to create a lineup featuring learning labs that cover topics that service managers in any field service — HVAC, plumbing, and electrical — need to know about to be successful.
While many officials representing several leading HVACR industry associations applaud the Trump administration’s initial efforts on tax reform, they’re still actively lobbying in Washington on the industry’s behalf.
The 2017 IE3 Show, held March 20-22 in Nashville, Tennessee, welcomed a record-breaking number of attendees this year, drawing in people from all throughout the country. Featuring 26 workshop sessions that included both roundtable discussions with industry veterans and ask the expert sessions where contractors could ask professionals questions on varying issues, the show was quite an informative success.
ACCA, the nation's largest association of indoor environmental systems professionals, has announced the installation of its 2017-18 Board of Directors and Officers.
The Air Conditioning Contractors of America Educational Institute (ACCA-EI) Standards Task Team (STT) announces the release of an updated ANSI/ACCA 1 Manual D — 2016 (Residential Duct Systems).