ASHRAE launched a multimillion dollar research program designed to establish a more robust fact base about the properties and use of flammable refrigerants, and more.
At a signing ceremony on July 30 in a room filled with veterans, military personnel and supporters in Richboro, Pennsylvania, Heating, Air-conditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) entered into an agreement, creating the association’s largest philanthropic partnership to date.
As many Distribution Center Magazine readers know, the HVAC industry in the U.S. continues to remain strong. According to a report released by RnR Market Research this summer, the market will grow at a healthy 16 percent between now and the end of 2017.
The CCI is calculated based on a survey of the association’s contractor members, who are asked how positive they feel about new business prospects, existing business activity, and expected staffing decisions in the short-term future.
Through this partnership, HARDI is poised to become one of the biggest contributors to HFOT, a Massachusetts-based organization that provides mortgage-free, specially adapted homes nationwide to severely injured veterans post-9/11.
The SBV pilot makes it possible to direct the power of the national laboratories toward specific problems identified by small businesses by pairing these companies with a national laboratory uniquely qualified to solve their challenges.
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