Camfil Air Pollution Control names Rick Kreczmer director of aftermarket sales and corporate training; more HVAC manufacturer news briefs.

The contest is open to installing contractors and dealers, home and light commercial builders, and engineering specifiers to reward selection and installation of Bosch high-efficiency products. 

Nexstar Network announces Gresham Ard as its new business coach; HRAI's Wholesalers Division appoints new board director; more HVAC organization news briefs.

Marplat is a manufacturer’s rep agency and stocking distributer servicing the New York and northern New Jersey territories for AquaMotion.

Unipower acquires Network Power Systems division of Bel Fuse Inc.

The challenge is intended to inform legislators about the contributions AHRI member companies make to the American economy and to increase applicants to the Rees scholarship program, which was created to assist with the recruitment and retention of qualified HVACR and water heating technicians. 

Despite the availability of data, there is still no standard way to put together an HVAC system for a large building, and, even within one building, that system might be composed of many disparate pieces of equipment and several different software control systems. 

The CCI score registered at 74, showing that contractors are feeling better than they were 12 months earlier, when the CCI was 69.

The Geothermal Exchange Organization is backing efforts in a number of states to change public policies that currently fail to recognize geothermal heat pumps as a renewable source of energy and an efficient way to satisfy the thermal loads of buildings.

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