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Sales of new, single-family houses rose 3.3 percent in April to a seasonally adjusted 343,000 units, the NAHB announced, citing government data.

The association is moving from Des Plaines, Ill., to an office park on Rohlwing Road in Rolling Meadows, Ill.

HEATU is the acronym for the Heating, Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Distributors International’s Education and Training University, a program with 4,000 wholesaler-focused online courses.

Rinnai America Corp. is joining with the Residential Energy Services Network to educate the HVAC industry on the network’s home-energy rating system.

Members of the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors used the event to lobby for the repeal of the estate tax, more workable regulations and better guidelines for federal weatherization programs.

“Heating and cooling is the single biggest energy consumer in a home, and accounts for about 40 percent of all the energy used by homeowners,” said Stephen Yurek, president and CEO of the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute.

Panasonic’s Home & Environment Co. division is now known as Eco Products.

Projects from San Francisco, Arizona, Indiana and Washington were among those honored by the National Association of Home Builder. 

AMCA officials said they would mark the event through online news, programs and a social media campaign.

Advantix Systems is up for an American Business Award for its commercial HVAC product.