Held in conjunction with the Jan. 23-25 AHR
Expo, the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning
Engineers’ meeting will be held at the Palmer House Hilton.
“We
are extremely pleased with the response from contractors to this new program
over such a short period of time,” said Paul T. Stalknecht, Air Conditioning
Contractors of America president and CEO.
The amount contractors pay for some key construction materials
declined in August, but the Associated General Contractors of America said
contractors are still feeling squeezed.
Sales of new single-family homes stood nearly
unchanged in July, dropping 0.7 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of
298,000 units, the U.S. Commerce Department reported.
The National Association of Home Builders chided
President Barack Obama for not mentioning the housing market’s importance in
his Sept. 8 presentation to Congress on his jobs plan.