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The Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute is supporting a bipartisan energy bill. 

 The overall producer price index for construction materials rose 0.6 percent in January, the group said.  

3M has changed the name of its commercial HVAC filter products. Previous sold under the Filtrete brand, they will now carry the 3M name and logo. 

A Tennessee HVAC company has been named the PHCC’s Contractor of the Year.

Klein Tools’ MM500 auto ranging multimeter was named Multimeter of the Year by the editors of online publication Tools in Action.

Plasma cutting systems manufacturer Hypertherm is now 100 percent employee-owned, the company announced Jan. 15.

According to organizers, the Nov. 18-21, 2013, metal forming and fabrication event at McCormick Place convention center drew 40,667 people and 1,573 exhibitors. They filled up 650,000 square feet of trade show exhibit space. 

 The figures come from the National Association of Home Builders/First American Leading Markets Index. 

 NAHB Chief Economist David Crowe said he doubts the decline is the start of a larger trend.