The chairman and CEO of Ingersoll-Rand PLC — parent company of HVAC manufacturers Trane and Thermo King — was tapped to ring the closing bell on the New York Stock Exchange April 29.
A U.S. appeals court in Washington, D.C., has granted an emergency motion delaying the regional furnace efficiency standards that were due to take effect today.
The expansion was at a slower pace than February, however, and association officials said many states could be impacted by federal “sequestration” budget cuts.
Thermostat Recycling Corp. and the Heating Air-conditioning and Refrigeration Distributors International are holding the Big Man on Plant competition to see which members can collect the most thermostats.
The Air Conditioning Contractors of America’s latest ComforTool flier, "What Happened to the High-Efficiency Furnace Rules?" explains why it’s still OK to sell furnaces with annual fuel utilization efficiency ratings below 90 percent nationwide.
Congressman Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) and Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) were among those given Green Jobs Champion Awards from the BlueGreen Alliance last week.