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New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s recently announced plan to make his city more environmentally friendly will be the subject of a Jan. 20 forum at ASHRAE’s winter meeting.

More than 2,200 proposed changes to American building codes will be discussed Feb. 18 to March 1 at the International Codes Council’s 2008 forum.

Starting Jan. 1, GAMA and ARI members will have to learn a new acronym: AHRI. The two groups are merging.

President George W. Bush signed a landmark bill Tuesday, marking a major change in U.S. energy policy designed to decrease Americans’ oil thirst and fight global warming.

Transportation equipment manufacturer Ingersoll-Rand Co. is purchasing Trane for $10.1 billion, officials from both companies announced Monday.

Rehau Inc. announced Monday that its professional-development program for North American contractors will be launched at the Jan. 22-28 AHR Expo in New York City.

Trane announced Tuesday it would begin taking orders directly from most dealers in Tennessee and Georgia as soon as Dec. 17, and phase out independent distributors fully by Dec. 26.

A landmark bill hiking fuel-economy standards for autos and authorizing the creation of regional efficiency standards for HVAC equipment has run into trouble in the U.S. Senate.

The U.S. House Thursday OK’d a bill that dramatically changes American energy policy, raising auto mileage standards, promoting renewable fuel sources and authorizing regional efficiency standards on HVAC equipment.