Spending an entire Saturday in Honolulu, Hawaii, methodically tearing apart old compressors may not sound like fun, but for Oahu Air Conditioning, a member of The Unified Group, it was a virtual Hawaiian rhapsody.
Two Syska Hennessy Group projects have been honored by the International Interior Design Association (IIDA) Southern California Chapter with Calibre Awards.
The Golden Door Spa, considered one of the largest and most luxurious facilities of its kind in North America, offers a wide assortment of amenities to attract visitors from around the world. Many of these amenities — including a swimming pool and spa, decorative fireplaces, and cooking appliances — operate in conjunction with gas-fired heating equipment whose fuel requirements are supplied by corrugated stainless steel tube (CSST).
The 75-year-old Seattle Opera House is undergoing some major transformations. Now known as Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, one of the most important improvements to the opera house will be a new HVAC system designed with comfort, acoustics, and energy efficiency in mind.
In support of American troops overseas, the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors’ National Association (SMACNA) of Arizona recently compiled care packages to send to soldiers in Iraq and Kuwait.
The 200 Market Street Building in Portland, OR, recently held a ribbon-cutting ceremony and awards presentation marking the installation of a new mircroturbine — a first for an Oregon office building. Building owner John Russell received awards from the Bonneville Power Administration and other participants.
The construction of two new state-of-the-art educational laboratories is near completion at the Antelope Valley College in Los Angeles County. Completion of the refrigeration and HVAC labs, which will open inside the newly constructed Technical Education Building on campus, is expected in early 2003.
The State of Arizona Registrar of Contractors is offering the public a free brochure to advise consumers on how to select and hire licensed contractors for remodeling or construction projects, including HVACR projects.
The Bay Area Association of SMACNA Chapters (Oakland, CA) will invest $100,000 in a research and educational program to benefit sheet metal and HVAC contractors.
The Motion Picture & Television Fund Hospital, in Woodland Hills, CA , recently ordered six natural gas-driven cogeneration modules from Tecogen (Waltham, MA) to compliment a Tecochill® natural gas-driven cooling system that was shipped earlier this summer.
In the eyes of company president Bob Panora, Tecogen demonstrated that it can supply technology “with three significant benefits” for the hospital.
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