The Empire Technology Prize, or ETP, is a competitive opportunity for companies and innovators around the world to focus on advancing building technologies for low-carbon heating system retrofits in tall buildings.

ANSI/AMCA Standard 500-L-23 establishes uniform methods of testing air leakage, air performance (pressure drop), water penetration, resistance to wind-driven rain and wind-driven-sand, and operational torque.

The Cool Coalition is a global network of participants from government, cities, international organizations, businesses, finance, academia, and civil society to facilitate knowledge exchange, advocacy, and joint action toward a transition to efficient, climate-friendly cooling.

Manufacturers will have five years, from the date the rule is published in the Federal Register, to ensure that new gas furnaces comply with the new minimum.

The conference in Austin, Texas, which drew 240 building industry professionals, included keynotes, paper presentations, seminars, vendor demonstrations, panel discussions, and debates from more than 90 presenters.

The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Technology Institute will lead a research project to characterize the heat-transfer and pressure-drop performance of new low-GWP refrigerants.

The review involves only the additional modifications that were made based on comments received about the first ANSI public review draft,

More than 2,050 HVACR industry professionals attended ASHRAE's 2023 conference in Tampa, Florida. New leadership for 2023-24 was introduced, and a new IAQ standard addressing infectious aerosols was adopted.

Ginger Scoggins, P.E., will serve as ASHRAE's 2023-24 president. She is president and owner of Engineered Designs Inc., a consulting engineering firm in Cary, North Carolina.

A federal appeals court panel said the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency lacked the authority to mandate the use of refillable cylinders and a system for tracking them.