Renewable power sources — including hydrokinetic, biomass, geothermal, wind, and solar — make up 10 percent of total electricity production in the United States. While the media have highlighted failures by renewable energy companies, North America leads the world in terms of additions of new renewable energy capacity.
According to the Heating, Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Institute of Canada’s (HRAI) Manufacturer’s Division, second-quarter shipments increased across numerous HVAC sectors.
Heating, Air-conditioning, and Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) announced nominal U.S. HVACR average distributor sales growth of 2.2 percent in August.
ASHRAE announced a call for abstracts for IAQ 2013, “Environmental Health in Low-Energy Buildings.” The conference will occur Oct. 15-18, 2013, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it will provide a combined $1.2 million in funding to 32 state and local governments, tribes, and nonprofit organizations for indoor air quality projects.
Eight New England contractors were honored this fall at the Air Conditioning Contractors of America’s (ACCA) annual golf tournament, sponsored by the Massachusetts/Rhode Island Cool Smart program.
Thermostat Recycling Corp. (TRC) named Johnson Supply (Houston) the 2012 ‘Big Man On Planet’ (BMOP), an annual award given by TRC in partnership with HARDI to honor the HARDI member who has done the best job promoting the TRC mercury thermostat collection program.