In response to the growing retirement uncertainty faced by millions of Americans who participate in the Multiemployer Pension Plan system, U.S. Representatives Phil Roe (R-1st-Tenn.) and Donald Norcross (D-1st-N.J.) have introduced bipartisan legislation called the Give Retirement Options to Workers Act (GROW), H.R. 4997.
The Council of Refrigeration Educators (CARE) and HVAC Excellence announced the winners of the D. Brian Baker Memorial Scholarship. Congratulations to Jason Hoard of St Georges Technical High School in Middletown, Delaware and David Brannen of Texas State Technical College in Waco, Texas.
Smappee announced that the Smappee app has joined the “Works with Nest” ecosystem, allowing homeowners to monitor and control heating and other energy consumption via one app.
NEBB announced today that the latest edition of its publication ANSI/NEBB Whole Building Technical Commissioning of New Construction Standard S110-2018 is an Approved American National Standard, now available for sale in both print and electronic versions.
General Plumbing Supply recently announced it has signed an agreement with Johnson Controls Inc. (NYSE:JCI) to become a distributor of its Luxaire® and Guardian® brands of products and Source 1™ parts throughout the mid-Atlantic region, effective February 2018.
Johnstone Supply, Inc. and the Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) announce a national HVAC training partnership with Johnstone University. The JohnstoneUniversity.com online training portal now includes ACCA’s entire training library and features ACCA’s Qtech® training courses which are designed around ACCA’s HVAC design, installation, and maintenance standards.
The report covers the present scenario and the growth prospects of the global deep water source cooling systems market for 2018-2022. To calculate the market size, the report presents a detailed picture of the market by way of study, synthesis, and summation of data from multiple sources. The report also includes a discussion of the key vendors operating in this market.
The International Code Council applauds the inclusion of the Federal Cost Share Reform Incentive as a provision of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, passed by the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate on February 9. This provision encourages states to adopt the latest building codes, incentivizes states to invest in the resiliency of their communities, and includes additional disaster relief funds of nearly $90 billion.
RSES has released its Preparing for the Nate Exam: Commercial Refrigeration Instructor CD and a new Service Application Manual Chapter.
RSES has also released a new SAM Chapter 650-018, Section 6B, “Relays, Contactors, and Starters,” written by John Lattuca, CMS, Tecumseh Products Company LLC.
Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) are on again, and the HFC ban is off again — at least from a legal standpoint — as a United States court of appeals has ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cannot ban their use under Section 612 of the Clean Air Act.