The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced up to $100 million in funding for new projects as part of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy’s (ARPA‑E) latest OPEN funding opportunity. OPEN will support America’s top innovators through dozens of early-stage research and development projects as they build technologies to transform the nation’s energy system.
International Comfort Products (ICP) announced eight distributors have been named the Arcoaire®, Comfortmaker®, Day & Night®, Heil®, and Tempstar® U.S. distributors of the year. The awards were based on achievements in customer support and sales growth.
Kansas City, Missouri based cfm Distributors, Inc., a 100-percent employee-owned heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) distributor operating six branches in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Iowa, has named Lauren Roberts president and CEO, effective January 1st, 2018.
James Gidwitz, CEO of Continental Materials Corp., announced the appointment of Brian Holte as president, Williams Comfort Products and Phoenix Manufacturing, Inc., replacing retired president, Mike Markowich.
Heating, Air-conditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) has officially launched the HARDI Mexico division with the culmination of the Mexican Market Summit in Las Vegas earlier this month.
The Ontario Geothermal Association (OGA) applauded the announcement by Chris Ballard, Ontario's minister of environment and climate change, about a new program of financial support for Ontario households interested in improving their energy efficiency and lowering the carbon footprint of their homes.
Confidence in the commercial construction industry is strong, despite significant concerns around jobsite efficiency and labor productivity, according to the Q4 2017 USG Corporation + U.S. Chamber of Commerce Commercial Construction Index (Index). The Index shows that optimism remains high in the commercial construction industry, with 57 percent of contractors expecting to hire in the next six months and a large majority reporting stable or increased revenue expectations in the next year.
Paul T. Stalknecht, president & CEO of the Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) has announced several expansions and changes in the organization's staff.
Heating, Air-conditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) has promoted Emily Saving to executive vice president, Palmer Schoening to vice president, government affairs and Alex Ayers to director, government affairs.