Building owners and managers, and even homeowners, need to take notice. Good indoor air quality (IAQ) should be made a priority, and done right, or they risk being uninsurable. This was the warning issued by insurance industry leaders who participated in Chelsea Group’s annual look at the future of IAQ.
Excelergy Corp., a provider of software products for the energy industry, and Algorithmics Inc., a provider of enterprise risk management software, have announced a strategic alliance that will deliver an advanced energy trading and risk management system to energy traders and generators.
The Department of Energy (DOE) announced the release of Energy Design Guidelines for High Performance Schools: Hot and Dry Climates, the first volume in a series of guidelines to help the nation’s K-12 schools save millions of dollars on their annual energy costs, which now exceed $6 billion a year.
Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham announced that the Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding $6,078,686 to Missouri to weatherize an estimated 1,726 low-income homes.
EMCOR Group, Inc., announced that it has signed a definitive agreement with Comfort Systems USA to acquire 19 of Comfort Systems’ subsidiary companies.
Advanced Data Exchange (ADX) has announced that Owens Corning, a major manufacturer of building materials and composite materials, has selected ADX to provide supply chain connectivity services to more than 1,000 of Owens Corning’s small and mid-size suppliers.
Zero Zone Inc., a manufacturer of display cases for frozen foods and refrigerated products, has acquired the assets of Systematic Refrigeration Inc., a manufacturer of parallel racks, mechanical refrigeration housing, and related technology.
According to CNN, medical authorities said they suspected that a woman attending a suburban Philadelphia convention died of pulmonary bacteria pneumonia, and not meningitis, as originally thought.
According to Energy & Environment Daily, the Senate’s Clean Air Subcommittee is holding a field hearing Monday, Feb. 11th in New York, NY, to investigate the environmental and public health effects stemming from the collapse of the World Trade Center.