Renovate America, a leading provider of residential Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing, announced it has partnered with the Electric & Gas Industries Association (EGIA), a leading energy-efficiency home improvement contractor network.

U.S. demand for commercial refrigeration equipment is forecast to increase 3.1 percent per year through 2020 to $11.3 billion, moderating from the 2010-2015 period, when growth was bolstered by a rebound in sales after the economic recession, according to a new study from Freedonia Group.

Carrier announced the latest dealers to be inducted into its Dealer Hall of Fame at the 2016 Carrier Factory Authorized Dealer conference in Huntington Beach, California. The honor recognizes dealers who adhere to the highest standards in customer service and loyalty to the Carrier brand.

ecobee Inc. is teaming up with SunPower to help homeowners in California and New York take greater control of their electricity costs with solar power and a smart thermostat.

Mitsubishi Electric Corp. announced that DeLclima S.p.A., which Mitsubishi Electric achieved 100 percent ownership of on Feb. 24, has been renamed MELCO Hydronics & IT Cooling S.p.A.

OptiCool Technologies has announced that its data center rack cooling solution is NEBS Zone 4 Seismic GR-63 compliant, having passed rigorous testing where the data center cooling system remained operational after the equivalent of an 8.3 seismic event. 

QM Power, maker of a new high-efficiency motor technology, announced it has moved its headquarters from Lee’s Summit to Kansas City, Missouri, to accommodate the company’s growth. QM Power’s new headquarters is more than triple the square footage of the company’s previous office space.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) program has proposed to list as acceptable, subject to restrictions, the use of propane in certain commercial refrigeration applications.

The global advanced HVAC control market is expected to reach close to $12.2 billion in revenue by 2020, according to the latest research study released by Technavio. The report provides an in-depth analysis of market growth in terms of revenue and emerging trends. It also includes an analysis of various market segments.

Carnegie Mellon University researchers believe that learning about the quality of the air you breathe should be as easy and inexpensive as borrowing a book from a library, and that’s why they plan to provide free Speck air quality monitors to 100 public libraries nationwide.