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Ingersoll-Rand Co. (IR), a diversified industrial firm, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to expand its global climate control business by acquiring Hussmann International, Inc., a leading manufacturer of commercial refrigeration products.

More than 250 corporate execs, real estate professionals, and facility managers gathered at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center here for the Fourth Annual National Summit on Building Performance.

The Department of Energy (DOE) and Department of Defense (DOD) have dedicated the largest alternating current (ac) photovoltaic (PV) system in the United States, serving the largest office building in the world: the Pentagon.

Jim Norris, chairman of Group Maintenance of America Corp (GroupMAC), said he will retire from his current position effective Feb. 1, 2000.

The American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) is now providing online access to its standards for materials, products, systems, and services.

“Carpet provides the interior environment the unique benefit of acting as a filter for indoor air,” said Judy Bates.

Standard Refrigeration announced its purchase of the assets of Condex.

Obituaries: McCarty and Mintz

United Dominion Industries (UDI) has announced the reorganization of its Test Measurement Division.

At the 11th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol two proposals by the European contingent failed to reduce the cap or speed up the phaseout of HCFCs.