Building optimization and commissioning services — quality assurance measures that can help meet operational and energy efficiency goals — are expanding with the growing emphasis on efficiency, states Navigant Research.

Bes-Tech Inc. announced that has been selected by the Los Angeles Better Buildings Challenge (LABBC) as an Implementation Partner. In this role, Bes-Tech will provide a range of services aimed at increasing the energy efficiency of partner buildings.

RazorSync, a provider of cloud-based desktop and mobile software, has announced an upgrade to its software which the company said makes it easy for field service businesses to create invoices and accept credit card payments on the jobsite using their mobile phone or tablet.

Following years of module oversupply and artificially low pricing, the solar photovoltaic (PV) market is expected to shift from a high-cost, subsidized source of energy to a growing market with the potential to displace other energy technologies, notes Navigant Research.

HVACR tool manufacturer, hilmor®, has announced its third annual Retool Your Future Scholarship Contest. Designed to aid current and future HVACR students, the scholarship contest awards six grand prizes consisting of a $5,000 scholarship, a trip to the 2016 AHR Expo in Orlando, Florida, and a set of hilmor tools.

EnTouch Controls, a provider of energy management as a service (EMaaS), has introduced its Advanced Peak Energy Management service, which builds on its EnTouch360°™ platform, to enable restaurant and retail facilities to reduce monthly energy spending by curtailing the amount of energy used during peak demand hours.

Thermo King, a manufacturer of transport refrigeration systems and a brand of Ingersoll Rand, announced that it will begin to offer North American customers new options for trailer and self-powered truck products using lower global warming potential (GWP) refrigerants.

U.S. Water has launched PhosZero™ with E-FeX™ Technology, a new sustainable chemistry for cooling tower water treatment. The company said the new technology provides a blend of ingredients that replaces the most common uses of phosphorus in cooling water applications.

Ecova, an energy and sustainability management company, has released a report with the results of its new survey on energy management systems (EMS). The report summarizes the findings from a survey of nearly 200 multi-site companies, across multiple industries, to better understand how companies select, manage, and maintain an EMS.

The global geothermal heat pump market is forecast to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15.26 percent over the period of 2015 to 2019, according to a report from Research and Markets.