The CCI is calculated based on a survey of the association’s contractor members, who are asked how positive they feel about new business prospects, existing business activity, and expected staffing decisions in the short-term future.

The commitment makes Salt Lake City one of only a handful of cities worldwide to pledge an 80 percent reduction in community-wide greenhouse gas emissions by 2040.

Through this partnership, HARDI is poised to become one of the biggest contributors to HFOT, a Massachusetts-based organization that provides mortgage-free, specially adapted homes nationwide to severely injured veterans post-9/11.

Mitsubishi Electric US Inc. Cooling & Heating Division recently donated 50 Zoned Comfort Solutions™ to the Veterans Community Project (VCP).

The SBV pilot makes it possible to direct the power of the national laboratories toward specific problems identified by small businesses by pairing these companies with a national laboratory uniquely qualified to solve their challenges.

In addition to its pending Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold status, the Hoke County school system expects the project to save the county $35 million over the next 40 years, including $16 million in energy costs. 

Ingersoll Rand named to 2016 Dow Jones Sustainability World and North America Indices; Danfoss names Mads-Peter Clausen vice president of oil-free technology development; more HVAC manufacturer news briefs.

Winsupply Inc. opens two new companies in Absecon, New Jersey, and Rockland, Maine.

ABC releases analysis of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Producer Price Index; more HVAC organization news briefs.

BirdDogHR was named one of Iowa’s 2016 Top Workplaces by the Des Moines Register for the second consecutive year.