The Appliance Standards Awareness Project (ASAP), the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI), and the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) today applauded the success of the Commercial Package Air Conditioners and Commercial Warm Air Furnaces Working Group to negotiate conservation standards for these products.

Organizers have announced the inaugural Building Content Summit (BCS), a conference aimed at gathering manufacturers, engineers, architects, and building information modeling (BIM) users to discuss issues facing the BIM community.

Nest announced it is updating the company’s entire product line, introducing new Nest Learning Thermostat software features, the second generation Nest Protect, the new Nest Cam, and the Nest app 5.0.

Hill College, along with Trane, a brand of Ingersoll Rand, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Hill College Cleburne Technical Center to unveil the historic Walls Building, which will house spaces for new HVAC laboratories.

alliantgroup has announced the release of a new proprietary software interface, epFace, which allows it to optimize modeling calculations for energy efficiency-based tax deductions.

Almost 70 percent of businesses experienced at least one hacking incident in the last year, according to a study of business risk managers released by Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company (HSB), part of Munich Re.

Dexter + Chaney, developer of Spectrum® construction software, has announced its new Spectrum Workflow functionality, which the company said streamlines construction and business management operations by automating complex processes into simple, user-definable tasks.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) have announced a final settlement with Millard Refrigerated Services that resolves alleged violations related to an airborne release of ammonia from Millard’s Theodore, Alabama, facility in 2010.

Trane, a brand of Ingersoll Rand, has introduced the Trane® Sintesis™ family of air-cooled chillers, which are engineered to use the low-global warming potential (GWP) refrigerant R-513A. The chillers are now available for order in North America, Latin America, Europe, and the Middle East.

Ecova, an energy and sustainability management company, and Powerhouse Dynamics, a supplier of enterprise energy and asset management systems, announced they have expanded their partnership to provide energy management and managed services to retailers, restaurants, and convenience stores.