Twenty-six students were awarded a total of $60,000 in scholarships funded by the Foundation, the South Jersey Mechanical Contractors Association, Gerry Kennedy, Anne Williams, the McGlame-Wordell Scholarship committee, the PHCC Auxiliary of Texas, the PHCC Auxiliary of Massachusetts, and PHCC’s Past National Officers.
The meeting agenda was designed to bring unique value to I.C.E. contractors and their clients. Both technical and business topics were presented that affect today’s contractors and commercial and industrial customers.
Gary Fitzgerald joined GPS Insight in November of 2016 from GE, where he served as an enterprise architect for ten years. Fitzgerald served as vice president of technology for almost two years and led the company’s product development efforts, technical teams, and security practice.
The Education Program continues to grow each year and is the most comprehensive, all-inclusive opportunity to hear directly from industry leaders about trends and best practices in HVACR. The 2019 AHR Expo will be held Jan. 14-16 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta.
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Earlier this year, refrigerant manufacturers, Honeywell and Chemours, asked the Supreme Court to review an August 2017 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, which stated the EPA could not ban HFCs through its Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) program, because that program was designed only to address ozone-depleting substances.
The scorecard offers mostly good news about energy efficiency — the nation’s third-largest electricity resource. In response to federal efforts to freeze U.S. vehicle and appliance standards, quite a few states worked to retain their own standards and to promote electric vehicles as well as zero-energy buildings.
The campaign, titled "Pack-A-Truck", called upon ARS employees and respective communities for donations like water, toiletries, and non-perishable food items. Each branch packed service trucks and donated to local food banks to supplement their community outreach efforts.