Small and medium commercial buildings (SMCBs) — up to 100,000 square feet — have not seen the same penetration of energy-efficiency technologies as larger facilities due to lower expenditures on energy management, lack of customer education, perceived high risk of retrofit financing, and split incentives between the building owner and tenant, noted Navigant Research. 

Peirce-Phelps, an HVAC distributor in the U.S. supporting both commercial and residential customers, announced a partnership with Habitat for Humanity^® Philadelphia. Peirce-Phelps is providing cooling and heating systems from Mitsubishi Electric US Inc. 

Worthington Industries announced a 10 percent price increase on all non-refillable refrigerant cylinders produced at its manufacturing operations, effective with shipments starting Sept. 1.

TCM Corp. names Dan Heichelbech president.

MJM Associates Inc. will represent AquaMotion Inc. as its stocking representative in Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Montana, and southern Idaho.

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General Electric named Azeez Mohammed president and CEO of GE Energy Connections’ Power Conversion business.