The National Certified Pipe Welding Bureau (NCPWB), a subsidiary of the Mechanical Contractors Association of America (MCAA), announced it has developed a new soldering procedure in accordance with ASTM B-828, Standard Practice for Making Capillary Joints by Soldering of Copper and Copper Alloy Tube and Fittings.

Over the last 15 years single-family homes have been built tighter, making them much more energy efficient and comfortable compared to drafty houses of the past. But there’s a tradeoff, which will be addressed in one of the residential sessions at the ASHRAE 2016 Winter Conference.

Explorer Software, a provider of job cost accounting and service management software worldwide, has announced the debut of its Business Analytics module for the company’s Shafers service management software.

The BIM Workshops, a regional technology training conference for building information modeling (BIM) technology training, has announced its 2016 lineup of locations and dates. Hosted by U.S. CAD, the organization said it is expanding its multi-city footprint to include Las Vegas.

Fluke Corp. is offering a free new online course: Fluke Electrical Measurement Safety. It features guidance reflecting the latest information on how to minimize potential hazards when performing electrical measurements. The course is intended to aid anyone who works with electricity, including HVAC technicians.

Sellers Manufacturing Co. has announced its new S Series industrial fire-tube boilers with enhanced energy efficiency. The S Series provides low-maintenance immersion-fired technology combined with enhanced heat-scavenging capability.

The Clifford H. “Ted” Rees Jr. Scholarship Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charitable foundation of the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI), has announced $60,500 in scholarship funds to 35 students, including five veterans, studying to become technicians in the HVACR and water heating industry.

The global district heating and cooling market is forecast to increase from a valuation of $142.6 billion in 2014 to $229.4 billion by 2023, expanding at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.7 percent, according to a report published by Transparency Market Research.

Dwyer Group Inc., one of the world’s largest franchising companies of trade service brands, including the Aire Serv heating and cooling brand, announced it is kicking off 2016 with a record-setting nine service brands ranked to Entrepreneur magazine’s Franchise 500 list.

American Residential Services (ARS), a national provider of HVAC and plumbing services, announced that it has acquired the assets of Aspen Air Conditioning in Boca Raton, Florida, and Atlas Trillo in San Jose, California.