The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has revised its standards for means of egress, concluding that the National Fire Protection Association’s (NFPA’s) 2000 edition of the Life Safety Code® provides comparable safety to OSHA’s Exit Routes Standard.

Despite a troubled economy, the International Air-Conditioning, Heating and Refrigerating Exposition (AHR Expo) 2003 is shaping up to be one of the biggest shows of all time, according to the show organizer International Exposition Company (IEC).

Encompass Services Corp. announced that it has filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Elections for new officers were held recently as part of the Refrigeration Service Engineers Society (RSES) Annual Business Meeting in Las Vegas, NV.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) joined a groundbreaking ceremony for one of the nation’s first zero energy homes (ZEH).

Last summer, the HVACR department at the University of Northwestern Ohio was officially accredited through the Partnership for Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Accreditation (PAHRA). According to Tom Grothous, instructor for the HVACR department, this milestone is proof positive that his program is doing what it sets out to do and what the industry requires.

TUSCON, AZ — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) joined a groundbreaking ceremony for one of the nation’s first zero energy homes (ZEH), which produces all the energy it uses

In the past weeks, we at The News have been able to report that our project of launching a new post-secondary HVACR training program in Oakland County, MI, has been going as planned. Some of the hurdles have been cleared. Now the project is moving into a new phase. It’s time to start building the best HVACR lab possible.

Goodman Manufacturing Company L.P. (Houston, TX) has received Maintenance Warehouse’s “Partner of the Year” award. Goodman supplies Maintenance Warehouse with Janitrol® HVAC equipment and Amana PTACs. Quietside Boilers (Whittier,

Carrier Corporation (Syracuse, NY) will increase prices up to 5% on selected residential and commercial heating and cooling equipment, chiller equipment, and airside equipment. The increase will apply to