CHANTILLY, Va. - The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) announced that the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors' National Association's (SMACNA's) "Round Industrial Duct Construction Standards," second edition, has been
FALLS CHURCH, Va. - The Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors-National Association (PHCC) has announced the unveiling of a new legislative action link on its Web site that allows members to e-mail a message
Before getting into his regional outlook on housing at the National Association of Home Builders' (NAHB's) 2003 Fall Construction Forecast Conference, Mark Zandi, chief economist and co-founder of Economy.com, emphasized that "jobs are the key to sustainable economic growth."
ARLINGTON, Va. - As part of the educational program planned for the 2004 Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) Conference and Indoor Air Expo, a special slate of marketing and
The question posed at the National Association of Home Builders' (NAHB's) 2003 Fall Construction Forecast Conference was "Is this the ‘real' second-half recovery?" The consensus among the economists present was that the United States economy has definitely bounced back in the second half of 2003 and is preparing to take off in 2004.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The California Energy Commission has approved new standards for energy efficiency in both residential and nonresidential construction, slated to take effect in October 2005. The standards are
ROCKVILLE, Md. - The Mechanical Service Contractors of America (MSCA) has announced its new MSCA STAR Qualification program, developed to assure building owners and facility managers that their STAR qualified
ATLANTA - A 10-step guideline for use in designing displacement ventilation systems is available from the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE). According to ASHRAE, while
WILMINGTON, Del. - GrafTech International Ltd. has announced that its Advanced Energy Technology (AET) subsidiary was awarded two cash grants totaling $1.4 million from the State of Ohio to support
ATLANTA - Improving the efficient use of energy while minimizing its impact on the environment is the goal of a partnering agreement signed by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating
