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AHR Expo features sustainable products, technologies

More than 28,000 contractors attended the 62nd 2010 International Air-Conditioning, Heating, Refrigerating Exposition in January to learn about green products and technologies....

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Uponor holds training center grand opening

APPLE VALLEY, MINN. — Uponor hosted a grand opening for its newly remodeled Factory Training Center here. ...

Kennedy Associates receives LEED volume pre-certification

SEATTLE — This January, Seattle-based Kennedy Associates, an institutional investment advisor, completed sustainable enhancements, including upgrades to HVAC and plumbing systems...

Commercial water heater has unique features

MONTGOMERY, ALA. — Rheem Water Heaters has released a new commercial water heater under the Rheem-Ruud name with some interesting features in terms of the heat exchanger design and controls. ...

Builders' Show contains a few gems

LAS VEGAS — Approximately 55,000 builders, remodelers and other members of the home building industry crowded the aisles of the National Association of Home Builders’ International Builders’ Show....

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Pannell Mechanical, LLC launches new website www.pannellinc.com

Pannell Mechanical, LLC has launched its new website, at www.pannellinc.com....

Quality Float Works Inc. emerges as finalist for U.S. Chamber of Commerce award

SCHAUMBURG, ILL. – Coming off the recent announcement the U.S. Chamber of Commerce made, recognizing Quality Float Works Inc. with a 2010 “Small Business Blue Ribbon Award,” the local family-owned manufacturing company is one of seven finalists for the “DREAM BIG Small Business of the Year Award.” ...

ASSE Issues First Lead Content Certification

The American Society of Sanitary Engineering has issued their first Lead Content Certification....

Working Group Forming for the Revision of ASSE Standard Series 7000

The American Society of Sanitary Engineering is forming a working group for the revision of the current ASSE Standard Series 7000....

ICC, ASHRAE, USGBC, IES announce nation’s first set of model codes, standards for green building

WASHINGTON – Today American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IES) and the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) will join the International Code Council (ICC) as they launch the International Green Construction Code (IGCC). ...

Grundfos 2010 ‘Pumps on Tour’ Truck begins its journey

Grundfos “Pumps on Tour,” a fully equipped, mobile educational center for trade professionals in the residential, commercial and industrial pumping industry, will be visiting 48 different cities. ...

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West Coast Solar

This month let’s venture out to Southern California for the Solar Power International Conference, put on by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)....

East Coast Solar

Over the next two months I’m going to recount my experiences with solar energy on both coasts of the U.S., beginning with the biennial Solar Decathlon in Washington. Next month we’ll travel to California for the Solar Power International Show....

Do the Right Thing - 2009 CONTRACTOR of the YEAR

John Ward was broke in 1992, and then he met Frank Blau. Ward took Blau's flat rate gospel to heart and he has turned Applewood Plumbing, Heating & Electric into one of the most profitable and philanthropically minded contractors in the country. ...

Tracking Your Fleet Can Increase Bottom Line

If you're not yet using a GPS fleet-management system, and you're looking for a way to increase your company's bottom line, it's time to consider what a GPS fleet-management system can do for you. ...

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