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Plumbing Commissioning Webinar offered

Mar 5, 2010

The Building Commissioning Association will offer a Webinar on commissioning plumbing systems, Wednesday, March 31....

Grundfos Pumps CR Products Receive Annex G Certification

Mar 4, 2010

Grundfos Pumps has announced that the CR, CRI and CRN products have received NSF/ANSI Standard 61 – Annex G certification....

AHR Expo features sustainable products, technologies

Mar 3, 2010, BY CANDACE ROULO and ROBERT P. MADER Of CONTRACTOR’s staff

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

Bell & Gossett Announces New BIM Library Featuring Revit Drawings

Mar 3, 2010

ITT Bell & Gossett announces a new extensive online library of 3D Building Information Modeling (BIM) content files in Autodesk Revit 2010....

Builders' Show contains a few gems

Mar 2, 2010, BY ROBERT P. MADER Of CONTRACTOR’s staff

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....

Twins’ Target Field to reuse rainwater

Mar 2, 2010

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Twins baseball club and Pentair, the Minneapolis-based worldwide water solutions provider, are partnering to spotlight the global issue of water by setting a new standard for water use in sports facilities. Pentair will donate......

Off-grid, solar home doesn’t scrimp on comfort

Mar 2, 2010, Special to CONTRACTOR

WEBSTER, WIS. — Comfort was the only demand that Michael Sperry’s wife Judy made when he proposed building an off-grid, solar-powered home in northwest Wisconsin....

PVC maker sued for pipe failures

Mar 2, 2010

LOS ANGELES — Nevada, Virginia, Delaware, Tennessee, San Diego, Sacramento, San Jose, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and 39 other California municipalities and water districts have joined a whistleblower lawsuit seeking millions of dollars in damages from JM Eagle and its former parent company, Formosa Plastics Corp. (USA), for supplying PVC water and sewer pipes that the suit alleges the manufacturer knew were substandard....

CPSC recalls pumps, icemakers

Mar 2, 2010

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced voluntary recalls of submersible pump controls and ice machines....

Commercial water heater has unique features

Mar 2, 2010, BY ROBERT P. MADER Of CONTRACTOR’s staff

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. ...

Kennedy Associates receives LEED volume pre-certification

Mar 2, 2010, BY CANDACE ROULO Of CONTRACTOR’s staff

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

Uponor holds training center grand opening

Mar 2, 2010, BY ROBERT P. MADER Of CONTRACTOR’s staff

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

Rinnai recognizes 2009 authorized service providers of the year

Mar 2, 2010

Rinnai Corp. recently announced the winners of the company’s annual Authorized Service Provider of the Year Awards....

All Kohler residential faucets low-lead compliant

Mar 2, 2010

Kohler Co. announced that all of its residential bathroom and kitchen faucets have been converted for compliance with California legislation AB1953 and Vermont’s bill number S.015. ...

Code Council ‘plunges’ into World Plumbing Day

Mar 1, 2010, BY JAY PETERS, executive director of ICC’s Plumbing, Mechanical and Fuel Gas Group

Everyone in the building industry knows that plumbers play a huge and critical role to protect public health and safety. But many consumers take for granted what the plumbing industry does to provide ever-better plumbing solutions while being mindful of conserving resources. The World Plumbing Council seeks to change that. ...

Fisher makes lead-free faucets

Mar 1, 2010

Fisher Mfg. Co. has introduced a new line of stainless steel, lead-free faucets to comply with California legislation. ...

Clockwork announces Focus on Your Future seminars

Mar 1, 2010

Clockwork Home Services has announced a new event called Focus on Your Future to help contractors compete, survive, grow and thrive in today’s economy. ...

Grundfos Pumps opens engineered systems facility

Mar 1, 2010

BROOKSHIRE, TEXAS — Grundfos Pumps recently opened its brand new Peerless Engineered Systems building. The 45,000+ sq. ft. facility was built outside Houston here and shares land with Grundfos Commercial Building Services, formally PACO Pumps, and will be home to the PES division of Peerless Pump Company. ...

ACTE Joins Sponsors of 2010 HVACR & Plumbing Instructor Workshop

Mar 1, 2010

DES PLAINES, ILL. ¯ The HVACR & Plumbing Instructor Workshop, which will focus on advancing green mechanical concepts, is pleased to welcome the Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) as a new sponsor. The 2010 Workshop will be held March 24-26 at the National Conference Center, Lansdowne, Va. ...

Idaho restaurant is first to install solar thermal system

Mar 1, 2010

BLACKFOOT, IDAHO ¯ Solar Panels Plus, designer and manufacturer of solar water heaters, solar air conditioning/heating systems and photovoltaic solar panels, announced that its SPP-30 evacuated tube collectors have been installed at the Homestead Family Restaurant, the first restaurant here and in all of Southeastern Idaho to install a solar water heating system. ...