OESP Offers Free Six-Month Membership 

OESP, the National Association of Oil and Energy Service Professionals, invites industry professionals to join their growing group with a free six-month membership. ...

Brady Ranks as a Top Five Workplace 

Brady, a company that provides high-efficiency HVAC systems and comprehensive building solutions was named a Top Workplace by the Greensboro News & Record....

T&S Brass YouTube Channel Offers Valuable Foodservice and Plumbing Industry Insight and Practical Tips 

&S Brass, a leading manufacturer of plumbing and foodservice equipment, is pleased announce updates to its corporate YouTube channel, which contains informational videos on a variety of topics....

Greenbuild exhibitors get down to business 

The exhibits at the annual Greenbuild Show continue to become increasingly practical and pragmatic, much like the university competition that is the Solar Decathlon in Washington that wrapped up earlier in October....

Tucker Mechanical workers don pink hardhats for breast cancer awareness 

EMCOR Group Inc. announced that employees of its Tucker Mechanical subsidiary donned EMCOR Pink Hard Hats, along with employees of Yale Cancer Center, in New Haven, Conn., Oct. 3....

Lorrie Jones Gore Named 2011 PHCC “HVAC Contractor of the Year” 

Lorrie Jones Gore, general manager and an owner of Gundlach Plumbing and Heating Co., Richmond, Va., was honored as the 2011 PHCC “HVAC Contractor of the Year” during CONNECT 2011....

Emotion trumps rationality in hiring, selling 

People are irrational. That’s a fact, not just a snarky comment. Contractors attending the Mechanical Service Contractors of America 26th Annual Educational Conference here found out how emotional people are and how that affects both hiring and sales....

IAPMO close to deal to take over RPA 

Radiant Professionals Alliance President Dorothy Biggs sent an open letter to RPA members in mid-October stating that RPA is being taken over by the International Association of Plumbing & Mechanical Officials. ...

Calif. Gov. vetoes rainwater bill 

California Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. has vetoed AB 275, the Rainwater Capture Act of 2011. ...

Carol Stream Mayor Frank Saverino Proclaims October “Healthy Home Month” 

Carol Stream Mayor Frank Saverino proclaimed October the first annual “Healthy Home Month” at a ribbon cutting and rededication ceremony on Wednesday, October 6. ...

$31,000 check from WaterFurnace sets record as largest single donation to USO of Indiana 

Proceeds from 23rd Annual Supplier Golf Outing contribute to record donation...

Fluidmaster to race in Charlotte 

The Fluidmaster logo will be even more visible at speeds upwards of 190mph this Saturday evening, October 15th during ABC-TV live coverage of the Bank of America 500 from Charlotte, NC. ...

NATE Awards Christopher Mohalley with Golden Toolbox Award 

North American Technician Excellence is pleased to announce that Christopher Mohalley, owner of HVAC Dynamics, is the recipient of the sixth annual Golden Toolbox Award. ...

Two major mechanical contractors combine operations in Twin Cities 

Two leading Twin Cities-based mechanical contracting companies – Metropolitan Mechanical Contractors (MMC) and Doody Mechanical – have combined operations under the MMC name....

WaterSense Excellence Award Marks Fourth Straight Year EPA Has Lauded Kohler Co. 

For as many years as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has been recognizing organizations with its WaterSense awards for outstanding work in the field of water efficiency, Kohler Co. has been a recipient, and 2011 is no different. ...

RESNET and Lennar Enter Into Agreement to Label Energy Efficiency of Homes 

The Residential Energy Services Network (RESNET) and Lennar, one of the nation’s leading builders of quality homes, today announced that they have entered into an agreement to include RESNET’s Home Energy Ratings System (HERS) Index as part of Lennar’s Everything’s Included program....

Solar Decathlon Winner and Two Additional Homes Feature Uponor PEX Plumbing Systems 

The University of Maryland’s WaterShed house, which features an Uponor PEX plumbing system, was awarded first place in the U.S. Department of Energy’s 2011 Solar Decathlon competition. ...

ITT board of directors approves spinoffs of Xylem and ITT Exelis  

Bassett Mechanical celebrates 75 years in busines 

Bassett Mechanical, a full-service mechanical contractor in Wisconsin, opened its factory doors in Kaukauna recently to share its success with friends and customers and celebrate its growth over three-quarters of a century in business....

Boiler room redesign delivers capacity, efficiency for Hazeltine Golf Club 

ST. PAUL MINN. — The Hazeltine National Golf Club is a place as steeped in history and tradition as any golfer could wish. The private club located in Chaska, Minn.,was opened in 1962 boasting a course designed by Robert Trent Jones. ...

Solar Decathlon becomes practical 

WASHINGTON — Far out ideas were few at the 2011 Solar Decathlon here as the 19 collegiate teams strove for practical houses that cost in the neighborhood of $250,000....

Soefker Services LLC uses software package to offer energy services 

MEMPHIS — Soefker Services LLC had a problem. Its parent company, W.A. Soefker & Son, had been in the general construction business since 1944. In 1990 it started Soefker Services LLC as a dedicated services company. ...

Olson Plumbing & Heating installs 21 miles of stainless pipe at wind turbine plant 

PUEBLO, COLO. — Vestas Wind Systems, a Denmark-based energy company, made a substantial investment in 2009 by building North America’s largest wind turbine manufacturing facility here. ...

Sustainability Base uses state-of-the art technology  

MOFFETT FIELD, CALIF. — The Sustainability Base is using a geothermal system, a PV system, solar thermal system, and a version of the water purification system that is on the Space Station. ...

Energy use is reduced by 30% at new U.S. Army barracks  

FORT MYER, VA. — The new 83,750-sq.ft. military barracks, Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, located here, and adjacent to Arlington National Park, opened in July and represents a model of energy efficiency. ...

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