In Brief
A recent Gallup Poll shows that Americans perceive the lack of clean drinking water as a greater threat than climate change. Fifty-three percent of Americans...
Comfort Buys Wash. Mechanical
Comfort Systems USA Inc., a leading provider of commercial, industrial and institutional HVAC services, announced that it has acquired Merit Mechanical Inc., a full service commercial HVAC company based in Redmond, Washington....
Ga. Tech Buys Ultrapure Wastewater System
Atlanta The Georgia Institute of Technology has selected Siemens Water Technologies to provide multi-million dollar wastewater and ultrapure water treatment systems for a new, $80 million nanotechnology research center, located here....
MSI Builds UCF Biomedical Sciences Facility
Orlando, Fla. Mechanical Services Inc. is underway on University of Central Florida's new five-story, 198,000-square-foot Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences building here under its design/build contract with The Whiting-Turner Contracting Co., HOK and Newcomb & Boyd....
A.O. Smith Recalls Gas Water Heaters
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with A.O. Smith Water Products Co., has announced a voluntary recall of the company's 75-gal. natural and propane gas water heaters....
EMCOR Subsidiaries Win Transit, Chrysler Jobs
EMCOR Group Inc. announced that its subsidiary Design Air Ltd. has been awarded a contract to upgrade the mechanical and electrical systems for Seattle Metro Transit's Central Base Facility and Revenue Processing Center, a 22-acre complex that maintains and houses a fleet of nearly 400 buses....
Court Settlement Puts Licensing Group on Guard
A master plumbers license enforcement committee here is keeping a vigilant eye out for those violating New Jersey's plumbing licensing law after settling a case earlier this year against Home Depot....
Green Building Products Gets Update
BuildingGreen, the publisher of Environmental Building News, has released the third edition of Green Building Products, a product directory for homebuilders, remodelers and homeowners....
S.I. Goldman Secures Six Mechanical Jobs
S.I. Goldman Co. Inc., a mechanical contractor and services company, has announced its work on six jobs that span from Kissimmee to Gainesville, Fla., and range from underground utility installation to equipment fabrication....
CDA Hails EPA Decision on Antimicrobial Copper Alloys
Proponents of antimicrobial copper alloys are hailing a recent decision by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to approve the alloys' registration....
State Water Heaters Awards Scholarship
State Water Heaters recently awarded Angel Espericueta, a South Texas College student, with an academic scholarship to continue studies in the HVAC and plumbing associate degree program....
MSCA Adds 2 Contractors to STAR Program
The Mechanical Service Contractors of America has announced that GHS Mechanical Inc., Elk Grove, Ill., and Ruthrauff Service LLC, Pittsburgh, recently achieved MSCA STAR status, bringing the total number of STAR contractors nationally to 89....
Giants Cautiously Optimistic
So, are we entering a recession? Yes and no. For the nation's largest mechanical contractors, the answer is probably no. Contractors who are in the residential market or building strip malls will feel differently....
Studies Confirm Energy Savings of LEED Buildings
Two recently released studies, one by the New Buildings Institute and one by CoStar Group, have validated that third party certified buildings outperform their conventional counterparts across a wide variety of metrics, including energy savings, occupancy rates, sale price and rental rates....
Plumbing Industry Week Recognized
The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed a resolution recognizing the plumbing industry and supporting the goals and ideals of National Plumbing Industry Week, which was celebrated April 27-May 3....
PEOPLE NEWS
Two new members have been elected to the Nexstar board of directors, John Hucker of Hucker Electric, Waukegan, Ill., and Tommy Newton of Rapidan Plumbing, Fredericksbug, Va. ...
Raleigh Reverses Disposal Ban
Raleigh, N.C. The city council here recently reversed its decision to ban garbage disposal installations, nearly a month after the ban took effect in mid-March....
Q2 Industrial Spending Off 65% From Last Year
Last year at this time, the U.S. industrial manufacturing industry was booming, noted research firm Industrial Info Resources here....
RPA Sets Annual Conference
Schaumburg, Ill. The 2008 REX (Radiant EXPO) will be held at the new Renaissance Hotel and Convention Center here from Aug. 13-15, 2008....
Symposium Addresses Energy Efficiency Goals
Washington More than 30 representatives from the federal government, energy utilities, foreign embassies and the HVACR industry gathered here in early April to answer the question, Is the tide turning with regard to the future of energy and energy efficiency strategy?...
County Enacts Plumbing Retrofit Law
Dekalb County, Ga. Plumbing industry experts are cautiously optimistic about a new ordinance here that calls for any home built prior to 1993 to have low-flow toilets and plumbing fixtures installed before a homeowner can obtain water from the county. The ordinance, which becomes effective June 1, 2008, requires sellers to disclose the Inefficient Plumbing Fixtures Replacement ordinance when selling a home....
Standard 189.1P: The Future of Green Buildings
There is no question that high-performance green buildings are quickly becoming the norm of the building industry as they should. Such buildings represent an enormous potential for saving energy and reducing carbon emissions worldwide....
Homeowners May Qualify for Entran Settlement Funds
Owners of property where Goodyear's Entran II radiant heating hose was installed may receive cash payments under a class action settlement, according to David Black and William Maywhort, who are among the class counsel that negotiated the settlement....
Contractors Encouraged to Take LEED Role
Las Vegas The co-founder of the U.S. Green Building Council's regional chapter here encouraged union contractors to take advantage of the opportunities available under the USGBC's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design rating system....
RPA Moving REX to Spring in 2010
The Radiant Panel Association is moving its Radiant Expo (REX) back to the spring in 2010....
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