Weeklong event is a hit for GreenPlumbers
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — Fourteen industry professionals from across the U.S. converged here recently for the first GreenPlumbers Train the Trainer event. A weeklong program, Train the Trainer enables participants to become certified instructors of the GreenPlumbers curriculum: caring for water, climate care, solar hot water, water efficient technologies and inspection report services. ...
ASHRAE and GBI promote sustainable building
ATLANTA – ASHRAE and the Green Building Initiative will work together to accelerate the adoption of sustainability principles in the built environment through a new agreement, which was approved by ASHRAE and by the GBI Board of Directors during winter meetings. ...
CLSE expands fire sprinkler seminar series
DALLAS – The Center for Life Safety Education recently released three new complete segments of its Fire Sprinklers 200 series and the first installment of Fire Sprinklers 301 series....
Heat Transfer Products unveils rep lineup for Canada
EAST FREETOWN, MASS. — Heat Transfer Products announced the following lineup of independent sales agents in Canada: the Morgan Group will be responsible for the province of Ontario; KVC Industries Corp. will be responsible for the provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan and British Columbia; Nova West Hydro Thermal Sales will be responsible for the provinces in Atlantic Canada, including Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. HTP is also actively searching for sales representation in other provinces, including Quebec....
Renovated house has unique heating system, is LEED Platinum
David Gottfried, founder of the U.S. Green Building Council, the World Green Building Council and CEO of Regenerative Ventures, has completed the highest scoring green home, leading to a LEED Platinum certification, based on the USGBC LEED for Homes Green Building Rating System that was launched in January 2008. ...
Trane office building earns LEED Silver certification
SAN ANTONIO – Trane's new 32,000-sq.ft. commercial office building in San Antonio has earned the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design LEED Silver certification for Commercial Interiors. It is the fourth LEED certified building in San Antonio....
One Hour Air Conditioning & Heating achieves timeliness with TeleNav Track
SUNNYVALE, CALIF. – A franchise of One Hour Air Conditioning & Heating has improved dispatching efficiencies and employee accountability through TeleNav Track, a cell phone-based GPS navigation and tracking service....
Couple design home’s plumbing and mechanical systems, hope for highest LEED rating
MADISON, WIS. – Carol Richard, an architect, and Fred Berg, a retired engineer, designed their own three-story 2,700-sq.ft. home and detached garage, including the plumbing and mechanical systems, and oversaw the construction. The couple hopes their house will be the first in Wisconsin to qualify for the highest Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Platinum rating by the U.S. Green Building Council for a single-family home. ...
Linc Network names 2008 award winners at conference
PITTSBURGH – Linc Network honored Trotter & Morton Facility Services Inc., Calgary, Alberta, and a select group of franchise employees for superior service and performance during the 2009 Linc Service Continuing Education Conference in Dallas....
Atlas establishes national accounts department
TORRANCE, CALIF. – Atlas Sales & Rentals Inc. has established a full-service department to serve its growing base of retailing and other multi-location customers and service providers. The department is supported by additional sales and technical staff, and a new dedicated order processing group in the company's Newark, Calif., office....
Tyco Fire Suppression & Building Products donates fire sprinkler system
VOLUNTOWN, CONN. – Tyco Fire Suppression & Building Products donated a Rapid Response Home Fire Sprinkler System to “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” for the Girard family’s new home here, this past December. A devastating fire destroyed the family’s home in August 2007....
Power-Vee rebate is available
MCKEES ROCKS, PA. — General Pipe Cleaners is offering a $20 rebate until March 31, 2009, for its Power-Vee hand-held drain cleaner with automatic feed. ...
RIDGID announces video contest
ELYRIA, OHIO – RIDGID announced its annual video contest, Luck of the Draw, that challenges contestants to show the RIDGID logo in their videos. The contest runs from Feb. 16 to July 31, 2009, and winners will be announced at the RIDGID Roundup customer event, here, this September. ...
ASHRAE and GBI promote sustainable building
ATLANTA – Through a new memorandum of understanding, ASHRAE and the Green Building Initiative will work together to accelerate the adoption of sustainability principles in the built environment. The agreement was approved by ASHRAE and by the GBI Board of Directors during their winter meetings. ...
Bradley Corp. generates dialogue about green strategies
MENOMONEE FALLS, WIS. — Nearly 200 executives, including architects, engineers and business and community leaders, attended the 2nd Annual Green Manufacturing Summit, presented by Bradley Corp. in partnership with Wisconsin’s Focus on Energy and the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel at Schlitz Audubon Nature Center in Milwaukee. ...
Kevin Schwalb joins PHCC as government relations director
FALLS CHURCH, VA. — The Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors – National Association has announced that Kevin Schwalb has joined its staff as director of government relations. Schwalb brings to the position a background in both the federal government and construction-related trade associations. ...
Green building consultant's Top 10 predicts green building growth despite economy
Green building consultant Jerry Yudelson has published his Top 10 list of green building trends for 2009. Yudelson says that green building will continue to grow in spite of the global credit crisis and the ongoing economic recession in most countries....
Homebuilders applaud ANSI approval of green standard
The American National Standards Institute has approved the homebuilders’ National Green Building Standard for all residential construction work, including single-family homes, apartments and condos, land development and remodeling and renovation....
A. O. Smith sponsors sweepstakes
ASHLAND CITY, TENN. – A. O. Smith Water Products Co. announced the launch of its Go for the Green sweepstakes and a chance to win an all-inclusive trip to the Hootie and the Blowfish and Friends concert after The Masters Celebrity Pro-Amateur Golf Tournament in North Myrtle Beach, S.C., this April....
Noritz America Corp. announces new president
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CALIF. – Hisashi Uryu, the former president of Noritz’s Hong Kong division, has been named president of Noritz America Corp., the manufacturer of the official tankless water heater for Brad Pitt’s Make It Right project in New Orleans and the current “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” season. ...
Free toilets and rebate programs save Austin water and money
Austin, Texas Residents of Austin, Texas, can save money and water by replacing their large capacity toilets with a high efficiency, 1.28-gpf toilet through...
Unified Group welcomes member
The Unified Group announced Tweet/Garot Mechanical Inc., Green Bay, Wis., as its newest member. ...
Taco acquires Innovex Technologies
Cranston, R.I. Taco Inc. announced that it has acquired the assets of Innovex Technologies, a Maine-based manufacturer of intelligent building systems...
FBC provides training sessions to plumbing installers
FBC Building Solutions is providing customized training and detailed installation tips, guidelines and updated code information for the installation of FlowGuard Gold and Corzan CPVC pipe and fittings to plumbing installers. ...
Aquatech USA focuses on education and technology
More than 300 vendors and 5,000 water industry professionals plan to attend Water Quality Association's Aquatech USA 2009 convention and trade show, an international exhibition & conference on water technology, March 17-21 in Rosemont, Ill. The convention and trade show will showcase water treatment equipment and its installation, service, flow requirements and efficiency improvement, and offer a variety of educational and training seminars, and networking opportunities. ...
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