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New York HVAC Contractors Now Required to Recycle Mercury Th
15 - January - 2014 Albany, N.Y. -- New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed into law a bill that requires any person or contractor who replaces a mercury-containing thermostat to deliver it to an appropriate collection site to be recycled. The bill also mandates that as of July 1, 2014, no HVAC wholesale distributor shall sell or distribute any thermostat unless the wholesaler participates as a coll...
Airxchange Announces Direct Energy Recovery Wheel Replacemen
15 January 2014 ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2013 has brought a new, major focus on improved requirements for equipment efficiency and expanded use of energy recovery technology (ERV). Incorporating ERV tech...
Intertek and AHRI Sign Four-Year Performance Testing Agreeme
January 14, 2014 Chicago -- Intertek has announced a new four-year agreement with the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) to extend a nearly 50 year partnership supporting pe...
Conference to focus on UK health and safety law
14 - January - 2014 The British Safety Council is holding a half-day conference in Manchester on 26 February to update employers in the north west of England and surrounding regions on important developments in UK health and safety legislation, practice and enforcement. The conference is aimed at employers, directors and managers in businesses and organisations of all types, sizes and sectors. It...
Expanding Educational Horizons: Programmatic Accreditation G
Programmatic accreditation is an independent third party review of an educational program.The process validates that established standards of excellence for HVACR educational programs are met. These standards are designed to assure that our future workforce receives the quality of training required to provide the skills necessary for success in the HVACR industry. In 1999 HVAC Excellence was the ...
Google Buys Nest Labs, Inc.
14 January 2014 Google, Inc. announced today that it has entered into an agreement to buy Nest Labs, Inc. for $3.2 billion in cash. Nest’s mission is to reinvent unloved but important devices in the ...
