Jan 2021
HVACR Insights: Combating COVID-19 with Healthy Ventilation Rates
As the novel COVID-19 virus continues to spread throughout the United States, ensuring healthy indoor air quality (IAQ) is an important part of helping lower the rate of infections.
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Dec 2020
NRDC Files Lawsuit Against DOE
The Natural Resources Defense Council and several other non-governmental agency plaintiffs filed a lawsuit against the Department of Energy (DOE) in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
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Nov 2020
ASHRAE Recognizes 2020 Modeling Challenge Teams
This October, ASHRAE announced the wines of its first virtual 2020 LowDown Showdown modeling competition. The LowDown Showdown engages architects, engineers, designers and energy modelers by working on integrated teams in the creation of outstanding designs that solve in real-world building efficiency challenges.
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Nov 2020
DOE Provides $65 Million in Funding for Connected Communities
In an effort to encourage more grid-interactive efficient building communities nationwide the DOE has announced that will provide $65 million dollars in funding. The DOE believes that connected communities can leverage the latest advancements in building science, like state-of-the-art sensors, controls, and analytics, to more flexibly manage and deploy grid-scale energy efficiency and distributed energy resources.
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Oct 2020
BREAKING: AHR 2021 Cancelled
Breaking News: AHR 2021 has been cancelled after working with McCormick Place to tentatively reschedule the Show for March 2021. With roadblocks set in place by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and current state and local restrictions that prohibit mass gatherings over 50 people, an in-person event will not take place in 2021.
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Feb 2020
hilmor Invites Technicians to Compete in “Fastest Hands in HVAC/R” Contest
hilmor, a leading brand of the DiversiTech family and a manufacturer of innovative tools for HVAC/R technicians, invites technicians attending this year’s AHR Expo in Orlando, FL, February 3 – 5, to compete for the coveted title of the Fastest Hands in HVAC/R.
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Aug 2019
The Harris Products Group Announces an Exclusive Distribution Agreement with Worthington Industries
The Harris Products Group (“Harris”), a Lincoln Electric company, is pleased to announce that it is now the exclusive distributor of Worthington Industries air-fuel equipment in the U.S. wholesale channel, and a distributor of Worthington Industries gas cylinders. These products began shipping on January 2, 2019. This agreement broadens Harris’ brazing and plumbing product lines and complements the previously acquired soldering consumables business and certain brazing assets from Worthington Industries earlier this year.
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Apr 2018
Trump Budget Includes HVACR Manufacturer Wins
AHRI reports that last month, President Trump signed a new two-year budget deal into law that includes a number of tax credits and deductions from S. 2256, the Tax Extender Act of 2017, that AHRI and several member companies had worked diligently to have included. Geothermal parity tax credits (25D/48c) finally received a five-year fix (one-year retroactive and four-years prospective).
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May 2018
AHRI Launches New Cybersecurity Project
AHRI recently approved a new project analyzing current standards and practices applied to HVACR cybersecurity. Proposed by AHRI’s Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Electronic Controls product section, this project will examine anticipated threats and cybersecurity needs associated with connected HVACR systems. As one of AHRI’s standing committees, the R&T Committee, administers the association’s research program, recommending and promoting research activities to strengthen the industry’s competitive position globally.
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May 2018
HVAC Associations Weight in on Trump Tariffs
This April, the Trump administration put tariffs of up to 25% on imported steel and aluminum, with a focus on Chinese imports. The act has not come without comment from the HVACR industry.
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