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McKinstry develops ‘district energy’ system to heat Amazon facility with waste heat from data centers

November 16, 2015

SeattlePI.com reports on an inventive new system to heat Amazon’s new campus in a Seattle, Wash., that will be heated...

LG opens expanded headquarters for U.S. air conditioning market

November 12, 2015

LG Electronics USA celebrated the opening of its new LG Air Conditioning Systems Headquarters outside of Atlanta. At 40,000 square...

Plumbing & Heating

Get Fit to Fit!

November 11, 2015

Sean McCormack

“I really hope it’s only 3:00a.m. right now. I still need at least three more hours of sleep,” I said...

AHRI names new COO

October 30, 2015

The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) today announced that John Lanier, Chief Operating Officer (COO) of North American Technician...

Minnesota rule requiring home fire sprinklers overturned

October 14, 2015

A Minnesota Appeals Court panel on Oct. 13 threw out a state fire sprinkler requirement for larger new homes, saying...

IAPMO 2015 Uniform Solar Energy and Hydronics Code now available in all formats

October 13, 2015

The International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials has released the hardcopy and digital versions of its 2015 edition of...

Ft. Lauderdale Airport evacuated after contractor accidentally cuts fire sprinkler line

October 12, 2015

Hundreds of people were evacuated Saturday afternoon from Terminal 3 at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. According to airport spokesperson Greg...

GE to produce new heating, A/C unit at Kentucky facility

October 8, 2015

As part of a $250 million investment GE Appliances is making in the three-year period ending in 2016 at its...

Pulling people in

How the Mechanical Contracting Education and Research Foundation is recruiting the industry’s next generation.

October 8, 2015

Ashlei Williams

The mission of the Mechanical Contracting Education and Research Foundation (MCERF) is to articulate and fund the mechanical contracting industry’s...