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The Utah Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has issued proposed new Rule R307-230, NOx Emission Limits for Natural Gas-Fired Water Heaters, which specifies the following NOx emission limits: The proposed rule applies to the sale or installation of covered water heaters on the following staggered schedule of locations and corresponding implementation dates: Comments on this Read more

Arlington, Va. –The Clifford H. “Ted” Rees, Jr., Scholarship Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charitable foundation of the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI), announced $17,500 in scholarship funds to 10 students studying to become technicians in the heating, ventilation, air conditioning, refrigeration, and water heating industry. “These students are a shining example of the qualified, dedicated Read more

Arlington, Va. – In testimony before the House Small Business Committee today, Viktor Anderson, Chief Engineer for Muskegon, Michigan-based Structural Concepts, a commercial refrigeration manufacturer, said that, left unchecked, the inability or unwillingness of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to coordinate rulemakings and coalesce around energy efficiency Read more

AHRI Releases January 2015 U.S. Heating and Cooling Equipment Shipment Data Residential Storage Water Heaters U.S. shipments of residential gas storage water heaters for January 2015 increased 11.2 percent, to 412,410 units, up from 370,850 units shipped in January 2014. Residential electric storage water heater shipments increased 12.5 percent in January 2015, to 406,853 units Read more

Arlington, Va.—Keynote speakers for the HVACR & Mechanical Conference for Education Professionals were announced today, and will be featured at the event on March 9-11, 2015, at the Conference Center at the Maritime Institute in Linthicum Heights, Md. “We are pleased to host these industry leaders at our 20th annual conference,” said Stephen Yurek, President Read more