Trane and the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors-National Association named David Dugger 2004 Trane/PHCC HVAC contractor of the year at the annual PHCC convention.

The Refrigeration Service Engineers Society will host its 2005 annual conference Sept. 27-Oct. 1, 2005, in Atlanta at the Omni Hotel at the CNN Center.

Air conditioning manufacturers and trade associations negotiating over energy efficient standards reached an agreement for proposal to Congress and the Department of Energy.

Carlin Combustion Technology won first place in the component supplier category of a plant safety survey issued by the Hydronics Institute Division of the Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association.

A.O. Smith's Dennis Bush, marketing development manager, received the Herman Goldberg Award at the RSES 67th annual conference in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Heating, Airconditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International elected Randy Tice, CEO of APR Supply (Lebanon, Pa.), its 2005 president.

WarmlyYours Floor Heating's TempZone™ and Environ II™ made the top 100 products of 2004 list in Building Products Magazine.

Uponor North America announced it will close RTI Piping Systems in the United States and Plasco PEX-b Manufacturing in Canada.

Change was the key word at the Heating, Airconditioning, Refrigeration Distributors (HARDI) annual conference, held Oct. 16-19 at the Hyatt Regency in Chicago.

The Alberta Hydronics Advisory Council will host a tradeshow April 7-8, 2005, at the Mayfield Inn Conference and Trade Centre in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.