U.S. factory shipments of residential cooling and heating equipment declined in February, compared with the same month a year ago, while the commercial market for these products maintained steady growth, according to AHRI.

Two recently released studies, one by the New Buildings Institute and one by CoStar Group, have validated what the green building community has known all along: third-party-certified buildings outperform their conventional counterparts across a wide variety of metrics.

HVAC professionals gather in Albuquerque, N.M., to protest federally non-compliant codes.

Danfoss has announced confirmed speakers for its EnVisioneering Symposium 7.

Bell & Gossett has announced its training course schedule for the second quarter of 2008 at its Little Red Schoolhouse education center in Morton Grove, IL.

U.S. factory shipments of residential cooling and heating equipment for January 2008 look very similar to the totals for the same month a year ago, with a slight rise reported this year for central air conditioners, air-source heat pumps and gas warm air furnaces, according to the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI).

The Heating, Airconditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) Southeastern Regional Meeting will be held April 13-15, 2008, at the Renaissance Resort at World Golf Village, St. Augustine, FL. For details,

(L to R) Paul Teutul, Jr., Mikey Teutul and Paul Teutul, Sr., of Orange County Choppers, present a custom-made motorcycle to Viega CEO Dan Schmierer (with microphone) after a special

Mitsubishi Electric HVAC Advanced Products Division hosted an evening in honor of its CITY MULTI VRFZ (variable refrigerant flow zoning) technology at Vento Trattoria, New York, Jan. 22, 2008, for

Trane has expanded its HVAC system rental services business by adding a new maintenance and stocking location in Salt Lake City. Read full press release here.