International Accreditation Service has been
designated as an approved accreditation body by the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency for its WaterSense Program.
The National Association of Home Builders testified before
Congress recently praising H.R. 2336, the GREEN Act of 2009, which sets new
green building and sustainability benchmarks for properties that get financial
assistance from the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved
billions of dollars from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
(ARRA) to help various state and local governments finance many of the overdue
improvements to water quality and wastewater projects.
Ferguson Heating
and Cooling has scheduled a “Troubleshooting and Servicing Heat Pump Systems”
class open to the public in order to help keep its customers educated in the
fundamentals.
Raleigh, N.C.-based power company Progress
Energy Inc. announced a plan to expand the use of solar energy in the Carolinas
and Florida
by more than 100 megawatts over the next decade.
Grand Hall has announced a new tax credit
qualification for its Eternal® hybrid water heating system now available through the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
The day after viewing PowerPoint presentations
on the future of plumbing, members of the Plumbing Manufacturers Institute
boarded a bus for a field trip to Warren Wilson College in Asheville, N.C., to
see the future in person.