EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — DriSteem, a leading manufacturer of humidification, evaporative cooling, and water treatment systems, has announced the selection of Mechanical Sales Midwest as its new sales representative firm for DriSteem products in Kansas and western Missouri. Mechanical Sales Midwest has…

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AKRON, Ohio — Inc. magazine ranked TruTech Tools No. 3,962 on its 35th annual Inc. 5000, a ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. The list provides a look at the most successful companies within the American economy’s most dynamic segment — its independent small businesses.…

KEENE Building Products and Dependable would like to announce the addition to the portfolio of companies owned by KEENE Family Holdings. The Continental Products Company, a manufacturing firm with branded products in the Greenhouse and Log Cabin industry and a strong presence in specialty industrial…

Delos, a wellness real estate and technology firm, has announced a partnership with HOK, a global design, architecture and engineering firm, to accelerate the organization’s mission to integrate health and wellness into the built environment. The new partnership will leverage HOK’s worldwide network…

Click to enlarge In (a) an originally obtained picture of a one-dimensional atomic chain is shown. The thick horizontal lines illustrate the barrier between different chains. In each chain, an atom appearing on the upper side of the thin dashed horizontal line has upward pointing magnetic moment…

Hancher, University of Iowa, is the state's leading performing arts presenter and has earned a stellar reputation for commissioning national and international artists to create innovative dance and theater. In 2008 many buildings suffered tremendous damage from a devastating flood. FEMA determined…

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. — The Air Movement and Control Association (AMCA) International has announced the revision of ANSI/AMCA Standard 210, Laboratory Methods of Testing Fans for Certified Aerodynamic Performance. Standard 210 is co-published by ASHRAE as ASHRAE Standard 51, and is accredited by…

Citing the range and excellence of the winning firm’s design work, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) New York State has awarded WXY architecture + urban design with one of its highest honors, the annual Architectural Firm Award. This singular honor comes on the heels of recent awards for…

Joshua Zinder Architecture + Design (JZA+D) has announced the reorganization and expansion of the firm to handle new business and growth in a number of areas, including designs for higher education, commercial workplace and office spaces, hospitality, mixed-use and residential buildings. The firm,…

Click to enlarge The atomic arrangements of Zinc Oxide visible under a high-resolution transmission electron microscope. Here, Zn (green) represents Zinc and O (blue) represents Oxygen. The red lines showing the defect in the periodicity of atomic arrangements. The zig zag periodicity is Zinc…

NEW ORLEANS — Hillphoenix announced it has earned the 2015-16 Store Certification Excellence award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) GreenChill Program. This award recognizes the manufacturer of commercial systems that has installed more advanced refrigeration systems in…

Commercial roofing specialist Bade Roofing is proud to announce that it has received a 2016 Firestone Inner Circle of Quality Award. The Firestone Inner Circle of Quality Award is one of the most prestigious honors in the commercial roofing industry awarded through Firestone Building Products, a…

ARLINGTON, Va. — The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) today expressed disappointment at the decision of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to decline to extend the proposed effective date of the status change of certain refrigerants used in liquid chillers…

NTU Prof Bernhard Boehm and Dr Hou Han Wei holding their quick test kit for inflammation in diabetic patients. Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a new kit that will allow doctors to find out within minutes if diabetic patients are suffering…

BOSTON — The Qualcomm Smart Campus in San Diego is adding smart digital sensing technology from Current, powered by GE. GE and Qualcomm Intelligent Solutions Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Technologies Inc., announced that Current’s sensors, microservices, and intelligent LED infrastructure will…

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If you’re in the HVAC business, there are times when the work day can feel as out of control as the changing weather. As demands from inside and outside of your dealership increase, it can be hard to keep pace. If a customer’s needs aren’t met, your reputation is at stake, and so is the sale. Taking…

MBCI announced that Joel Viechnicki will succeed Bill Coleman as President of NCI Building System’s Components group. In this position, Joel will serve as President of MBCI, in addition to overseeing the commercial organizations of American Building Components, DBCI and Metal Depots. In an effort to…

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. — The Air Movement and Control Association (AMCA) International Inc. has announced the hiring of two additional staff members and a reorganization. Dan Manole, Ph.D., has joined AMCA as the new director of certification. His principal role will be to lead the AMCA Certified…

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CYPRESS, Calif. — Mitsubishi Electric US Inc. has installed a 369 kW solar electric system, using its own solar modules, on the rooftop of its U.S. headquarters in Cypress, California. The system is expected to significantly cut energy costs and reduce pollutants over the next 25 years. Mitsubishi…

Honeywell announced that one of its low global-warming-potential (GWP) materials is being incorporated into a new solution for producing foam used in applications. Honeywell’s low-global-warming-potential Solstice Liquid Blowing Agent (LBA) is being used in new foam systems developed by The Dow…

Just as architects and designers rely on sketches and 3-D renderings to visualize an unbuilt project’s aesthetics, a new auralization experience from CertainTeed can help specifiers design on an auditory level. The CertainTeed Listening Lounge, a virtual demonstration sound modeling tool located at…

Click to enlarge Barclay's group used diamond to make their microdisk, which looks like a microscopic-sized hockey puck (the optical cavity) supported by a very tiny hourglass-shaped pillar in the centre. The group used light to vibrate the disk to a gigahertz frequency, the frequency used in…

NEW ORLEANS — The Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District (LSED) and Siemens are working together to implement technological advancements and energy efficiency upgrades at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. Since opening in 1975, in addition to being the home of the New Orleans Saints, the Allstate…

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Icynene announced the launch of its new website – www.icynene.com . The new website has a strong customer-centric approach offering quicker access to the right information for architects, builders and homeowners across North America. The new look Icynene website has been optimized to allow industry…

Over the past year, the Asphalt Roofing Manufacturers Association (ARMA) has led the process to update the ASTM International (ASTM) wind resistance standard for asphalt shingles to help ensure that it complies with the latest methods to determine design loads for roofs and cladding used on…

DANBURY, Conn. — Belimo Americas has announced an Innovation Contest regarding zone valves. Internal leakage in zone valves can cause significant loss of energy and money, noted the company. The contest involves finding a simple method for detecting and measuring zone valve internal leakage. The…

The Gypsum Association (GA), which represents the North American manufacturers of gypsum wallboard, has released an industry-wide environmental product declaration (EPD) for glass mat gypsum panels. The EPD provides vital environmental performance information addressing energy consumption, water…

SOPREMA Inc. has opened a new training center and offices in Hayward, Calif. The Hayward facility, located approximately 45 minutes west of San Francisco, will be a shared space for customers of SOPREMA, RESISTO and the newly acquired Chem Link. The new training center reaffirms the commitment…

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. — The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and 3M are teaming up to study whether adhesives can be developed to join HVACR components. Using neutron imaging capabilities at the lab’s High Flux Isotope Reactor, the research team will characterize…

Thornton Tomasetti, the international engineering firm, announces that its San Francisco, Calif. office at 650 California St.has achieved LEED ID+C: Commercial Interiors (CI) Platinum certification from the U.S. Green Building Council under its new LEED v4 ratings system. The 15,000-square-foot…