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	Caleffi Offers Free Training Webinars Coffee With Caleffi is a series of online product training Webinars intended for contractors, designers and wholesalers.

ARTI Opens Bidding for Climate Performance Project The Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Technology Institute (ARTI) Inc. is accepting bids for a new research project to establish a standardized methodology to calculate the Life Cycle Climate Performance (LCCP) for HVACR.

Heating Oil Tanks Made In U.S. Atlantic Tanks, a division of Atlantic Systems Group, announced that its residential heating oil tanks are made in the USA again.

	Taco Announces White Family Foundation Taco Inc.’s charitable organization will now be called the White Family Foundation, formerly the John & Happy White Foundation, which was established in 2000.

2010 Skill Builders Radiant Heating and Sustainable Building Seminars REHAU announces the 2010 schedule of Skill Builders training classes offered throughout the U.S. and Canada by REHAU Academy.

Mexico City Welcomes 2010 AHR Expo-Mexico Held every two years, AHR Expo-Mexico is the premier trade event for the Mexican and Latin American HVAC/R marketplace.

Building Groups Form Alliance For Disaster Relief Associated Builders and Contractors and the Modular Building Institute have formed an alliance called Start Today and Rebuild Together to help respond quickly and efficiently with relief and rebuilding efforts following natural disasters. The first joint initiative is START Haiti.

Green Mechanical Council Launches New Online Career Center The Green Mechanical Council launched the GreenMech Career Center, which offers its members and the industry at-large a targeted resource for online employment connections.

	RIDGID Launches RIDGIDConnect.com RIDGIDConnect, the new online business tool from RIDGID is designed to help service professionals, contractors and maintenance engineers share, store and simplify digital information.

Bell & Gossett Announces 3D BIM Library ITT Bell & Gossett announced a new extensive online library of 3D Building Information Modeling (BIM) content files in Autodesk Revit 2010.

Registration Begins For RPA 2010 Registration is now open for "Building Radiant."

Rinnai Honors 2009 Authorized Service Providers Rinnai Corp. recently announced the six winners of the company’s annual Authorized Service Provider of the Year Awards.

Apollo Valves Honors Cronin Apollo Valves Honored Kevin Cronin with the company’s “2009 Top Sales Performance Award.”

MCA Helps Military Families Stay Warm The Mechanical Contractors Association (MCA) and Pipefitters Local Union (LU) 597 have developed Heat for Heroes, providing free repair of home heating systems for Chicago-area military families in need.

Rebates Plus Tax Credits on All Noritz Products Noritz America Corp. has partnered with Energy Star to create the The Energy Star Appliance Rebate — a program that offers homeowners the ability to earn $150 to $400.

GE Infrastructure Recalls Commercial Carbon Dioxide, Temperature Sensors The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with GE Infrastructure Sensing Inc., announced a voluntary recall of single beam carbon dioxide and temperature sensors.

UAC Members Learn To ‘Fight As You Train’ Leadership, teamwork and training are crucial to a business’s success, said motivational speaker and Bronze Star for Valor recipient Keni Thomas, speaking to members of the Union-Affiliated Contractors at the group’s Feb. 3-5 meeting in Palm Harbor, Fla.

	Lochinvar Creates VIP Forum For Industry Conversation The new forum invites contractors to ask for installation advice from their peers, request technical information from Lochinvar personnel and share a story or experience.

Repaying Solar Loans Through Property Taxes Massachusetts may join the rising number of governmental jurisdictions offering a popular way to finance solar photovoltaic installations: with loans repaid through tax assessments. In addition to solar PV systems, solar water-heating equipment and other energy-efficiency measures are often eligible for funding.

IAPMO Seeks Kauffman, Kneidinger Award Nominees IAPMO is calling for nominations for the George Kauffman Lifetime Achievement Award and the newly renamed Joseph Kneidinger Green Contractor of the Year Award.

RIMA Intl Launches Product Verification Program The Reflective Insulation Manufacturers Association International (RIMA-I) has launched a voluntary Product Verification Program which allows member manufacturers to have their products verified through the association using a third-party accredited laboratory.

Superior Radiant and GoGaS Goch GmbH Join Forces Superior Radiant Products has entered into a strategic alliance with GoGaS Goch GmbH & Co. KG, a prominent German company in the international heating industry.

Lochinvar Reveals Partnership, Product Innovations Lochinvar announced three new innovations and initiatives at this year’s AHR Expo in Orlando, continuing its investment in research and development.

	Metropolitan Pipe & Supply’s Bob Johnson Dies Metropolitan Pipe & Supply’s hydronics salesman, Robert “Bob” Johnson, passed away Jan. 28.

IAPMO Releases First Green Plumbing and Mechanical Code Supplement IAPMO announced the launch of its Green Plumbing and Mechanical Code Supplement, which standardizes sustainable residential and commercial plumbing and mechanical systems for the industry.

IAPMO Seeks Award Nominees Brothers Plumbing & Heating Supply recently partnered with the Westchester/Putnam Chapter of the National Association of Oil Heating Service Managers to complete an oil heat cares project in Mt. Vernon, NY.

Siegenthaler To Present All-Day Hydronic Design Seminar At COSEIA John Siegenthaler will be presenting "State of the Art Hydronic Design for the Solar Thermal Professional," an all-day seminar on Friday, Feb. 19, 2010.

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