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	American Standard CEO Signs "Statement of Support" Donald C. Devine, president and chief executive officer of American Standard Brands, recently signed a Statement of Support for the National Guard and Reserve.

First U.S. Green Building Codes Announced The ICC, ASHRAE, USGBC and IES announce the nation’s first set of model codes and standards for green building in the U.S.

Benjamin Franklin Elects Richardson Brand President Clockwork Home Services Inc. announced Keresa Richardson will serve as the first franchisee-elected president of Benjamin Franklin Plumbing.

Happy World Plumbing Day! Celebrate World Plumbing Day by conserving how much water/energy you use every day.

	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.

PHC Groups Oppose Construction Health Care Angle ASA, HARDI and PHCC were among 26 organizations calling for the U.S. Senate to oppose any healthcare reform legislation that includes the controversial “construction industry provision”.

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.

GREENGUARD Launches New Web site The GREENGUARD Environmental Institute has launched a new Web site (www.greenguard.org) with four custom-designed sections for manufacturers, architects/designers, owners/builders and consumers.

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.

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.

Calculated Industries Celebrates World Plumbing Day With Giveaway The company is holding a drawing to give away three plumbing calculators.

	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.

PHCC Names Kennedy Executive VP PHCC—National Association President Skip Pfeffer announced that Gerry Kennedy has been named the new executive vice president of PHCC.

All Kohler Residential Faucets Comply With Low-Lead Standard Kohler Co. announced all of its residential bathroom and kitchen faucets have been converted for compliance with California legislation AB1953 and Vermont’s bill number S.015.

	Sloan Names Davenport as Executive Director of Marketing Sloan Valve Co. hired Sherry Davenport as executive director of marketing.

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.

‘Focus On Your Future’ Coming To Town A series of three meetings designed to provide independent contractors with strategies to use buying power, state-of-the-art technology and new advertising strategies has been announced as a unique cooperative effort by a group of sponsoring organizations.

Residential Sprinklers Look Like Code Lock We have received word that the International Code Council did not receive any public comments on the residential sprinkler mandate in its International Residential Code.

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.

Guidelines Developed For Polyurethane Application NCFI Polyurethanes, a manufacturer of foam products including spray foam insulation, and Lubrizol, supplier of CPVC resins for the manufacture of plumbing pipe and fire sprinkler systems, have created a Suggested Application Test Protocol Guideline.

Defense Dept. Selects MADCAD.com The U.S. Department of Defense awarded MADCAD.com a one-year subscription contract for online access to more than 800 building codes and standards from ASHRAE, ASME, BHMA, ICC and NFPA.

Recalls: Submersible Pump Motor Controllers And Commercial CO2, Temperature Sensors The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Franklin Electric Co. and GE Infrastructure Sensing Inc., announced a voluntary recall of electric motor controllers for submersible pump systems (Franklin), and single beam carbon dioxide and temperature sensors (GE).

	TOTO Launches Web site In Español TOTO announced the launch of a Spanish-language edition of its Web site designed to assist its Hispanic consumers.

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.

More Construction Firms Likely To Perform Stimulus-Funded Work In 2010 An analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of federal data found that more contractors are likely to perform stimulus-funded work this year as work starts on many of the nontransportation projects funded in the initial package.

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

	WaterSense ‘Fix a Leak Week’ March 15-21 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is promoting its second annual WaterSense "Fix a Leak Week," March 15 to 21, 2010.

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