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Former vice president Al Gore has received the nod from his community officials to install a planned 33 solar panels on his Tennessee property.

IAPMO Research and Testing has made it easier than ever to list products and get them to market faster with its new online Product Listing Application.

While reading my local hardware store's weekly sale paper over Sunday breakfast, a particular product image jumped off the page - it was a coil of PEX! The brief description next to the photo labeled it as the "pipe of the future" ... what great press!

As the products you install on a daily basis finally go mainstream, remember the country is also turning an eye toward your business. With Earth Day focus this week on energy-efficient heating systems and energy options, customers soon will be looking to you to guide them in the green realm. Remain steadfast in your commitment to quality, and you'll safely ride the wave of this added exposure.

Elementary students in Wilson County, TN, recently received a visit from Nashville Predators players, the Predators' mascot and Lochinvar executives as part of a finale event celebrating the "Stick To Reading=Succeeding" program. 

A.O. Smith recently committed 35 new water heaters to the Milwaukee Habitat for Humanity for 2007.

McDonnell & Miller has announced new enhancements to its popular RB-122-E Low Water Cut-Off with self-cleaning probe.

Taco Inc. has issued an expanded brochure on its full product line of 4900 Series Separators for micro-bubble air and dirt removal.

The Grundfos Comfort System is a one-pump, one-valve combo that installs without the need of a return line to the water heater.

The ProMix pump block and header from ComfortPro’s AquaHeat line of radiant heating and snowmelting products is a new way of separating the boiler or any heat source from the distribution manifold.

At the recent 2007 HVACR & Plumbing Instructor Workshop, Jo Rae Wagner (CTO Inc., Harlingen, TX) informed attendees that according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, by 2014 this country will need 29% more HVACR and 21% more plumbing technicians - more than 100,000 skilled workers.