The International Code Council now offers an exam for professional
contractors to demonstrate their qualifications to install sprinklers in
accordance with the 2009 IRC ...
Four
leading water heater manufacturers have joined with the Consortium for Energy Efficiency to
become part of the Coalition for EnergyStar® Water Heaters ...
EPA in 2000 ordered the New York City Department of
Environmental Protection to replace mechanical equipment containing mercury,
lead and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) along the Delaware Aqueduct ...
The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute announced it will begin using a new unified mark to identify heating, ventilation, air conditioning and commercial refrigeration products that have achieved third-party certification of their performance ratings ...
A council convened concerning a 20-year-old plumbing
ordinance that outlines who needed a license, the requirements of the licenses,
and what plumbing projects required a permit ...
Oklahoma
House Bill 1675 would have required an establishment that does not offer a
public restroom to allow people suffering from certain medical conditions to
use the employee-only restroom ...
Nev. Senator Harry Reid told the Associated
Press that the Senate will take up energy legislation in a couple of
weeks "and then later this year, hopefully late this summer do the global
warming part of it" …
The Maryland House of Representatives recently introduced HB
357, Business Occupations and Professions — Plumbers — Lead-Free Materials,
which requires that materials used in the installation or repair of plumbing
intended to dispense water for human consumption be lead-free ...
Chicago Faucets announced that its
management systems have achieved ISO 9001:2008/ISO 14001:2004 certification of
its U.S. headquarters in Des Plaines, Ill., and three manufacturing sites ...
The DEC is a universally designed, accessible, transit
oriented, non-profit disability services campus serving the Greater Phoenix
area through the collaboration and partnership of similar minded
disability-oriented agencies ...
The
new site is designed to attract consumers through helpful and informative
content, while raising awareness of NATE and the value of certification ...
The California Building Standards Commission certified
the Environmental Impact Report on crosslinked polyethylene tubing (PEX) and
unanimously adopted regulations approving PEX water distribution systems into
the California Plumbing Code ...
Safety managers still hold noncompliance as their main
challenge to keep workers safe, according to a survey of safety professionals
at the National Safety Congress in September ...
Key manufacturers of outdoor wood-fired heaters pledged to produce 90%
less air pollution under the second phase of a voluntary partnership with the
EPA ...
OSHA and AFSA will address reducing and preventing exposure to material
handling, as well as fall hazards and issues related to motor vehicle safety ...
In
Minneapolis the International
Code Council and its members debated and voted on code change
proposals that will shape the future of building safety and fire prevention ...
California
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed AB 2222 last week that directs the state's
water quality agency to develop answers to the problem of contaminated drinking
water ...
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