After 42 states added jobs in February, COVID-19 is taking a swift and severe toll on the industry, prompting association officials to call for additional measures to help workers and firms recover.

The task force has been established to help deploy ASHRAE's technical resources to address the challenges of the current pandemic and future epidemics as it relates to the effects of heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning systems on disease transmission in healthcare facilities, the workplace, home, public and recreational environments.

The rescheduled event will take place on May 11–12, 2021, at the Westin Riverwalk Hotel in San Antonio.

Sessions that would have taken place during that meeting are now planned to be conducted virtually with a full schedule to be published in April. 

”Workers who support the supply chain of building materials from production through application/installation, including cabinetry, fixtures, doors, cement, hardware, plumbing, electrical, heating/cooling, refrigeration, appliances, paint/coatings, and employees who provide services that enable repair materials and equipment for essential functions” have been added to the list.

Bob “Hot Rod” Rohr, well-known for his Caleffi North America seminars and regular columns in PHC News, was presented with the 2020-2022 Carlson-Holohan Industry Award of Excellence last February at a Radiant Professionals Alliance event held in conjunction with the AHR Expo in Orlando.

The association has canceled the Emerging Leaders Division's EMERGE Spring Forum, originally scheduled to take place May 3-6 in Nashville, Tennessee, with the highest concern for the safety and well-being of its members in mind.  

Given the tremendous need for COVID-19 information and guidance, the American Water Works Association (AWWA) is now offering its upcoming COVID-19 webinars free of charge to both members and non-members.

The International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO) commenced its now 94-year history of industry leadership modestly when 39 city of Los Angeles plumbing inspectors recognized two needs: uniformity in plumbing practices and a means to bring together all sectors of the industry to achieve it.

Sunny Orlando did not disappoint for the 2020 AHR Expo. How could it with the Super Bowl setting the stage on Sunday just up the road in Miami?