The University of Wisconsin-Madison's Department of Engineering Professional Development will offer the course "Process Piping Systems Design and Operation," March 10-14, 2003, in Madison, WI.
The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) has announced two seminars that will take place as part of the technical program at the 2003 Winter Meeting Jan. 25-29 in Chicago.
The Copper Development Association (CDA) has announced a nationwide search to determine the oldest copper plumbing installation to commemorate the 75th anniversary of copper plumbing.
Calling the launch of ISH North America "a vision that had become a reality," Roland Bleinroth, president of Messe Frankfurt Inc., credited a number of people for helping to bring the ISH concept to North America.
The future of the plumbing, heating and cooling industry depends on exposing today's young people to the trades, said Richard Trethewey in his standing-room-only keynote address at the ISH NA trade show in Toronto Nov. 1.
At its annual meeting in Toronto on Oct. 29, ASA geared its convention program to its channel of distribution, including the 200-plus vendor companies that are members of the association, instead of focusing exclusively on wholesalers' interests.
Viessmann's Vitodens 200, the first wall-mounted boiler to be introduced in North America, won first place in the Best Overall Product and the Heating and Ventilation categories in the New Product Showcase held at ISH NA in Toronto.
With membership a major point of his presidency, PHCC President Bill Trombly discussed the association's continuing campaign to increase membership to 6,000 members by 2005.