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Shaping Tomorrow's Global Built Environment Today
January 29, 2026
A free air conditioner in every New York City apartment may sound downright utopian—and decidedly off-topic in January—but that’s what is in store for apartment dwellers across the five boroughs. A new law requiring landlords to provide cooling to tenants at their request quietly went into effect this week, but with a long lead time for landlords. Actual enforcement by the city Department of Housing Preservation and Development is four years away, in 2030. Read more
Gas industry trade groups last week asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review an appeals court decision upholding Biden-era energy efficiency rules that they say ban the sale of non-condensing natural gas furnaces and other products. The U.S. Department of Energy in 2023 and 2024 finalized stricter standards for consumer furnaces and commercial water heaters, but the gas groups say the tighter efficiency requirements would block non-condensing versions of the products from the market. Read more
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In 2026, the renewable energy industry is facing considerable headwinds from the current administration's policies. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act set a July 4 deadline for wind and solar projects to start construction to qualify for the Inflation Reduction Act’s production and investment tax credits. It also set new foreign entity of concern rules for which the Treasury Department has yet to issue final guidance. Read more
Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences have overcome a long-standing bottleneck in refrigeration by developing a new cooling method that could cut carbon emissions to zero. The project team introduced a technique based on the dissolution barocaloric effect, offering a clean alternative to traditional vapor-compression refrigeration. Read more
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Join Alex and Colin McQuade for a lively interview with their father, 2025-2026 ASHRAE President Bill McQuade, about his career in the HVAC&R industry, this term’s ASHRAE Society theme “Healthy Buildings: Designing for Life,” and how to be an effective leader.
 
 
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ASHRAE Journal
By Andy Pearson, Ph.D., C.Eng.
Columnist Andy Pearson discusses research he completed on daily sea surface temperatures and how it relates to scientific consensus and the general public’s perception of it. Download here

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The technical program for the 2026 ASHRAE Winter Conference is now available online and in the ASHRAE 365 app. View the sessions, technically focused committee meetings, and social events to start building your schedule for Las Vegas. Read more
In Case You Missed It
Researchers from the University of Nebraska at Omaha are trying to harness artificial intelligence to make buildings more efficient without sacrificing the comfort of the occupants inside. By giving AI control over heating, air conditioning, ventilation, window shades and other operations of the building, the project team aims to improve the performance of commercial buildings and thereby reduce carbon emissions. Read more
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