Advanced Pump Webinars
The Hydraulic Institute and Pump Systems Matter announce the kick-off of their first webinar series for 2012. The Variable Speed Drives four-part webinar series will begin on January 13, 2012. Following is a schedule for the Variable Speed Drives webinar series: 
   Session 1 - Intro 101, January 13, 2012, 1:00-2:00pm EST; 
   Session 2 - Application and Installation Considerations, January 20, 2012, 1:00-2:00pm EST; 
   Session 3 - Protection for VFD and Proper Output, January 27, 2012, 1:00-2:00pm EST; and, 
   Session 4 - Troubleshooting Problems with VFDs, February 3, 2012, 1:00-2:00pm EST 
   Advance registration is required and HI Members receive a 25% discount on the regular registration fee. Participants of the Variable Speed Drives webinar series may earn up to four PDH credits. To learn more about the Hydraulic Institute and Pump Systems Matter or to register for a course, please visit the website.

First Technical Summit Held at REHAU ecosmart house
REHAU has completed its first REHAU MONTANA ecosmart house technical summit in Bozeman, Mont. The summit was attended by 38 building industry business and association representatives from across the U.S., as well as those from Montana State University and other members of the academic community. Sponsored by REHAU and led by the Creative Research Lab at MSU, the REHAU MONTANA ecosmart house aims to exhibit the possibilities of maximized energy efficiency and occupant comfort through a combination of the latest sustainable building products and systems. The three-year project, which included research, design and construction of a residence located in Bozeman, will advance into a two-year period of system performance and research in early 2012, once construction of the house is complete. Participants in the two-day summit, held Nov, 3- 4, collaborated to define parameters for using the house during this period as both a demonstration project for sustainable residential construction, and as a unique research, measurement and data-gathering entity for building product and system performance.