SNIPS asked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for guidance on COVID-19 and HVAC systems, and here’s what they said.

The U.S. economy contracted at an annualized rate of 32.9 percent during the second quarter of 2020, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors. 

A collaboration, led by Medistar Corp. and researchers from the University of Houston and Texas A&M, has developed a heating ventilating and air conditioning system filter that can trap and instantly kill 99.8% of the coronavirus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, says the team.

Seventy sheet metal workers, laborers, cement finishers, teamsters, pipe fitters and carpenters gathered on Monday to protest the use of out-of-state labor to construct the Guernsey Power Station, as reported by the Daily Jeffersonian. 

In more than a dozen Johnson Controls Inc. manufacturing plants across the country, International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation (SMART) workers are demanding better COVID-19 protections. The company responds. 

IPS Metal Inc., a sheet metal shop located in Hamilton, Ontario, is finding success after switching gears to make personal protective equipment.

Bank of America is forecasting a slow recovery from the coronavirus crisis, one that will take years not just months. 

The ASHRAE Epidemic Task Force has developed guidance on mitigating potential health risks during reopening of buildings closed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Are HVAC contractors prepared to take on the coronavirus? An indoor air quality expert says no. 

Indocema in Ithaca, New York, created a multiuse face shield design for health care workers.