The skilled trades of plumbing, heating, cooling and electrical keep our country running. Jobs in these industries are in high demand and come with great pay, career opportunities, and job security. Explore The Trades helps to discover that these careers aren’t just a choice – they’re the best choice.

The Federal Association of the German Heating Industry represents a good 90% of the heating industry turnover in Germany. The product range includes heating systems with outputs from 4 kW to 36 MW, burners, components for combustion technology, radiators, surface heating, surface cooling, ventilation systems, controls and exhaust systems.

The Federal Industrial Association for Technical Building Equipment e. V. (BTGA) is an association based in Bonn and, as an umbrella organization, unites building technology companies with their own engineering capacities in Germany. Technical building equipment or building technology is a sub-area of supply technology.

ForgeNow seeks to address the shortage of skilled HVAC workers in the Dallas, Texas, community and throughout the country.

Fraunhofer ISE creates the technological foundations for supplying energy efficiently and on an environmentally sound basis in industrialized, threshold and developing countries. With its research focusing on energy conversion, energy efficiency, energy distribution and energy storage, it contributes to the broad application of new technology.

The Georgia Institute of Technology is one of the nation's premier research institutes providing a focused, technologically based education to more than 25,000 undergraduate and graduate students.

Global Optimism is a purpose driven enterprise focused on social and environmental change. Global Optimism exists to precipitate a transformation from pessimism to optimism as a method of creating social and environmental change.

Green Clean Institute is a globally renowned green energy certification and standards organization for HVAC systems and services. They have been offering green training and certification for over twenty years now.

GS1 Germany accompanies the development and implementation of open, cross-industry, worldwide standards. On this basis, they also develop process and application recommendations. They support companies from different industries in the implementation and show solutions for more added value.

Heating Force has experience on both sides of the heating industry, and that’s enabled them to build one of the biggest free resources in the UK – helping over 60,000-150,000 visitors with boiler problems every-single-month. They also connect homeowners with cheap boiler installers, such as HEATABLE or WarmZilla.

As a non-profit organization, HETAS pride itself on investing surplus funds into business areas that directly contribute to safely reducing particulate and carbon emissions for the benefit of the people and the environment.

Hitachi Rail is a fully integrated, global provider of rail solutions across rolling stock, signaling, operation, service & maintenance, digital technology and turnkey solutions.

HBI (Home Builders Institute) is a national nonprofit that provides training, curriculum development, and job placement services for the building industry. With job placement rates at over 80 percent for graduates, HBI training programs are taught in local communities across the country to at-risk youth, veterans, transitioning military members, justice-involved youth and adults, and displaced workers.

The purpose of the Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition is to advance policies that promote clean energy innovation and domestic manufacturing, develop renewable energy resources, and create family-sustaining clean jobs throughout the product supply chain.

hybridGEOTABS EU is an active group of developers, engineers & academics with a common interest in optimizing coupled geothermal heat pumps (GEO-HP) and thermally activated building systems (TABS), alongside secondary heating & cooling systems. TABS use pipes, embedded in concrete floors, ceilings and walls, through which warm/cold water is pumped to heat/cool a building’s thermal mass.

IAQmatters is a joint initiative of heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) manufacturers in Europe and the Middle East, which provides solutions to ensure a healthy indoor climate.

IFEMA MADRID is where growth is promoted, business is inspired and opportunities are transformed through intelligence, ingenuity, and creativity. More than 4 million people experience it each year.

The Independent Contractors Exchange (ICE) is a select group of independent HVAC contractors specializing in the service and installation of applied HVAC systems.

Industrial and Commercial Heating Equipment Association (ICOM) is the UK's trade association representing the industrial and commercial heating equipment industry sector. Together with the members, ICOM represents the industry's interests at UK Government and European levels. ICOM is a division of the Energy and Utilities Alliance (EUA).

The Institute of Refrigeration provides a central resource for people from all over the world to improve the application of refrigeration and allied fields for the general good of society with particular emphasis on environment, efficiency, safety, and innovation.

International Accreditation Forum (IAF) is the world association of Conformity Assessment Accreditation Bodies. Its primary function is to develop a single worldwide programme of conformity assessment, which reduces risk for business and its customers by assuring them that accredited certificates may be relied upon.

The International Code Council is a member-focused association. It is dedicated to developing model codes and standards used in the design, build and compliance process to construct safe, sustainable, affordable and resilient structures. The I-Codes are a complete set of comprehensive, coordinated building safety and fire prevention codes.

The International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories (I2SL) is devoted to the principles of sustainable laboratories and related high-technology facilities, from design to engineering to operation. Through worldwide partnerships and the exchange of technical expertise, I2SL will encourage the development of high-tech facilities that address the rapid pace of science, medicine, research, and development in a dynamic environment.

JayKay Sales Company is an HVAC manufacturer's representative agency dedicated to providing professional, competent, and courteous sales and service support to customers of the high-quality manufacturers we represent.

KNF Neuberger, Inc. is a pioneer in gas and liquid diaphragm pumps for OEM, process, and laboratory customers. KNF combines technical expertise and manufacturing leadership to address application-specific challenges for an ever-growing list of markets that includes medical device and diagnostics, environmental/industrial hygiene, laboratory equipment, reprographics, security and defense, semiconductor, energy, various process industries, and more

Koch Air, LLC has been a privately owned, full service distributor of Carrier, Bryant, and Payne residential and commercial HVAC equipment, parts, supplies and tools. Other lines include Totaline, Honeyell, Aprilaire, NuCalgon, Modine, Takagi, Slant/Fin, and many more.

MSCA is a renowned organization for HVACR contractors, providing education, marketing, and labor/management services to assure its contractor members deliver quality performance, value and expertise for all building system needs.

Messe Frankfurt is the trade fair, congress and event organizer with its own exhibition grounds. The wide range of services includes renting exhibition grounds, trade fair construction and marketing, personnel and food service.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. delivers innovative and integrated solutions across a wide range of industries from commercial aviation and transportation to power plants and gas turbines, and from machinery and infrastructure to integrated defense and space systems.

NAFFCO was founded in Dubai, UAE to become the world's leading producer and supplier of life safety solutions. By recognizing the importance and convenience of having easy access to multiple safety services, we became specialized by offering complete solutions under one roof for all types of high-quality firefighting equipment, fire protection systems, fire alarms, addressable emergency systems, security systems, and custom-made vehicle.