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By Levy Joffrion Web Site to Help Save Energy A new Web site from the Tax Incentives Assistance Project aims to help individuals and businesses cut their federal tax bills and their energy bills in 2006 and 2007 by becoming more energy-efficient. The Web site - www.energytaxincentives.org - provides information on valuable new federal income tax incentives in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct).
CARQUEST Offers Hybrid Courses CARQUEST Technical Institute recently released the first in a series of hybrid vehicle courses.
The courses will focus on understanding the different types of systems and the critical service issues technicians will face during normal maintenance. Safety, for example, is an issue with the high voltage systems employed by hybrid vehicles. For more information, contact your local CARQUEST Auto Parts store.
Car Care Promo Gets Bowl Bid While college football teams were learning where they would be playing bowl games, the Be Car Care Aware campaign also was learning it would be making its own bowl game appearance. The Car Care Council's 30-second Be Car Care Aware public service announcement aired during the national broadcast of the Meineke Car Care Bowl Dec. 31 on ESPN2 once each half. It also was shown multiple times on the in-stadium screen. Meineke Car Care Centers donated the airtime for the announcements. The Meineke Car Care Bowl featured South Florida vs. North Carolina State.
Insurer Scraps Flood-Damaged Cars At least one insurance company is scrapping flood-damaged cars in Louisiana. After Hurricane Katrina, flood-damaged cars in Louisiana's hardest-hit parishes were left sitting in water contaminated with e coli and fuel for up to four weeks before insurance companies could get in and start pulling them out. Environmental officials advised that these cars could be decontaminated by washing with soap and water or a combination of water and bleach. Once decontaminated, these vehicles could be sold to consumers anywhere in the country. The Progressive Group of Insurance Companies, the third largest auto insurance group in Louisiana and in the United States, made an unprecedented decision to scrap the more than 5,000 vehicles it insured that were declared total losses as a result of flood waters in St. Bernard parish and parts of Orleans parish. "The reasons are simple," said Juan Andrade, claims general manager for the region. "We don't want our people working around these cars and we don't want them back on the road."
MACS Has New Web Site The Mobile Air Conditioning Society (MACS) Worldwide has a new Web site, www.macsw.org. Designed for easy navigation, the site includes information concerning Section 609 certification, news from the mobile A/C and engine cooling system industry, mobile A/C training, details on upcoming conventions and clinics, a store and a members-only area and discussion forum. There is also a classifieds page to help connect employers with potential employees and a page devoted to the current work of the Improved Mobile Air Conditioning project.
DuPont Offers Free Color Library DuPont Refinish has established a free online library of virtually every color chip DuPont has produced over the past 80 years. Located in the Color section of the DuPont Performance Coatings Web site (www.performancecoatings.dupont.com), the DuPont Refinish Historical Color Library is a searchable application that allows the user to view, print or download a scanned image of every automotive and truck color chip DuPont has produced since the company introduced Duco nitrocellulose lacquer in 1924.
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