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Energy Regulations Impact on Chiller Sizes
The effect of the 2012 building energy regulations in France has been to progressively change the demand mix for chillers - average size has shrunk by 30% over the last few years. By contrast sales in terms of numbers have started to increase, rising from 5,900 units in 2013 to 6,600 units in 2014 with 60% of the market made up of units rated 17.5 to 200 kW. The replacement of an increasing number...
Mitsubishi Electric US Releases City Multi Lgeneration
Mitsubishi Electric US Cooling and Heating Division, North America’s leading marketer of advanced cooling and heating systems for commercial applications, introduces the latest innovation in Var...
Energy Efficiency Upgrades to Save Pueblo Schools More Than
20 August 2015 PUEBLO, Colo. - Pueblo City Schools D60, in partnership with McKinstry, has begun implementing energy savings measures that will save the district more than $14 million in energy and operational savings over the next 20 years. The project will pay for itself through reduced utility and operational costs and will improve the educational environment for students, teachers, and staff. ...
Under EPA Settlement, Cold Storage Warehouse to Improve Safe
19 August 2015 BOSTON - A Chicopee, Massachusetts, cold storage warehouse that utilizes ammonia refrigeration is spending more than half a million dollars, primarily on public safety enhancements, to resolve claims it violated the federal Clean Air Act’s chemical release prevention requirements in its handling of ammonia at the facility. In an agreement with the New England office of the U....
MHI Wins Order for Saudi 200,000-ton Cooling Plant
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has received an order for 80 units of large capacity centrifugal chillers for the district cooling plant of an urban development project in Medina, Saudi Arabia. The ...
National treasure in urgent need of chiller replacement
17 Aug 2015 Federal parliament is struggling to comply with HFC phaseout timelines. A damning report which claims the $1 billion federal parliament building in Canberra is in a state of disrepair has...
Commercial Refrigeration Equipment Market to Grow at 5.7% CA
Aug 17, 2015 NEW YORK - The global commercial refrigeration equipment market was valued at $29.6 billion in 2014 and it is expected to reach $40.9 billion by 2020, according to a report from P&S Market Research. The firm forecasts the market to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.7 percent, in terms of value, from 2015 to 2020. The commercial refrigeration market is being ...
Parker 's Big Blue aims to master CO2 refrigeration configur
12 August 2015 Component specialist’s new lab has ability to test 1.5 million system and component combinations for CO2 Parker Hannifin has developed what it believes is a world-class CO2 lab i...
Trane announces European HVAC R+D facility
4 August 2015 Trane has announced the opening of its new ‘state-of-the-art’ testing facility, located in the production and design centre in Epinal, France. The facility will function as a vali...
New York Dual Compressor Features Variable Speed Drive
Aug 4, 2015 York YD model “C” dual compressor centrifugal chillers from Johnson Controls are now available with Optispeed variable speed drives (VSD) and an expanded capacity range of 1,500 - 6,000 t...
Breakthrough Carrier Aquaforce(R) Chillers With Puretec(TM)
July 30, 2015 MONTLUEL, France Two Carrier AquaForce(R) water-cooled screw chillers with the new PUREtecTM refrigerant have been selected for the innovative Plan-les-Ouates district heating project in...
Trane opens new chiller test facility
July 30, 2015 FRANCE: Chiller testing has begun at a new state-of-the-art testing facility in Trane’s main European plant in Epinal, France. In addition to its large capacity chillers and multi...
