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Air-to-Water Heat Pumps Booming in Europe
In European markets, where consumers have a sharp eye for energy-saving products, sales of heat pumps, which have a COP of 3 or higher, are steadily increasing. Two types of heat pump air conditioners are available. One is the air-to-air type, which is a traditional air convection direct expansion system for heating room air. The other is an air-to-water type using water as the heating and cooling...
Dark Cloud Casts Shadow on 2009 AC Market
The year 2008 will definitely be remembered as the most imbalanced year in the last ten years. In the first three quarters of the year, almost all of the air conditioner manufacturers were plagued by increased production costs caused by the roaring prices of crude oil and other raw materials. In the fourth quarter of this year, the entire world, including the air conditioning industry, was swept b...
The 8th International Symposium on New Refrigerants & Enviro
The Japan Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Industry Association (JRAIA) held the 8th International Symposium on New Refrigerants & Environmental Technology at the Kobe International Conference Center from November 20 to 21. The symposium was attended by research workers, scientists, HVAC&R manufacturers, engineers and strategy planners from automotive manufacturers as well as university ...
Overview of Canadian AC Market
From this issue, we will begin a periodic column called ‘News from Canada’ that highlights the latest news from Canada. In this first column, we will give a brief overview of the Canadian air conditioning market.The United States and Canada enjoy the largest energy trade relationship in the world. The Canadian economy is strongly linked to the U.S. economy; most of Canada’s international trade is ...
Canadian Development Scores Record LEED
Canada-Dockside Green, a mixed-use residential and commercial development in Victoria, Canada, has received the world’s highest rating for environmental sustainability through the Canadian Green Building Council. The development has achieved the highest ever rating at the LEED Platinum level in the category of new construction, with the project’s first phase scoring 63 points out of a possible 70....
Ingersoll Rand Lowers Earnings Estimates for 2008
Ingersoll Rand, a leading diversified industrial firm, today announced that it has revised its estimated third-quarter adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) to the range of US$ 0.98 – US$ 1.00 from continuing operations including discrete tax benefits equal to US$ 0.07 per share. This earnings estimate excludes non-recurring costs related to the acquisition of Trane, which equates to approxima...
Danfoss Wins 2009 AHR Innovation Awards for Cooling and Refr
Danfoss will be honored with an unprecedented two Innovation Awards at the AHR Expo, including coveted awards in both Cooling and Refrigeration categories.For Cooling, the award will be given for the Danfoss Apexx VSH compressor, the first high-capacity (12 to 40 tons of refrigeration) R410A variable speed scroll compressor for air conditioning and heat pumps. The Apexx solution offers continuous ...
Daikin Partners with ASHRAE in Building Sustainable Headquar
Daikin parent company of Daikin AC(Americas), based in Texas, donated a heating ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) system that services the first floor of the new ASHRAE renewal headquarters, located in Atlanta Georgia. Daikin also provided the funding for a vegetative roof garden, which will be named the Daikin Sustainability Garden.ASHRAE’s newly renovated headquarters effectively serves as...
Mitsubishi Electric in U.S. Promotes Key Member of Staff
Mitsubishi Electric HVAC Advanced Products Division, headquartered in Suwanee, Georgia, the United States, has recently promoted Meredith Emmerich to Director of application support. “With her technical expertise and knowledge of the HVAC industry, Meredith and her team are an asset to our division and will be instrumental in providing even stronger technical support,” said Bill Rau, Senior Vice P...
AHRI Releases September Heating, Cooling Equipment Shipment
Central Air Conditioners and Air-Source Heat PumpsCombined U.S. factory shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps for September totaled 420,726, down 20 % compared with the same ...
