eJARN News
Total Facilities 2015 returns to Sydney
20 Mar 2015 Next week 2,500 facilities management professionals are expected to converge on Glebe Island’s Sydney Exhibition Centre for the annual Total Facilities event. Taking place from Marc...
Nanocap Develops New Air Drying Process for Air Conditioning
March 20, 2015 WEST HARTFORD, Conn. and LONGBOAT KEY, Fla. -- Nanocap Technologies LLC has announced the Nanocap Process, which uses capillary condensation and then osmosis through a semi-permeable membrane to dry air. Based on nanopore technology and available for licensing, this patented process is said to be significantly more efficient than conventional dehumidification, which cools air down t...
IBM and Carnegie Mellon Launch Partnership for Smarter Build
March 20, 2015 ARMONK, N.Y., and PITTSBURGH -- IBM has announced a new smarter buildings partnership with Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), the first higher education institution to pioneer use of a new cloud-based analytics system for reducing energy and facility operating costs. The university expects to save approximately 10 percent on utilities, nearly $2 million annually, when the IBM ...
Airtron Canada Awarded Major HVAC and Building Automation Co
March 20, 2015 MISSISSAUGA, Ontario -- Airtron Canada announced that it has been selected to perform HVAC and building automation systems (BAS) maintenance services for more than 600 Ontario government buildings. That translates into 21 million square feet of facilities in buildings such as office buildings, laboratories, and correctional facilities. Airtron Canada is a national provider of HVAC, ...
Honeywell Announces New Greenhouse Gas Emissions Goal In Sup
19 March 2015 Today, U.S. President Barack Obama signed an executive order to cut the federal government’s greenhouse gas emissions 40% over the next decade from 2008 levels, a commitment to lead by e...
Hamworthy Heating launches new website
20 March 2015 Commercial heating and hot water specialist Hamworthy Heating has launched a new website giving improved access to technical product information. Julie Shaw, marketing manag...
Viessmann increases turnover by four per cent
20 March 2015 The Viessmann Group, the heating, cooling and air-conditioning technology specialist, generated a turnover of around 2.2 billion euros in 2014. That equates to a 4 per cent increase over...
SenerTec supports sustainable energy showcase
20 March 2015 SenerTec has been raising awareness of the benefits of combined heat and power (CHP), by supporting a sustainable energy showcase in Solihull attended by the Secretary of State for Energ...
Coca Cola to narrowly miss HFC-free global refrigeration tar
20 March 2015 Soft drinks giant will miss its target, set in 2009 for including natural refrigerants in all new equipment globally by 4 per cent. Coca Cola will narrowly fail to reach its ambit...
NAPIT stresses importance of Amendment 3
20 March 2015 NAPIT delivered a seminar on Amendment 3 to the 17th Edition Wiring Regulations to engineers from Kier Services and Sheffield City Council on 12 March. As part of NAPIT’s ongoing efforts to educate electrical installers on the changes to the 17th Edition Wiring Regulations, the seminar provided both organisations with all the required knowledge on Amendment 3. “We feel ...
