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EPA and DOJ Announce Settlement with Costco to Cut Refrigera
05/09/2014 WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) have announced a settlement with Costco Wholesale Corp. in which the company agrees to pay $335,000 in penalties for federal Clean Air Act violations and improve refrigerant management at 274 stores at an estimated cost of $2 million over the next three years. According to EPA and DO...
DesignBuilder Eases Whole Building Energy Simulation
05/09/2014 SANTA ROSA, Calif. -- DesignBuilder Software has released version 4 of its whole building energy simulation program, DesignBuilder. The company said this new version adds a substantial set of new features and improvements oriented to the different but overlapping needs of engineers and architects. DesignBuilder Packages for Engineers consist of a set of tools to assist with the i...
Optimum Energy Named a ‘Cool Vendor’ in Data Center Power an
05/09/2014 SEATTLE -- Optimum Energy, a provider of data-driven HVAC energy optimization for enterprise facilities, announced it has been named as one of five “Cool Vendors in Data Center Infrastructure Management, Power and Cooling, 2014” in a report by Gartner1 Inc., a leading information technology research and advisory company. “Optimum Energy is thrilled be included as a ‘Cool Vendor’ ...
Costco to Cut Harmful Refrigerant Emissions
05/09/2014 SAN FRANCISCO - The United States reached a deal Wednesday regarding leaking refrigeration equipment at more than half of Costco’s stores nationwide. The settlement, filed simultaneously with the federal complaint, slams Costco with $335,000 in penalties for federal Clean Air Act violations. It also requires Costco to fix refrigerant l...
Electrolux Acquiring GE Appliances Could Make it the New Glo
05/09/2014 Sources told Reuters yesterday that the Electrolux is near to making a deal with General Electric Company to acquire GE Appliances for $2.5 billion. Electrolux sales make it the second-lar...
B&ES calls for training support
05/09/2014 At the B&ES President’s Luncheon yesterday, president Andy Sneyd spoke passionately about the need for training in the modern construction industry. ’Being under 50, I’m considered to be a young man by the standards of construction,’ he said. ’This cannot be a healthy condition for any industry to find itself.’ Mr Sneyd went on to say that construction is at a point that offers a ...
Growth in the world heat pump market
04/09/2014 The world heat pump market increased 7.2% by volume in 2013 to almost 2 million units. The growth was driven by the strong progression of sales of heat pump water heater in the USA especia...
Refrigerant Leaks Costly to Costco
5 September 2014 Costco Wholesale Corporation, the nation’s second largest retailer, has agreed to cut its emissions of ozone-depleting and greenhouse gas chemicals from refrigeration equipment at more than half of its stores nationwide. In the settlement announced today by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of Justice (DOJ), Costco will pay $335,000 in penalties ...
Heat network consultation launched
5 September 2014 The Combined Heat and Power Association and CIBSE have launched a consultation on the Heat Networks: Code of Practice for the UK publication. This is the first time the two bod...
US shows Europe the way on refrigeration law enforcement wit
4 September 2014 EPA slaps $335,000 fine on US’s second biggest retailer and insists on $2m of remedial measures after finding Costco guilty of failing to repair and record R22 leaks over three-year p...
