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Barratt Homes performance evaluation of Hanham Hall developm
Aug 14, 2014 BSRIA is working with Barratt Homes on a large scale dwelling performance evaluation of their Hanham Hall development, located on the outskirts of Bristol. Hanham Hall is the first...
Panasonic Factory Solutions Asia Pacific Wins
Aug 13, 2014 In recognition of the successful establishment of its indoor agriculture facility last October, Panasonic Factory Solutions Asia Pacific (PFSAP) won the "Food Manufacturing Solutions" acc...
Panasonic Contributes to Singapore with First Indoor Vegetab
Aug 11, 2014 Panasonic Factory Solutions Asia Pacific (Panasonic) announced its pilot commercial supply of locally-harvested vegetables to Japanese restaurant, Ootoya on July 31st. The premium Japanes...
Customer and Field Bulletin: Residential Air Conditioning TX
For the past several months, there has been a significant increase in the number of “no cooling” complaints coming from new residential air conditioning and heat pump installations. 13 August 2014 For...
Mexico and California sign climate and clean energy pact
By Megan Darby 29 July 2014 Mexico and California have formally agreed to collaborate on climate action in a historic pact signed on Monday. California governor Jerry Brown inked the memorandu...
Home Automation App Offers Support for Nest Thermostat
13 August 2014 BOULDER, Colo. -- Revolv Inc., a home automation app developed to unify control of smart home devices from a single app, has announced its new support for Android and official integration with the Nest Learning Thermostat(TM). In addition, the company released an updated version of its iOS app. Both the Android and iOS apps are said to offer an improved user interface to more effici...
ecobee Appoints Osama Arafat as Co-CEO
13 August 2014 TORONTO -- ecobee announced that Osama Arafat has joined the company as co-chief executive officer. As co-CEO, Arafat will be responsible for leading the product strategy, engineering, and customer care teams and will co-lead the organization with Stuart Lombard as the company prepares for growth as well as the introduction of a new smart thermostat product. “ecobee is growin...
ABM to Reduce Energy, Operating Costs by $19 Million for Col
13 August 2014 NEW YORK -- ABM, a leading provider of facility solutions, announced its ABM Building Solutions business has been selected by Colquitt County Schools, Moultrie, Georgia, to provide energy efficiency upgrades and facility enhancements to all 14 schools in the county through ABM’s Bundled Energy Solutions program. The project, scheduled to be completed in June 2016, is expected to sav...
MCAA Releases Electric Arc Welding Safety Video
13 August 2014 Rockville, Md. -- The Mechanical Contractors Association of America (MCAA) has released “Avoid the Path: Electric Arc Welding Safety,” a new video that educates workers on safe work practices to help prevent electric shock, burns, eye injuries, respiratory and other health problems, and jobsite fires. “Electric arc welding is so commonplace in the mechanical construction indu...
Office temperature may cost economy ￡13bn annually
13 August 2014 A survey suggests around 2% of office hours are wasted due to the temperature alone, potentially costing the UK economy more than ￡13bn annually*. The survey also shows the exte...
