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Renewables contributed 15% to UK electricity in 2013
6 August 2014 The latest figures from DECC show electricity generation from renewable sources increased by 30 per cent between 2012 and 2013, to account for 14.9% of total UK electricity generation, 3.6 percentage points higher than in 2012. Offshore wind generation was 52 per cent higher than in 2012, with capacity up 23 per cent. Onshore wind generation was 40 per cent higher, with...
Heating and AC firms 'play to gender stereotypes branding'
6 August 2014 The marketing used by heating and air conditioning engineers still plays to traditional gender stereotypes, new research has revealed. A study conducted by PH Media Group has foun...
Fuijitsu launches Mobile Technician app for Android and iPho
6 August 2014 Fujitsu’s Mobile Technician free mobile app is now available for Android 4.0 or later as well as i-Phones. The company claims the app supplies vital information and helps with tro...
DOE Supplies $6 Million in Funding to Support Commercial Bui
Aug 6, 2014 WASHINGTON -- The U.S Department of Energy (DOE) has announced up to $6 million in funding to deploy and demonstrate four emerging energy-saving technologies - focused on HVAC, refrigeration, and lighting - in commercial buildings across the country. These technologies are expected to help businesses cut energy costs through improved efficiency, while also reducing carbon emissions. &n...
Honeywell, StarTex Power Help Texans Save Energy with Wi-Fi
Aug 6, 2014 MINNEAPOLIS and HOUSTON -- Honeywell and StarTex Power, a Constellation company and electricity provider that serves customers across Texas, have teamed up to offer homeowners and small bu...
Fagor in UK Could Leave Customers Without Warranties
Aug 6, 2014 Fagor Electrodomesticos, part of Spain’s industrial cooperative MCC, filed for bankruptcy in late 2013. While it sold its French subsidiary, FagorBrandt, to Algerian conglomerate Cevital in June 2014, the fate of other company operations continue to be unresolved. The UK marketer and distributor of Fagor appliances was De Dietrich Kitchen Appliances Limited. The company handled UK sal...
Frozen food in the French click-and-collect sector
05/08/2014 Click-and-collect shopping consists in ordering online and then collecting the shopping. It has made a good debut in France as 2747 collecting points are already implanted, 740 of which opened in 2013. Most are due to major supermarket chains such as Intermarche, in a leading position with (736 collecting points), Systeme U (587), Leclerc (445), among others. Around 10 000...
New Product: VIEVU Body Camera Records HVACR Service Calls
05 August 2014 VIEVU, leading providers of body worn video (BWV) for law enforcement, has announced the availability of its VIEVU2, which sources say is the first ruggedized, wearable video camera bui...
Huber Launches Compact and Affordable Circulating Cooler for
30 Jul 2014 The new Unichiller 003-MPC expands the product range of Huber Kaltemaschinenbau by a compact and highly affordable circulating cooler. With a list price of only 1,980 EUR, the Unichiller 0...
OFTEC launches oil storage safety campaign
05 August 2014 OFTEC has joined forces with the Environment Agency and the Federation of Petroleum Suppliers (FPS) to launch a new ‘Tank Safe’ campaign, urging the one million oil using homes in Engla...
