eJARN News
Renovate America Closes $50 Million Equity Investment
Jul 31, 2014 SAN DIEGO -- Renovate America, a leading provider of residential Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing, announced that it has raised $50 million in growth equity from new and existing investors. Renovate America partners with local municipalities to provide the Home Energy Renovation Opportunity (HERO) financing program to property owners, who use it to finance a variety of ...
NetworkThermostat Announces Cloud Service for Its Smart Ther
Jul 31, 2014 GRAPEVINE, Texas -- NetworkThermostat has announced its CloudConnect? service for the company’s Net/X? Wi-Fi and Ethernet smart thermostats. CloudConnect provides Net/X users with the convenience of remote access using the cloud with no limits on the number of thermostats or locations under the user’s management. CloudConnect also adjusts the user interface to match the device being u...
DOE to Provide $14 Million in Funding to Develop New Buildin
Jul 31, 2014 WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced up to $14 million in funding for research and development projects that support the advancement of early-stage, breakthrough energy efficiency technologies for buildings and homes. Seven incubator projects will be funded with nearly $6 million to improve HVAC, water heating, sensors and controls, and building energ...
AHAM Canada New Chair is Doell of Samsung Electronics Canada
Jul 31, 2014 The Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers Canada (AHAM Canada) named Warner Doell, Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Digital Appliance Business, Samsung Electronics Canada In...
LG Home Appliance, LG Air Conditioning See Lower Quarterly S
Jul 31, 2014 LG Electronics Inc. (LG) announced a 165% increase in second-quarter 2014 net profit compared with the second quarter of 2013. The company said it had strong earnings from TV operations a...
SIRACH to host tour of Mitsubishi Electric plant
July 30, 2014 On 2 September the network for Sustainable Innovation in Refrigeration Air Conditioning and Heat recovery (SIRACH) is hosting a tour of the Mitsubishi Electric air conditioning plant at ...
Emerson to build $40m innovation centre
July 30, 2014 USA: Emerson Climate Technologies is to build and support an hvacr r&d and innovation centre at the University of Dayton, Ohio. The centre on nearly five acres of University-o...
Beijer Ref buys remainder of SCM Frigo
July 30, 2014 SWEDEN: Refrigeration group, Beijer Ref AB, is acquiring the remaining 49% of the shares in the Italian SCM Frigo Group. Beijer Ref acquired a majority shareholding in SCM Frigo, ...
EHPA calls for more ambition to transform European energy sy
30 July 2014 Following the recent proposal regarding a 30% energy efficiency target (23 July), the European Commission says that a bigger push is needed to transform the European Energy system. EHPA is urging EU Member States to support the Commission proposal and to push the proposed achievement level even higher. It says that Europe needs swift and decisive action showing markets that policy ma...
Viessmann launches online RHI calculator for consumers
30 July 2014 Viessmann has launched an online calculator to help consumers work out the most appropriate renewable technology for different homes, following the introduction of the government’s domest...
