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Repealing the Carbon Tax in Australia.
08/07/2014 The Australian Government decided to abolish the carbon tax from 1 July 2014. A communique from Australia’s minister for the environment Greg Hunt says that a review is needed to ensure continued protection of the environment, while reducing the complexity for businesses and individuals who operate under the legislation. In the announcement, Greg Hunt acknowledges that alt...
Bosch calls on Government to recognise GAHPs in non-domestic
09 July 2014 nobBosch Commercial and Industrial Heating is urging the Government’s Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) not to miss the opportunity to recognise gas absorption heat pumps (...
4 Ways World Leaders Can Win at the Climate Leaders Summit
09 July 2014 Leaders from the world’s top 17 developed and developing economies will gather on July 11 for the Major Economies Forum, or MEF, in Paris, knowing they must return to this city in 2015 to finalize a global climate agreement. World leaders must dig deep now to set in motion near-term actions that support low-carbon economic growth and deliver a climate deal strong enough to prevent cat...
Danfoss EnVisioneeringSM Symposium finds converging technolo
09 July 2014 New ways of using energy could redefine the role of commercial utilities and the building-utility relationship Danfoss recently hosted its 21st EnVisioneering Symposium in Washingt...
Big Data driving data centre growth in Australia
9 July 2014 Three-quarters of local businesses and organisations expected to increase spending on data centre facilities in the next 12 months due to Big data, virtualisation and business continuity. According to a world-wide survey commissioned by global data centre solutions provider Digital Realty and conducted by Forrester Research, 76% of Australian organisations expect to increase spe...
Swegon claims European compact AHU leadership with purchase
9 July 2014 Diverse Scandinavian HVAC supplier Swegon continues its cooling and heating acquisitions with the purchase of air handling and heat recovery specialist P. Lemmens. Acquisitive HVAC firm Swegon has added air handling unit specialist P. Lemmens’ to its portfolio. The firm’s largest product area is compact air handling units with built-in controls. The product range also includes f...
Honeywell Will Help Reduce Climate Impact of Refrigerators A
Honeywell will work with Midea to implement Honeywell’s low-global-warming-potential blowing agent for refrigerator insulation Beijing, July 8, 2014 -- Honeywell (NYSE: HON) announced today that it w...
Samsung Launches In-Store Appliance Shopping Display
Jul 9, 2014 Samsung Electronics America is launching a new appliance retail selling tool called CenterStage. The concept showcases Samsung appliances in an life-size display with an intuitive touch-sc...
EPA Wants To Cut Venting Prohibitions on Some Flammable Refr
Jul 9, 2014 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wants to list a number of flammable refrigerants as acceptable substitutes for ozone-depleting substances, and wants to exempt the listed substitutes from venting/disposal restrictions. The EPA’s July 9, 2014 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, under its Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) program, proposes to list acceptable substitutes and ...
Survey Shows HVAC/R Contractors Very Optimistic
Jul 9, 2014 HVAC/R contractors in the United States continue to be very optimistic about short-term growth, according to the June Contractor Comfort Index (CCI) from industry group ACCA Association. The June 2014 index was at 81. The data shows that contractors are feeling slightly better than they were 12 months earlier when the CCI was 77. An index of 50 or above reflects anticipated grow...
