eJARN News
Powrmatic acquires SHEV Company
1 July 2014 Powrmatic has acquired the assets of SHEV Company Limited, a supplier of smoke and heat exhaust ventilation products. Effective from today (1 July), the acquisition reinforces Powrmatic’s position as a UK leader in the manufacture of smoke and natural ventilation products. Powrmatic’s ventilation product manager Stuart Parris said: “The SHEV product range is the perfect c...
Refrigeration giant Epta strengthens national service, desig
1 July 2014 Italian packs-to-cabinets group expands to serve national customers as it brings Ringwood-based retail and high street specialist Cold Service into portfolio alongside Bradford-based Georg...
US senators propose Super Pollutants Act for faster action o
1 July 2014 US senators Chris Murphy and Susan Collins have announced plans to introduce the Super Pollutants Act of 2014 in bid to make faster cuts to HFCs, along with other short-lived climate pollu...
Electrolux Settles Dryer-Fire Class Action
Jul 1, 2014 Electrolux Home Products has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit regarding fires alleged to have started in some models of its clothes dryers. Electrolux denied that the dryers were de...
Tecumseh Announces Leadership Changes
1 July 2014 ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Tecumseh Products Co. announced that Harold Karp has been named interim president and chief executive officer following the resignation of James Connor. The Tecumseh bo...
EPA Proposes Approval of Hydrocarbon Refrigerants in Select
1 July 2014 Washington -- In support of the Obama administration’s Climate Action Plan, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced that its Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) program is proposing the addition of hydrocarbon refrigerants for several select HVACR applications. This proposed action would expand the list of SNAP-approved substitutes to include more low...
Australian PM Reintroduces Legislation to Repeal Carbon Tax
26 June 2014 The Australian Liberal government on Monday reintroduced legislation to repeal the country’s carbon tax, three months after opposition parties Labor and the Greens rallied in the Senate to defeat the first attempt. “The people have spoken and now it’s up to this Parliament to show it listened,” Prime Minister Tony Abbott told lawmakers when introducing the bill. “The Australian...
2014 Quality Home Comfort Awards: Comfort is More than a Mat
1 July 2014 What is comfort? Over the years we’ve asked this question to thousands of HVAC contractors, distributors, and manufacturers and we rarely get exactly the same answer. Back in 1994, then e...
Are Smart Homes Ready for Prime Time in the HVAC Industry?
1 July 2014 Last month we published an editorial titled, “Connected Homes: The HVAC Contractor Connection," in which we postulated the potential future of that market and how it could change the industry. Since we published it, there has been an increase in consumer coverage of the same topic. Interestingly, The Wall Street Journal and Time Magazine (among others) have presented very stron...
Contractors announced for ￡1bn framework
1 July 2014 Five contractors have been chosen to build 5,000 homes for rental developer Essential Living on a framework worth up to ￡1bn. The contractors included Balfour Beatty, Brookfield, Vinci, McLaren and Prime Construction, which is part of the Elliot Thomas Group. Contracts under the framework will span over eight years and have been broken down into three lots. Both B...
