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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...
Alfa Laval wins SEK 50 million oil and gas order in the UK
30 June 2014 Alfa Laval -- a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling ? has won an order to supply compact heat exchangers to an offshore platform in the UK. The order ...
Danfoss cold chain workshop addresses changing landscape
30 June 2014 Changes in the cold chain are shifting the landscape for food producers, warehouses, retailers, and consumers, and are creating both opportunities and challenges for the industry. From fo...
Step forward for Low-GWP refrigerants as US proposes accepta
30 June 2014 Move by the Environmental Protection Agency marks major step towards use of natural refrigeration in US. Proposed acceptance of R32 mirrors European moves towards mildly flammable ‘transitional’ HFCs The US has proposed a range of acceptable uses for flammable hydrocarbon refrigerants - R600a, R290, R170 and R441A along with the mildy flammable R32 under the EPA’s Signific...
Honeywell’s UOP Helping Meet Petrochemicals Demand in China
Jun 30, 2014 China’s Wison (Nanjing) Clean Energy Co. Ltd., a Honeywell’s UOP licensee, has produced more than 360 million pounds of light olefins at a plant in Nanjing, China, using UOP’s breakthroug...
Trane Expands Chiller Portfolio with Breakthrough Systems De
Five new chillers with broad range of capacities from 20 kW to 14 000 kW to meet cooling needs for every comfort and process application Epinal, France, 26 June, 2014 -- Trane a leading global ...
ASHRAE Guideline on Specifying Building Automation Systems P
Jun 30, 2014 ATLANTA -- ASHRAE has announced the availability of its newly published Guideline 13-2014, Specifying Building Automation Systems, which provide designers of building automation systems (...
Half of US Homeowners Give Themselves a ‘B’ in Energy Effici
Jun 30, 2014 Richardson, Texas -- The annual Lennox Home Energy Report Card survey found the majority of homeowners are attempting to conserve energy, but many are still looking to do better. The surv...
ASHRAE/IES Publish User’s Manual For Standard 90.1
Jun 29, 2014 ATLANTA -- Guidance on how to incorporate changes regarding building envelope, lighting, mechanical and the energy cost budget in the 2013 energy standard from ASHRAE and IES are included...
Outstanding Achievements Recognized At ASHRAE’s Annual Confe
Jun 28, 2014 SEATTLE--Eighty-nine people are being recognized by ASHRAE for their contributions to the Society and the built environment industry at the Society’s 2014 Annual Conference held here June...
