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DOE’s Better Buildings Neighborhood Initiative Upgrades 100,
4 June 2014 Washington -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced that its Better Buildings Neighborhood Program has helped more than 40 state and local governments upgrade more than 100,000 buildings and save families and businesses over $730 million on utility bills. Supported by the Recovery Act, the program worked with 41 competitively selected state and local governments and their partn...
Hawco launches new website
4 June 2014 Today sees the launch of Hawco Limited’s brand new state-of-the-art e-commerce website: www.hawco.co.uk. The website, which has been five months in the making, includes all of the industry leading component parts and spares available for purchase in its popular catalogue, Quick Pick 5. Main website features include: ? Over 2,000 products ? A comprehensive and easy to use ...
Ingersoll Rand opens new Czech manufacturing site
4 June 2014 Ingersoll Rand has inaugurated its new state-of-the-art facility for manufacturing, light assembly and distribution of Trane and Thermo King climate control systems in Ovcary-Kolin, in the...
CIBSE publishes guidance on building design in arid environm
4 June 2014 CIBSE (Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers) has launched a new publication called Building for extreme environments: Arid. It says that the publication is timely, with landmark building projects in the Middle East and other arid environments gaining global attention. The rate of development of the built environment in the world’s hot desert and semi-arid areas i...
Johnson Controls further expands its automotive battery foot
New automotive battery plant in Western China will help supply rapidly growing market Chongqing, China, June 4, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Johnson Controls is growing its presence in China by opening a new...
For HVAC Systems, Efficiency Measurements Are The ‘Delta’ Di
When measuring the performance of an HVAC system, the term ’delta’ is often used to express the difference between two measurements. Let’s take a look at the family of HVAC industry “deltas” that we i...
Government blamed for drop in investment attractiveness
4 June 2014 The latest EY Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness survey shows the UK slipping from fifth to sixth. It has swapped places with Canada, with the change explained by uncertainty o...
Embraco NEU compressors replace the NEK generation
03 June 2014 The substantial improvements of the NEU models from the existing products’ family are the higher efficiency, increased cooling capacity and lower sound level. Embraco has kept the greates...
Direct Energy Announces Partnership with Nest
June 3, 2014 Houston -- Direct Energy, one of North America’s largest energy and energy-related services providers, announced that it has teamed with Nest to offer its electricity customers a solution for managing home and small business energy usage through an offer that includes the Nest Learning Thermostat. The partnership represents a commitment by Direct Energy to bring Nest’s Learning...
RPA to Hold Its Annual Conference in Conjunction with 2015 A
June 3, 2014 Westport, Conn. -- The Radiant Professionals Alliance (RPA) has announced that it will hold its Annual Meeting and Conference in conjunction with the 2015 AHR Expo that takes place in Chicago from Jan. 26-28, as well as significantly expand its overall presence at the expo. In addition to relocating its meeting and conference to the AHR Expo, RPA will develop a training and edu...
