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Cloud-Based Home Management Market Set for Rapid Growth
May 28, 2014 London -- Cloud-based home management systems that allow users to remotely control household features like HVAC and lighting are set for rapid growth in the coming years, with the worldwide installed base set to rise by a factor of eight from 2013 to 2018, according to IHS Technology. The global installed base of cloud-based home management services is projected to grow to 44.6...
Watts Water Technologies Appoints Pagano as CEO
May 28, 2014 North Andover, Mass. -- Watts Water Technologies Inc. has announced the appointment of Robert J. Pagano Jr. as president and chief executive officer, with Dean P. Freeman resuming his role as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Pagano has also been appointed to the company’s board of directors. Pagano served most recently as senior vice president of ITT Corp.,...
Southland Energy Selected as Preferred Contractor at Fort Kn
May 28, 2014 Dulles, Va. -- Southland Energy, the energy services division of Southland Industries, has been selected as Nolin Rural Electric Cooperative Corp.’s preferred contractor for all energy services projects executed at the U.S. Army Post at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Under Nolin’s utility energy services contract with Fort Knox, Southland Energy will develop and implement energy improvement pro...
AHRI Files Petition for Court Review of Department of Energy
May 27, 2014 Arlington, VA -- The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) today filed a petition for review in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit against the U.S. ...
RHI non-domestic Phase 2 extension includes ASHP
28 May 2014 The HPA (Heat Pump Association) has welcomed the extension to the Non-Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) which includes air source heat pumps as well as increased support for ground source heat pumps. “This is a clear demonstration of the commitment and resolve of Trade Associations including the HPA to work with DECC for the continued development and extension of the RHI s...
Energy efficiency collaboration between UK and China
28 May 2014 The major shareholder of heating products supplier Infarad, AVIC International Renewable Energy, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Sustainable Development Capital LLP Asia. This will see collaboration in the UK China Energy Efficiency Investments Fund with an overall investment programme of up to ￡119m expected over three years. With an investment of ￡14m, AVIC’s first U...
Johnson Controls expands manufacturing and research in China
$35 million expansion invests in China’s growing building market Milwaukee -- May 28, 2014 -- Johnson Controls, a global multi-industrial company, officially opened a $35 million expansion of i...
New National Climate Assessment Cries Out for Fast Climate M
Washington, DC, 6 May 2014 -- The last decade has been the hottest on record in the U.S., periods of extreme heat now last longer than any living American has ever experienced, rainfall is becoming both more intense and more erratic, and sea-level rise and storm surges threaten thousands of coastal communities. According to the third U.S. National Climate Assessment released by the Obama Admi...
Hawco to host refrigeration technology workshops with Embrac
21 May 2014 Hawco, the refrigeration component parts distributor, has announced a short series of workshops for contractors and OEM’s in conjunction with Embraco and LU-VE designed to help them keep u...
Alfa Laval wins SEK 55 million natural gas order in the U.S.
27 May 2014 Alfa Laval -- a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling - has won an order to supply air cooler systems to a U.S. export terminal for natural gas liquids. ...
