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Virtual Environment Software Approved for California Buildin
May. 23, 2014 Glasgow, United Kingdom -- Integrated Environmental Solutions (IES) has announced that its Virtual Environment (VE) software has been officially approved for commercial building compliance with the new California Building Regulations, Title 24. The VE 2014 Feature Pack is available for the launch of the regulations on July 1. IES said its software combines holistic design and ...
SC Johnson, Ingersoll Rand and World Environment Center Laun
May 20, 2014, Washington, D.C. - The World Environment Center (WEC), a global non-profit organization, in partnership with S.C. Johnson and the Ingersoll Rand Foundation, announces today the launch of...
Industrial CHP Capacity to Grow 30 Percent per Year Through
May. 23, 2014 Boulder, Colo. -- Enabling facilities to achieve efficiencies of up to 85 percent while simultaneously generating electricity and heat, combined heat and power (CHP) is an established method for reducing total energy use in the industrial sector, states Navigant Research. CHP is an energy alternative that provides economic viability and improved competitiveness. According to a report...
Eurostat news release on electricity and gas prices: Implica
May. 23, 2014 | Ratio of electricity vs. gas prices reveals Europe’s most and least favourable market conditions for heat pumps Price increase slowed down The price for household electricity in the ...
Strong outlook for manufacturing
23 May 2014 Activity in the UK manufacturing sector remained solid in May, and output is expected to rise strongly in the next three months, the latest CBI Industrial Trends Survey shows. Output volumes continued to grow at the same rate as in the previous two months, and with stronger growth anticipated for the coming quarter. The survey of 437 manufacturers found that total order books remained ...
ACRIB welcomes finalisation of new F-Gas Regulation
23/05/2014 ACRIB, representing UK refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump industry has welcomed the publication this week of the new F-Gas Regulation in the Official Journal on 20 May 2014. This means that the existing F-Gas Regulation will be repealed and the new Regulation will come into force on 9 June and begin to take effect from the 1 January 2015. This was followed by publicati...
Buffaload Logistics appoints new sales director
23/05/2014 Buffaload Logistics, the Cambridgeshire-based temperature controlled logistics operator has appointed Graham Usher to its sales and operational team. With over 25 years’ experience i...
Accelerating Urbanization in China with Energy-saving Techno
-- A Report on CRH 2014, Beijing Jointly organized by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) of the Beijing Sub-council, the Chinese Association of Refrigeration (CA...
Russia Expo Results
The Russian version of the highly successful German Chillventa expo held in Moscow in February this year showed a significant fall in both exhibitor numbers and attendance: 6,100 visitors in 2013 to 5,500 in 2014 and a reduction in the number of exhibitors from 120 in 2013 to 106 in the current year. The trend for exhibitors seems to be downward since 2012 when they numbered 130. Source: cci Zeitu...
Wasted Opportunities
Only 5% of air conditioning installations in the United Kingdom have so far been checked for operating performance as required by the European Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) which came into force in 2011. It applies to all systems with a cooling capacity of more than 12 kW - potentially giving it very wide coverage. In Germany the rate of take-up of the corresponding EnVe regulat...
