eJARN News
New F-gas Regulation published: Heat pump industry ready for
May. 20, 2014 | Brussels -- Today the European Commission has published the new F- gas Regulation in the Official Journal of the European Union. The European heat pump industry is happy with the quick...
Companies Must Apply for European HFC Quotas by July 1
May 21, 2014 The European Commission published a formal notice in the Official Journal for companies wishing to market hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in the EU in 2015. Companies need to register and submit their applications for 2015 HFC quotas by 1 July 2014. Companies will be allocated quotas that limit future sales of HFCs, which are greenhouse gases. This is the first step in preparing a dr...
Daikin Europe funds planting of 100,000 trees
May 21, 2014 Daikin Europe NV is donating ?50,000 to plant 100,000 trees despite missing its target of 100,000 ‘likes’ for its Facebook page on Earth Day 2014. The company had pledged to donate enough money to plant one tree for every ‘like’ it received on its Facebook page, if it reached its target of 100,000 on 22 April, in support of Earth Day’s Green Cities campaign. It received a total...
Daikin Emura wins red dot award for product design
May 21, 2014 Daikin Emura has won the prestigious 2014 red dot award for product design in the air conditioning category. The annual red dot awards are judged by an international jury of design...
Mainstream Engineering Awarded Army Contract for Thermal Ene
May 21, 2014 Rockledge, Fla. -- Mainstream Engineering Corp. has been awarded a contract from the Army to develop a thermal energy storage device to improve the efficiency of air conditioning units. Military air conditioners are one of the greatest consumers of electricity in forward operating bases located in the Middle East. Even small increases in efficiency can lead to significant reduc...
ASHRAE Guideline On HVAC Equipment For Rail Passenger Vehicl
May 21, 2014 Atlanta -- The unique challenges required for HVAC design in rail passenger vehicles are being addressed in a proposed guideline from ASHRAE now open for public comment. Guideline ...
Commercial refrigeration equipment market in the US
20/05/2014 According to a new Freedonia market study, demand for commercial refrigeration equipment in the US is expected to increase 3.1% per year through 2018 to USD 10.7 billion. Environment...
Planned Refrigeration Maintenance in Plain English
May 21, 2014 Mitch Byrne, president, Northeast Refrigeration, Chicago, IL, is one of the hardest working men in the refrigeration service business. Follow him on twitter - @refrigeration - and you’ll ...
Not Cool, EPA: New Era Threatens to Sue Agency Over R22 Phas
May 21, 2014 New Era Group - a coaltion of alternative refrigerant producers and distributors - promises it will take legal action against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, over the EPA’s methods in managing the phaseout of the refrigerant R-22. "The EPA is killing the development of environmentally friendly refrigerants while the greenhouse gas HCFC-22 is slowly phased out, saturating th...
BSRIA is pleased to sponsor the launch of the Zero Carbon Hu
May 2014 BSRIA is pleased to announce it will be one of the sponsors of the Zero Carbon Hub “Nearer to Zero” event at the Royal Society on 8th of July. The event will see the launch of the End of Term...
