eJARN News

2014.03.23

California plans to step up action on HFCs

20 March 2014 The Scoping Plan, initially approved in 2008, describes the comprehensive range of efforts California must take to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 and meet the sta...

2014.03.23

Mitsubishi Electric's training facility helps school childre

Mar 20, 2014 Mitsubishi Electric has been offering its Renewable Training Centre at its Hatfield headquarters to schools who wish to study renewable energy as part of the curriculum. Students from a ...

2014.03.14

U.S. Giants Speed Up VRF Development in China

In the 1990s, Japanese brands introduced variable refrigerant flow (VRF) systems into the Chinese market, and they gradually became accepted by Chinese customers thanks to their advantages in design s...

2014.03.23

High Temperatures Stimulate AC Market in the Southern Hemisp

While the Northern Hemisphere is suffering from severe winter weather, countries in the Southern Hemisphere are being challenged by scorching temperatures. Now is the peak season for air conditioner s...

2014.03.22

ASHRAE Conference In Manila Addresses High Performance Build

Mar 20, 2014 Atlanta - The issues and challenges surrounding the design, construction and operation of buildings in developing economies are the focus of an upcoming ASHRAE conference taking place in ...

2014.03.22

NREL Aims to Improve Building Energy Performance with Web-Ba

Mar 20, 2014 GOLDEN, Colo. -- The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has developed a web-based tool to help commercial building engineers and designers better understand the energy performance of building-related products, including HVAC. The Technology Performance Exchange? (TPEx?) is a portal designed to help manufacturers and organizations that measu...

2014.03.22

Epoxy Pipe Lining and Repiping Firms Enter into Joint Market

Mar 20, 2014 SANTA ANA, Calif. -- ePIPE(R), a leader in in-place epoxy pipe lining, and SageWater(R), a pipe replacement specialist, have announced a nationwide affiliate agreement. The two companies have teamed to cooperatively offer the commercial and multifamily markets their solutions for rehabilitating or replacing piping systems, including potable, hydronic, fire sprinkler, and waste/ve...

2014.03.22

DOE Publishes Average Cost of Energy for Consumer Products

Mar 20, 2014 The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published the Representative Average Unit Costs of Energy for five residential energy sources.   The unit costs for 2014, issued pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, include electricity, natural gas, No. 2 heating oil, propane, and kerosene. The costs become effective April 17, 2014.   The representative costs, in common...

2014.03.22

Associations welcome Budget boost for housebuilding and manu

20 - March - 2014 The Construction Products Association (CPA) has welcomed the Chancellor’s 2014 Budget Statement announced yesterday (19 March), which backs British manufacturers and builders.  Chief executive of the association, Dr Diana Montgomery, said: "Having highlighted the need for government clarity around its plans to support house building, we are pleased that the Help to Buy sche...

2014.03.22

ACE secures contract with Scottish Prison Service

20 - March - 2014 ACE Refrigeration has won a three year service and maintenance contract with the Scottish Prison Service.   The company will provide preventative and reactive service and maintenance for both air conditioning and refrigeration.   The new contract covers 13 prisons and three other sites nationwide and there is the option to extend the contract for a further two years b...