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New Energy Research Lab to be Built at PNNL
March 4, 2014 Richland, Wash. -- Construction on a new energy research facility at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) campus will start this April. The project is valued at approximately $10 million. Research conducted there will address the smart grid, integration of renewable energy into the grid, reducing energy use in buildings, and more. ...
LA Testing Provides Mold, IAQ Testing of Crawl Spaces
March 4, 2014 Garden Grove, Calif. -- LA Testing announced that it is providing testing for mold and indoor air quality (IAQ) issues in crawl spaces. The company said that, for homes and buildings built with a crawl space, the area under the building is in most cases rarely seen. In fact, many crawl spaces may go years without ever being inspected. When a moisture problem does develo...
Shipments of Smart Building Networking Devices Expanding, Sa
March 4, 2014 Boulder, Colo. -- Building automation systems rely on networks of sensors, switches, alarms, and other devices, along with software tools, to provide a real-time view of the current state of a building. The market for networked building controls is expanding as building owners and operators realize the cost savings offered by automated, real-time control of every major system within ...
Cold Control's HR manager gets on his bike for charity
4 - March - 2014 Cold Control’s HR manager Lee Grant, his brother Adam and three friends are set to cycle 1300km, from Alresford in Hampshire to Norrteljia in Sweden, to raise 10,000 to share between ...
Grimsby Ice Factory in three-part feature
4 - March - 2014 A three-part history of the Grimsby Ice factory is being featured on the Cooling Post website. The series includes records from local archives and from J&E Hall, the Dartford company that installed the refrigeration plant during the 1930s electrification upgrade. Photos and drawings are also being used. The first part examined the history of the Ice Factory and i...
Leaking Ducts Can Reduce HVAC System Efficiency by 40%
The energy penalty imposed on an HVAC system by a leaking return duct can reduce the efficiency of a system by as much as 40% during extreme weather conditions. What is staggering is that unless you m...
Daikin's VRV IV Heat Pump: First to Be Made in North America
Mar. 4, 2014 Houston, Tx -- Daikin North America LLC has launched the new VRV IV heat pump system, which is optimized for total Life cycle cost (LCC) and is the first VRV to be assembled in North Amer...
Carmel Software Releases Updated HVAC Duct Sizer App
Mar. 4, 2014 San Rafael, Ca -- Carmel Software, developers of engineering software, has released a major update to its very first mobile app: the HVAC Duct Sizer (Universal). This app now runs on the ...
Danfoss Supports Renewed Bipartisan Energy Efficiency Legisl
03 March 2014 Latest version of the legislation would encourage the deployment of energy-efficiency technologies, create jobs Danfoss today announced its continued support of the Energy Savings and In...
OFTEC urges Government to boost uptake of high efficiency bo
March 3, 2014 OFTEC has written to Secretary of State for Energy, Ed Davey, to propose the introduction of a boiler scrappage scheme to encourage more people to switch to high efficiency condensing bo...
