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2014.01.05

Godrej enters into medical refrigeration biz

Source: IRIS (19-DEC-13) Godrej Appliances has entered into specialized refrigeration products for medical & healthcare application. The company has signed a technology transfer agreement with ’The Sure Chill Company’, for development & manufacturing of vaccine storage devices, for sale in India and select overseas market. This agreement will bring together Godrejs decades of expertise i...

2014.01.05

Ammonia levels safe in Nova Scotia, rink managers say

Dec 13, 2013 Rink operators in Halifax say they are surprised by the reports out of Vancouver about an ammonia leak that severely injured a former figure skating champion, but reassure skaters the tox...

2014.01.04

ECA approved list now includes more Daikin systems

2 January 2014 More Daikin UK air conditioning systems are now eligible for the Enhanced Capital Allowance (ECA) scheme, with a further 20 Sky Air and Split units having joined the approved Energy Tec...

2014.01.04

Swansea installation hits new heights for Turbomiser

2 January 2014 | By Andrew Gaved Seventy-metre pipe runs on Cool-Therm’s chiller installation at Swansea Civic Centre claims record for Turbocor-based air conditioning project   The installation at Swansea Civic Centre uses two 420 kW ‘split’ Turbomisers connected to two air-cooled condensers some 70 m away on the rooftop. Cool-Therm’s Wales branch installed the system, which was designed and...

2014.01.01

New legislation in Flanders (Belgium) likely to result in ri

Jan. 02, 2014 From the 1st of January 2014, it is no longer possible to build a house in Flanders (northern region of Belgium) without having a system to generate renewable energy. One of the possibil...

2014.01.03

Electrolux Expands North American Headquarters, Plans to Add

Jan 2, 2014 Electrolux will expand its North American headquarters in Charlotte, NC., and expects to add 810 jobs in the state in the coming years.   It will be the second expansion at the locati...

2014.01.03

Report: Energy Efficiency Makes Appliances Less Expensive, N

Jan 2, 2014 DOE overestimated the appliance price impact of efficiency standards, and usually by wide margin, in every case studied by a new report.   The report by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) and the Appliance Standards Awareness Project (ASAP) looked at nine appliance standards that took effect from 1998-2010. It found that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE...

2014.01.03

Energy secretary Ed Davey calls Ed Miliband’s energy price f

2 January 2014 Ed Davey has dismissed Labour leader Ed Miliband’s suggestion that a two-year price freeze would solve the issue of soaring energy bills as “highly irresponsible” and a “con”, the Independent has reported.   The Energy Secretary said the move is “highly irresponsible and fails to deliver what consumers want,” adding “we think it’s a con, because the energy companies will all sh...

2014.01.02

Commercial VRF HVAC Systems: Application & Service

VRF systems has led to a new way of thinking when laying out a heating and cooling project. Jan. 2, 2014 The growing popularity of VRF systems has led to a new way of thinking when laying out a heating and cooling project.   Recent advances in VRF technology deliver architects, engineers, contractors, and end users ever-increasing efficiency, flexibility of application, whisper quiet operatio...

2014.01.02

RDM announces management changes as it eyes global growth

31 December 2013 Controls specialist appoints Enrico Mirandola former boss of rival Carel, to group sales director as it creates a group structure for its operations around the world   Resource Data Management, the leading control and monitoring company, has restructured its operations and announced a number of key appointments to support ambitious plans for global growth.   The company...