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Daimler ups campaign against R1234yf while German firefighte
23 December 2013 Daimler has continued to refute the safety findings of the carmakers’ research by SAE International, questioning their ‘scientific rigour’. Meanwhile German firefighters call for a wa...
ConsensusDocs Releases Design-Build Agreement, Teaming Agree
Dec 24, 2013 Washington -- ConsensusDocs has released a new Design-Build Joint Venture Agreement and a new Teaming Agreement. As the first industry standard joint venture agreement for design-build, the document fills an important need, said the organization. Constructors, architects, and engineers are increasingly using joint venture relationships on projects utilizing the design-build project de...
DOE Announces $13 Million in Funding for Solar Power Develop
Dec 24, 2013 Washington -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced over $13 million for five projects to strengthen domestic solar manufacturing and speed commercialization of efficient, affordable photovoltaic and concentrating solar power technologies. As part of DOE’s SunShot Initiative, these awards aim to help lower the cost of solar electricity, support a growing U.S. solar workfor...
LG New U.S. Headquarters Named Project of the Year By New Je
Dec 23, 2013 The Economic Development Association of New Jersey (EDANJ) today gave LG Electronics the Development Project of the Year Award for the new LG North American headquarters under constructio...
Leading Economic Index for the U.S. Increased in November
Dec 23, 2013 The Conference Board Leading Economic Index (LEI) for the U.S. was up 0.8% in November 2013, to 98.3, following a 0.1% increase in October and a 1.0% increase in September. "The LEI continues on a broad-based upward trend, suggesting gradually strengthening economic conditions through early 2014," said Ataman Ozyildirim, Economist at The Conference Board. "Improving labor markets and...
Solving the HVAC Industry's Biggest Problem
Ask any contractor to cite the biggest problem he faces and nine out of ten will name claim it’s either getting butts in trucks or making the phone ring. It’s neither. Let’s talk about both for a minute: Butts in Trucks Without question there’s a shortage of skilled labor in the HVAC industry. It’s not just the HVAC industry - there’s a shortage of skilled labor, period. The root cause can ...
U.S. New-Home Sales Up Sharply in October
Sales of newly built, single-family homes rose 25.4% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 444,000 units in October, according to data released by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Census Bureau. The government also reported that new-home sales fell 6.6% in September. The release of both the September and October report were delayed by the partial governmen...
Danfoss Suggests Cost-effective Solutions at Technical Semin
Addressing India’s high energy costs and the data center industry’s increasing demand on energy efficiency, Danfoss proposes application changes that can help reduce the contribution of the industry t...
Midea Air Conditioners Showcased in Australia
The new Midea air conditioning product range was unveiled in November at a special event held at the Hyatt Regency in Perth, Australia. The showcase was presented in front of a 23-meter banner backdrop that declared ‘Midea bigger than many of its main competitors combined.’ It was hosted by Midea’s national distributor Castel Electronics, in conjunction with newly appointed West...
Carrier Transicold Prime- Line Units Provide Special ‘EDGE’
Hamburg Sud, one of the top refrigerated container carriers worldwide, has ordered 6,500 new containers equipped with Carrier Transicold’s PrimeLine refrigeration unit featuring the new energy efficie...
