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New Alfa Laval De-alcoholization Module lowers costs and ene
2 - September - 2013 At the Drinktec exhibition in Munich, Germany, from September 16 to 20, Alfa Laval - a leading global provider of products and modules for the beer, beverage and food industries ...
Nu-way urges firms to replace gas boosters every five years
2 - September - 2013 All gas boosters must be inspected at least once a year and the fan bearing replaced every five years, according to burner manufacturer and spares supplier Nu-way. The company’s trading director, Rick Crees, said: "Our service engineers are finding gas boosters which have not been installed or maintained in accordance with legislation. This is very bad news - it can lead to t...
Stiebel Eltron launches free mobile app
2 - September - 2013 Green energy manufacturer Stiebel Eltron UK has launched a new app to give architects, consultants and installers access to its full library of products and services. The Stiebel Eltron MediaApp is free to download from the iTunes store. It has been designed as a quick and easy to use tool to browse through a comprehensive library of Stiebel Eltron UK’s brochures and catalogu...
OpenADR Alliance Announces First 2.0b Certified Products
2 - September - 2013 Morgan Hill, Calif. -- The OpenADR Alliance announced the first OpenADR 2.0b-certified devices from its member companies, including AutoGrid, EnerNOC, Fujitsu, Honeywell, and IPKeys Technologies. OpenADR 2.0b, released in July of this year, is a specification supporting automated demand response (ADR) and distributed energy resource (DER) management for both wholesale and reta...
Ammonia leak kills 15 in Shanghai
2 - September - 2013 Fifteen people were confirmed dead and 25 others injured, five critically, after a liquid ammonia leak at a refrigeration unit in Shanghai on Saturday. The accident took place in a factory at Shanghai Weng’s Cold Storage Industrial Company in Baoshan District, the municipal government said in an official statement. According China’s official news agency, Xinhua, the initial ...
Adande supports new Aircell test facility
2 - September - 2013 Somerset-based ECH Engineering has made a six figure investment in a new refrigeration test facility, south of Bristol. The initiative has been supported by Adande Refrigeration,...
Water desalination thanks to freezing
30/08/2013 A new desalination process involving freezing has been developed and offers an alternative to the shortcomings of other technologies such as distillation or inverted osmosis. Desalination by freezing has attracted attention as early as the 1960s as it allowed for less corrosion, required no pre-treatment and only little energy. More recently, its better environmental footprint is...
Japan: revised F-gas legislation to encourage rationalised u
29/08/2013 On April 19, 2013, the Japanese Cabinet approved the “Bill for the Act for Partial Revision of the Act on Ensuring the Implementation of Recovery and Destruction of Fluorocarbons concerning...
National Trust cuts carbon emissions at Scotney Castle
2 September 2013 A historic country estate famed for its 14th century castle is opening its doors to show how green energy has slashed its energy bills by ￡100,000 and cut carbon emissions by more than 400 tons. The National Trust, which owns Scotney Castle in Kent, recruited biomass technology expert Rural Energy to provide hot water and heating for the Victorian mansion at the heart of t...
Average energy bills to rise to ￡1487 by 2020
2 September 2013 A new report by RWE npower, ’Energy Explained’, has claimed that the average household energy bill could rise to ￡1487 by 2020 (a ￡240 rise, not taking into account inflationary increases). The rise is said to be primarily driven by the impact of unprecedented investment in new infrastructure, and the cost of improving energy efficiency in people’s homes. ‘Energy E...
