eJARN News
MHIAE Looks to Promising Future in Europe
On April 1, 2013, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries began operations at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Air-Conditioning Europe (MHIAE), a new company established as its company responsible for AC&R in Euro...
Heat Wave Burning Up ACs in New Jersey
New Jersey Weather reported on July 19 that the current heat wave in New Jersey has the heat index higher than in Death Valley - known as the hottest place in the United States. Across the Garden State area, temperatures pushed 110°F (about 43°C) and didn’t let up for several days. This heat wave, which was caused by a large high pressure system over the eastern portion of the county, put N...
ASHRAE Awards First Innovative Research Grants
The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) has awarded projects at Purdue University and Oklahoma State University with its newly created research grant, wh...
Multifamily Dip Drives Housing Starts Lower in June
Nationwide housing starts declined 9.9 % to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 836,000 units in June as construction of multifamily buildings slowed following recent months of strong activity in tha...
AHRI Releases U.S. Shipment Data in May
Residential Storage Water Heaters U.S. shipments of residential gas storage water heaters for May 2013 increased 1.1%, to 367,055 units, up from 363,160 units shipped in May 2012. Residential electric...
AHRI to Host Low-GWP AREP Conference
The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) announced it will host a conference on the AHRI Low Global Warning Potential (GWP) Alternative Refrigerants Evaluation Program (AREP) ...
Bitzer Opens New Plant in Atlanta
Bitzer Group held a ceremony at the start of June to inaugurate the company’s new Flowery Branch site in Atlanta, Georgia, the United States. The facility produces semi-hermetic reciprocating compress...
Renewable Heat Incentive in UK
The Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) in the United Kingdom is the world’s first long-term financial support program for renewable heat. The UK Government launched the RHI in November 2011 with a scheme for the non-domestic sector that provides payments to industry, businesses and public sector organizations. The Government has now set out plans for providing longer term support for homeowners...
Rechi Group Focusing on BLDC Motor Business New Factory in T
Dyna Rechi of Rechi Group invested NT$ 3.2 billion to set up a plant in Pingtung in Taiwan, aiming to manufacture all kinds of brushless DC (BLDC) motors and their parts. In the future, Dyna Re...
BLDC Motor Market in Mainland China
Statistics showed that the global brushless DC (BLDC) motor market reached 1.35 billion units in 2011. The market has been growing steadily in the past six years with compound annual growth rate of about 6%. The sales growth rate was 21.1% in 2011, and increased to 35.49% in 2012. BLDC motor’s main applications are air conditioners, household appliances and automobiles. The market expansion...
