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2013.05.07

Cool A Small Room or Tent with this Portable Air Conditioner

May 6If you’re going camping, or just want to cool a small room down without running the actual air conditioner, this DIY portable unit can get the job done. We’re no strangers to DIY AC units, but I...

2013.05.07

Spending on household appliances in Vietnam rises, report fi

May 6 In the past 12 months, households in Vietnam have been spending more on household appliances such as air conditioners, refrigerators and washing machines. A retail audit by research firm GfK in Vietnam revealed significant growth of 14 per cent in appliances’ combined overall market value over the previous year.  According to the latest report, sales of these three major appliances sur...

2013.05.07

Passion Heating and Air Opens New Business Providing Service

Bradley Benner  May 03, 2013John Gradick recently founded Passion Heating and Air, Charleston’s newest HVAC company, in an effort to provide area residents with heating and air conditioning servi...

2013.05.07

Over 5,000 UK homes benefit from ECO scheme

3 May 2013 Since the ECO scheme started on 1 January 2013, Vaillant has seen over 5,000 UK homes fitted with energy efficient boilers, a number they hope to increase to 15,000 by the end of 2013.   Vaillant have pledged to use ECO to allow low income, vulnerable households to benefit from high efficiency boilers that can help reduce fuel consumption and cut energy bills.   A retired coup...

2013.05.07

Quarter 1 new home registrations reach five year high

3 May 2013 The number of new homes registered with NHBC in the UK during the first quarter of this year has reached 31,739 -- the highest level for this period since 2008.   The figure represents a significant overall 22 per cent increase on last year, when 25,998 new homes were registered in Q1 2012.   The NHBC statistics also reveal a 61 per cent increase in new houses being regis...

2013.05.03

Partnership between Johnson Controls and University of Wisco

Milwaukee, May 3, 2013 -- Johnson Controls, a global diversified company in the building and automotive industries, is a 2013 Gold Award Winner by the internationally renowned Edison Awards for its re...

2013.05.04

Interest in CO2 refrigeration grows in USA and Canada

May 3, 2013 North America: Interest in CO2 refrigeration is growing in the USA and Canada according to reports. Over 125 secondary, cascade and transcritical refrigeration installations systems are said to have been installed in North America with many more planned.  While the report compilers - the Belgium-based market development company Shecco - recognises the region’s considerable opport...

2013.05.06

Gov't focuses on renewable energy for smaller hotels

April 11, 2013 Some $15 million has been set aside in the 2013-14 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, to improve the competitiveness of small and medium-size hotels through the use of renewable energy.   The Caribbean Hotel Energy and Action Project is a carry-over from the last fiscal year, and is being implemented by the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy...

2013.05.01

Uponor Expands to Meet Manufacturing Demand

May 3, 2013 Apple Valley, Minn. -- Uponor North America announced it will be expanding its headquarters facility in Apple Valley, Minn., to add 17,500 square feet of manufacturing space to help meet forecasted growth for crosslinked polyethylene (PEX) tubing for plumbing, fire sprinkler, and radiant heating and cooling systems.   This will be the fifth expansion for the 1990-built facility, b...

2013.05.03

Cabinet Decision on the Bill for the Act for Partial Revisio

On April 19, 2013, the Cabinet decided to approve the Bill for the Act for Partial Revision of the Act on Ensuring the Implementation of Recovery and Destruction of Fluorocarbons concerning Designated Products. In response to the approval, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the Ministry of the Environment (MOE) are jointly to submit the bill to this session of the Diet.   ...

2013.05.01

Israel launches air con efficiency drive

By Sharon Udasin 05/02/2013 The Energy and Water Ministry has launched a subsidized program for the general public to replace inefficient air conditioners with new ones. With a budget of about NIS 50 million, the ministry will subsidize the purchase of some 45,000 new and efficient air conditioners at between NIS 800 and NIS 1,800 per unit, and including dismantling and installation. Replacing th...

2013.05.01

Demand for ACs, coolers soars

Tarini Puri, TNN | May 3, 2013 PUNE: The soaring day temperature in the city has pushed the sale of air conditioners and coolers with electronic goods stores doing brisk business over the last two weeks. The heat has brought much respite to store owners as they had incurred heavy losses during the strike against local body tax.  Dealers said business was dull in March and early April but in ...

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