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Honeywell Opens ‘Ibasho’ House in Japanese Tsunami- affected
Honeywell opened the Honeywell Ibasho House, a community gathering place in Ofunato City, Iwate Prefecture, dedicated to enriching the lives of elders affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake and T...
The 2nd Asia Air-source Heat Pump Summit
Organized by the International Copper Association (ICA) and the China Energy Conservation Association (CECA), and sponsored by the China Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Industry Association (CRAA),...
Crunch meeting for EU today over Mobile Air Conditioning Dir
17 July 2013 European Commission meets with German and French officials today to clarify legal position of Daimler and non-compliant refrigerant and French ban on new Mercedes A, B and CLA models &nbs...
Ingersoll Rand Advances Energy Efficiency by Hosting Environ
MBA fellows will conduct projects aimed at reducing the company’s energy use, capturing best practices, and identifying customers’ energy efficiency needs Charlotte, N.C., July 17, 2013 -- Inge...
The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) directed to lo
Jul. 17, 2013 The ERDF is one of EU’s regional policy main funds and aims at strengthening economic and social cohesion in the EU member states by overcoming imbalances between the regions. ERDF ...
LEED v4 Passes Ballot and Will Launch This Fall
17 - July - 2013 Washington -- The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced that its membership has voted to adopt LEED v4, the next update to its green building rating system. The final overall vote was 86 percent in favor of adopting LEED v4. This includes 90 percent approval from the user category of the voting body, 77 percent approval from the general interest category, and 89 percent ap...
Cleantech Investment Grows 56 Percent in Second Quarter
17 - July - 2013 San Francisco -- Cleantech GroupTM, a global market intelligence firm covering the clean technology industry, reported that worldwide clean technology venture investment during the second quarter totaled $1.76 billion. Measured by dollars invested, cleantech venture investment grew 56 percent from the first quarter ($1.1 billion). The number of deals recorded in the second ...
Spain threatens tax on HFCs
17 - July - 2013 Spain: A proposal by Spain’s Ministry of Finance to impose a special tax on HFCs could increase the price of refrigerant by almost eight-fold in an economy still struggling to recover...
HFOs have lower GWPs than CO2 - new report
17 - July - 2013 USA: The new HFO alternative refrigerants have been found to have GWPs below that of carbon dioxide, according to a new study. An independent peer-reviewed paper published in t...
Backing for France as EU meets to discuss refrigerant row
17 - July - 2013 Europe: France has received backing for its decision to ban certain Mercedes cars over the German manufacturers continued use of the banned refrigerant R134A in its car air conditioni...
