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Case study: replacing R22 large-scale AC systems with NH3 in
11 July 2013 The introduction of the carbon price on synthetic greenhouse gases (SGG) in Australia in July 2012 has triggered an increased interest in natural refrigerants for both existing and new in...
Refrigerant market to reach ￡10.4 Billion by 2018
11 July 2013 A recent report has stated that the global refrigerant market is to reach ￡10.4 Billion by 2018. The report, entitled Refrigerant Market - Hydro Chlorofluorocarbons, Hydro fluorocarbon, Hydrocarbon, Inorganic - Trends & Forecasts to 2018” produced by MarketsandMarkets, also predicts that the compound annual growth rate for refrigerants will stand at 6.9 per cent up to 2018...
Panasonic Buys Share of European Appliance Maker Gorenje
Jul 11, 2013 Panasonic Corp. (Osaka, Japan) acquired a minority interest in appliance maker Gorenje Group, based in Velenje, Slovenia, as part of a new long-term strategic alliance between the two com...
Air-Conditioning Thermostat Market to Grow Almost 50 Percent
Jul. 11, 2013 London -- Global shipments of thermostats used for air-conditioning applications will rise by nearly 50 percent from 2012 through 2017, driven by demand from Asia, according to the latest report on the thermostats market from IMS Research, part of IHS Inc. Air-conditioning thermostat shipments are set to grow to 19 million units in 2017, up 48 percent from 12.8 million in 2012...
Maintenance of Residential HVAC Systems Standard Out for Rev
Jul. 11, 2013 Arlington, Va. -- The Air Conditioning Contractors of America Educational Institute (ACCA-EI) Standards Task Team (STT) has announced an American National Standards Institute (ANSI) public review period for its BSR/ACCA 4 QM -201x, Maintenance of Residential HVAC Systems as a revised industry standard. The public review period has a comment deadline of Aug. 12, 2013. This revi...
AHRI Updates Online Directory for Certified VRF Products
Jul. 11, 2013 Arlington, Va. -- The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) has announced several improvements in the search method to find variable refrigerant flow (VRF) multi-...
EMCOR Group's S.A. Communale Wins Ohio Medical University Pr
Will involve complete installation of the fire protection, plumbing, and HVAC systems in a newly constructed, approximately 176,000 sq.ft medical facility. Jul. 11, 2013 EMCOR Group, Inc., a Fortune 500 leader in mechanical and electrical construction, industrial and energy infrastructure, and facilities services for a diverse range of businesses announced that its subsidiary S.A. Comunale, based ...
Sulphur dioxide identified in US refrigerant leak
11 - July - 2013 USA: A toxic refrigerant made obsolete when CFCs were introduced in the 1930s has been identified as the gas involved in a leak in an old apartment building in Milwaukee. It is repor...
Retrofit winners revealed
11 July 2013 Keepmoat, SSE and Willmott Dixon Energy Services have won places on a framework preceeding the award of the city of Leed’s Green Deal programme - worth up to ￡5bn. The “ECO interim framework”, as it is known, is being set up to help the council and its partners maximize funding from the Energy Company Obligation, to offer free boiler upgrades and insulation to people on certai...
Climate change hits air-conditioner sales
Jul 11 2013 Climate change can affect diverse industries - agriculture, fisheries, tourism and real estate among them. It can also hit consumer electronics companies. Consider this. The market for sp...
