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Can we afford not to use heat pumps and thermal energy stora
Jun 28, 2013 Jun. 27, 2013 | News and views in the recently released issue of the Heat Pump Centre Newsletter. Nature provides us with a tremendous supply of thermal energy in the ground, in th...
May Pending Home Sales Reach Highest Level in Over Six Years
Jun 28, 2013 Pending home sales were up in May 2013, reaching their highest point since late 2006, according to the National Association of Realtors. The association’s Pending Home Sales Index increased 6.7% to reach 112.3 in May 2013, from a downwardly revised 105.2 in April 2013. May 2013 is 12.1% above May 2012’s 100.2. The association said contract activity is at the strongest pace since Dec...
JSRAE Holds 2013 General Assembly
On May 14, Japan Society of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers (JSRAE) held its general assembly and also JSRAE Award Ceremony for 2013 at the Tokyo Garden Palace in Tokyo. At the beg...
Japan’s HVAC&R Shipments Exceed ￥2 Trillion
-- Announced at JRAIA’s General Assembly On June 3, the Japan Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Industry Association (JRAIA) held the 2nd General Assembly at the Hotel Laforet Tokyo in Tokyo. ...
ClimateTalk Alliance Welcomes New Members
28 June 2013 San Ramon, Calif. -- Davis Energy Group, Qualcomm Technologies Inc., and Synapse Electronique have joined the ClimateTalk Alliance, a nonprofit organization building a universal language designed to allow all home comfort systems to communicate. ClimateTalk Open Standards have been built on the application and industry expertise of leading HVAC, water heating, and zoning manufa...
Conference attempts to make BIM crystal clear
28 June 2013 Amtech’s Crystal Clear BIM conference took place on June 17 & 18, bringing together a wide range of speakers from government and industry, aiming to present a no-nonsense real-world view of BIM. Delegates included representatives from leading companies such as, ABB, Arup, Siemens, Atkins, PHS, Cundall, Edmunson Electrical, NG Bailey and Balfour Beatty. Speakers inclu...
Voltas air conditioner, the all-India market leader, increas
28/06/2013 The FINANCIAL -- Through the popular appeal of its ’All-Weather AC’ offering, Voltas has managed to reach a high point of 19.8 percent market share in May 2013, in terms of sales volume at ...
REA says budget for renewables should have doubled
27 June 2013 The Government’s decision to only slightly increase the budget for renewables announced in the Treasury’s Spending Round yesterday (26 June) brings its long term support for the sector into question, according to the Renewable Energy Association (REA). To meet energy and climate targets, the spending on renewable heat technologies needs to roughly double every year in the early years...
President Obama promises HFC cuts as part of his Climate Act
27 June 2013 President promises US ‘can and will lead through international diplomacy as well as domestic actions’ in cutting HFCs, on back of expected tripling of emissions by 2030. The President’s Climate Action Plan, presented this week, addresses the reduction of HFC emissions through a numbr of means. Emissions of HFCs are expected to nearly triple by 2030, and double by 2020 fr...
Commercial & domestic magnetic refrigeration launches immine
27 June 2013 Two firms have announced plans for commercial launches of products based on magnetic refrigeration. French firm Cooltech said it will launch a magnetic ‘compressor replacement unit...
