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Green Energy Renewable Solutions Merges with Cirque Energy
Jun. 6, 2013 Detroit -- Green Energy Renewable Solutions Inc. announced that it has merged with Cirque Energy II LLC, a privately-owned renewable energy development company based in Michigan. Cirque’s executive management team, consisting of Tom Cote, Roger Silverthorn, and Richard Fosgitt will become officers of Green Energy. Silverthorn and Cote will also join the company’s board of direc...
M&S reduces refrigeration gas carbon emissions by 60%
Jun. 6, 2013 UK: Marks & Spencer reduced its store refrigeration gas carbon emissions by 51,000 tonnes CO2e in 2012/13, down by 60% compared to 2006/07. Allowing for increases in store footage, the figures contained in the retail group’s latest Plan A environmental report reveal that emissions were down 67% to 3.1 tonnes CO2e/1,000ft2. This is said to have been achieved by improving maintena...
Luvata to invest Euro5m in new European plants
Jun. 6, 2013 Finland: Heat transfer equipment manufacturer Luvata has announced plans to build a new greenfield facility in Serbia to manufacture its smaller, higher-volume heat exchangers, and plans ...
Government calls on retailers to freeze out HFCs
Jun. 6, 2013 UK: Gregory Barker, the minister for climate change, has announced that the government is to set up a taskforce to look at potential energy savings in the retail sector and has called on retailers to get rid of HFCs. Making his comments in London yesterday at the 3rd Refrigeration Summit organised by the Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) Gregory Barker, said: "Energy efficiency is not only ...
Bosch Holds Grand Opening for Experience Center at Serenbe
Jun. 6, 2013 On a bright and warm Friday morning before an invited audience of state and local officials, industry professionals, trade media representatives and Serenbe developers, Bosch officially o...
Servicing PV-Equipped HVAC Systems
John Wiles Jun. 6, 2013 Photovoltaic (PV) electrical power systems are becoming increasingly common in residential and commercial building applications. The typical PV system encountered by an HVAC te...
Energy Star Rates Efficiency of Leading Comfort Brands
25 brands were tested in lab settings, and rated on AFUE, SEER, and EER efficiency. Jun. 6, 2013 The Energy Star branch of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued its listing of “most efficient” products for 2013, which includes heating and air conditioning systems. According to Energy Star, the ratings are intended to drive more energy-efficient products into the market more quickly,...
Scorching summer spreads cheer for AC makers
NEW DELHI, JUNE 6 While the people are sweating it out in the sizzling summer, air-conditioner makers are a happy lot. For, after facing two tough years, air-conditioner (AC) sales have witnessed an u...
HCs in light-commercial refrigeration & AC: Global rollout s
05 June 2013 From 3-4 June, the UNIDO ATMOsphere Technology Summit was held at the UNIDO headquarters in Vienna. The conference attracted more than 150 industry stakeholders and decision makers from A...
GSHPA welcomes DECC's proposed RHI tariff review
5 June 2013 A decision by the DECC (Department of Energy and Climate Change) to review tariff levels for the non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive, announced on 31 May, has been welcomed by the Ground Source Heat Pump Association (GSHPA). Speaking as the announcement was made last week, Energy and Climate Change Minister Greg Barker said: "The Renewable Heat Incentive has been running for nearly ...
