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2015.02.07

Record turn-out for ASHRAE conference

February 4, 2015 USA: AHR Expo’s record Chicago show last month was matched by record delegate numbers at the attendant ASHRAE Winter Conference.   With 3,018 attendees, the turn-out this year at the Palmer House Hilton was said to be higher than the past six Winter Conferences, except Las Vegas 2011. Attendees came from more than 60 countries.   The conference, which ran from January 24...

2015.02.05

ASHRAE hq receives top honours

February 4, 2015 USA: ASHRAE’s Atlanta headquarters building has been recognised for achieving the highest energy efficiency standards.   The refurbished building achieved the highest rating of f...

2015.02.07

MHI to Establish New 'Research & Development Center' Consoli

-- Shift to Cross-organizational Structure Targeted at Stronger, more Efficient Development of Technologies and Human Resources -- Tokyo, February 5, 2015 - Effective April 1 Mitsubishi Heavy Industr...

2015.02.08

AEMC rejects introduction of an air conditioner tax in 2017

04 Feb 2015 Weekend media reports claiming that an air conditioner tax is being introduced in 2017 to reduce the burden on Australia’s electricity network are incorrect. There are also no plans to fo...

2015.02.08

GEA attains record margin of 11.4 percent in 2014

? Sales totaling EUR 4,516m, organic growth at 5.6% ? Operating EBITDA climbs 11.4% to reach EUR 591m ? Operating EBIT margin of 11.4% at record high ? Increase in proposed dividend per share to EUR 0...

2015.02.08

As cold as ice - the new GEA Geneglace G100

04 February 2015 GEA Refrigeration Technologies have been in continual operation, improving and expanding their knowledge for over 150 years and this is evident in their new Geneglace G100 ice generat...

2015.02.07

Schneider Electric, Autodesk to Collaborate to Enhance Build

RUEIL-MALMAISON, France, and SAN FRANCISCO - Schneider Electric, a specialist in energy management, and Autodesk Inc., a leader in 3D design and engineering, have announced an agreement to collaborate to enhance current practices for building lifecycle management based on building information modeling (BIM).   As part of the collaboration, the companies said they are exploring ways to complem...

2015.02.07

Honeywell Hometown Heroes Award Goes to U.S. Space & Rocket

02/04/2015 Dr. Deborah Barnhart, CEO of the U.S. Space & Rocket Center (USSRC), has received the Honeywell Hometown Heroes Award in recognition of her efforts to inspire teachers and students glob...

2015.02.04

Evaporative Cooling

03/03/2015 The current Note describes the applications and conditions under which these processes may offer a technical and economic advantage, and addresses matters such as the:   ? engineering principle and different operating system modes, ? energy saving potentials that could be made compared to conventional cooling systems, ? consequences on water consumption, ? main applications of evap...

2015.02.07

Right Now Air Acquires Two Last Vegas companies

4 February 2015 Right Now Air, a provider of residential HVAC services in Las Vegas, has acquired two Las Vegas HVAC companies, Ingram’s Inc and Senior Services. These acquisitions were finalized December 2014. “We are thrilled about aquiring these great companies which both, like, Right Now Air, have long-standing ties to the Las Vegas Valley,” said Scott Meier, co-owner of Right Now Air. “This ...