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Gov't focuses on renewable energy for smaller hotels
April 11, 2013 Some $15 million has been set aside in the 2013-14 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, to improve the competitiveness of small and medium-size hotels through the use of renewable energy. The Caribbean Hotel Energy and Action Project is a carry-over from the last fiscal year, and is being implemented by the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy...
Uponor Expands to Meet Manufacturing Demand
May 3, 2013 Apple Valley, Minn. -- Uponor North America announced it will be expanding its headquarters facility in Apple Valley, Minn., to add 17,500 square feet of manufacturing space to help meet forecasted growth for crosslinked polyethylene (PEX) tubing for plumbing, fire sprinkler, and radiant heating and cooling systems. This will be the fifth expansion for the 1990-built facility, b...
Cabinet Decision on the Bill for the Act for Partial Revisio
On April 19, 2013, the Cabinet decided to approve the Bill for the Act for Partial Revision of the Act on Ensuring the Implementation of Recovery and Destruction of Fluorocarbons concerning Designated Products. In response to the approval, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the Ministry of the Environment (MOE) are jointly to submit the bill to this session of the Diet. ...
Israel launches air con efficiency drive
By Sharon Udasin 05/02/2013 The Energy and Water Ministry has launched a subsidized program for the general public to replace inefficient air conditioners with new ones. With a budget of about NIS 50 million, the ministry will subsidize the purchase of some 45,000 new and efficient air conditioners at between NIS 800 and NIS 1,800 per unit, and including dismantling and installation. Replacing th...
Demand for ACs, coolers soars
Tarini Puri, TNN | May 3, 2013 PUNE: The soaring day temperature in the city has pushed the sale of air conditioners and coolers with electronic goods stores doing brisk business over the last two weeks. The heat has brought much respite to store owners as they had incurred heavy losses during the strike against local body tax. Dealers said business was dull in March and early April but in ...
Best air conditioner buys for the hot summer ahead
Artemis DiBenedetto May 3, 2013 A hot summer forecast--and air-conditioner prices that are going up with the mercury--could mean an early run on window units. But you needn’t wait and sweat it out: Co...
With city’s in-built AC conking out, citizens are on a buyin
Sales of air-conditioners and air coolers break all records May 04, 2013 Bangalore’s feeling the heat, and the upcoming elections have nothing to do with it. As mercury levels inch toward the 4...
Scotland to trial project bank accounts
2 May 2013 The construction industry in Scotland is set to benefit from the use of Project Bank Accounts (PBAs) on public sector projects which will help to speed up payments and boost cash flow through the supply chain. Under the PBA system, which is due to be trialled later this year, first tier sub-contractors working on Government projects will no longer have to wait for main contractor...
Commentary: In Its 100th Anniversary Year, Trane Looks at th
Improving energy efficiency in buildings is one way to solve the world’s appetite for more energy. Trane describes various ways industry is wringing more energy out of existing buildings, and provides...
Unilever on track to reach target of 850,000 climate friendl
02 May 2013 In order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from refrigeration and to accelerate its roll-out of freezer cabinets that use climate friendly (hydrocarbon) refrigerants, in 2010 Unilever set a goal to purchase a further 850,000 climate friendly freezers by 2015, in addition to the 450,000 units the company already had at the time of the Sustainable Living Plan launch. ...
