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Whirlpool headquarters improvements start a new phase
December 22, 2014 Whirlpool Corp. has been working four years on a new Riverview campus project as well as major renovations in the company’s global headquarters building, both in the Benton Harbor an...
Cool bedrooms are healthier
19/12/2014 A recent study published in Diabetes, June 2014 issue, shows that cooler bedrooms could enhance the production of ? brown fat ? that takes sugar out of the bloodstream to burn calories and maintain core temperature. Subjects’ blood-sugar, insulin levels and daily caloric expenditure levels were tracked and shown to improve, along with their insulin sensitivity, when they slept at...
BPI’s Home Energy Auditing Standard Published as ANSI Standa
December 22, 2014 The Building Performance Institute, Inc. (BPI) is proud to announce that BPI-1100-T-2014: Home Energy Auditing Standard has been published as an American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standard. The Home Energy Auditing Standard defines the requirements for a building science-based evaluation, or audit, of existing detached single-family dwellings and townhouses that meet s...
Roubl is new Johnson vp
December 19, 2014 EUROPE: Patrick Roubi has been appointed vice president and general manager at Johnson Controls Building Efficiency Europe & Africa. He succeeds Bruno Nicolas who is retir...
Chemours to be DuPont refrigerants name
December 19, 2014 USA: The Chemours Company will be the new name for DuPont’s Performance Chemicals business when it is spun off next year. Chemours will be the new, publicly traded global busi...
TROX Pledge Parcels for young person’s charity, BREAK
12/19/2014 UK: STAFF at an East Anglian firm are doing their bid to spread some festive cheer this Christmas, by organising a parcel-pledge for charity. The 130-strong workforce of TROX U...
New Direction for Source
12/19/2014 UK: Cardiff-based Facilities Management specialist Source Site Services, has announced that due to ongoing demand from their FM customers, they are launching a new Construction Division headed up by experienced QS Dean Pattison who will be joining the company from 1st January 2015. Announcing the new appointment, Managing Director Mark Maunder said: “Demand for our s...
Two Canadian arena buildings among ASHRAE Top Technology Awa
12/19/2014 Two Canadian projects were among nine top ASHRAE Technology Awards this year. The awards will be presented at the ASHRAE 2015 Winter Conference in Chicago on January 24-28. Both Canadian projects are community recreational complexes that incorporate innovative technology in their ice rinks. One is in Quebec, and the other is in British Columbia. Exp of Montreal receives fi...
EPA Announces New Energy Star Tool for Homeowners
12/19/2014 WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the launch of its Energy Star Home Advisor, an online tool designed to help Americans save energy and money by improving the energy efficiency of their homes through recommended, customized and prioritized home-improvement projects. “As we enter the winter months, homeowners can use our new Energy Star Hom...
MHIEC Receives Order for 150 Tons/day Waste-to-Energy Plant
-- Award Includes Construction of Gasification and Melting System and Waste Heat Recovery Equipment Plus 201/2-Year Plant Operation Contract -- Tokyo, December 18, 2014 - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries ...
