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R290 RAC Sales Exceed 100,000 Units in India

Reported by Rakesh Kumar, Technical Editor, ISHRAE Journal The cumulative sales of air conditioners using R290 (propane) refrigerant in India reached the 100,000 units milestone in October...
U.S. Shipments of Airsource Heat Pumps Increase 44.1% in Sep

Central Air Conditioners and Air-Source Heat Pumps U.S. shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps totaled 539,628 units in September 2014, up 29.7% from 416,179 units shipped in ...
Kobe Symposium 2014 Provides Valuable Information on Low-GWP

Organized by the Japan Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Association (JRAIA), the International Symposium on New Refrigerants and Environmental Technology 2014 (Kobe Symposium 2014) was held at the K...
Panasonic Solutions Expo Held in Myanmar

Panasonic Solutions Expo opened at the Sule Shangri-La Hotel on November 18?19. It was the first big scale showcase of the company’s full suite of technology, business-to-consumer (B2C) products and b...
Chinese Capital Energizing the Global HVAC&R Market

Chinese manufacturers are playing active role in overseas HVAC&R business expansion, developing from air conditioner exporters to overseas investors. Relatively low labor costs and a fully ...
China: High Inventory Levels in Huge AC Market

September is the beginning of the new refrigeration year in China. The market, however, has been experiencing a price war since October. The lowest price for an inverter air conditioner is now RMB 2,4...
Can the World Agree on Climate Change?

In November, the United States and China, which together account for approximately 43% of the world’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, took the first step toward setting new GHG reduction targets. The ...
Air Conditioner Market Takes Hit from Falling Yen

-- A Return to ‘Made in Japan’? On December 5, the value of the Japanese yen fell sharply in trading on the New York foreign exchange market, closing at 121.50 yen to the dollar, the lowest the...
Change of F-Gas Regulation will require leak checking of 425

17 December 2014 Defra consultation reveals high number of systems will come into scope for first time due to changes in F-Gas rules Defra’s consultation on the new F-Gas regulations has revealed tha...
International Code Council and SRCC Finalize Consolidation
December 17, 2014 WASHINGTON and COCOA, Fla. -- The International Code Council (ICC) and the Solar Rating & Certification Corp. (SRCC) have completed a period of due diligence and formalized the consolidation of the two associations. SRCC is now part of the ICC Group that includes the ICC Evaluation Service (ICC-ES) and the International Accreditation Service (IAS). “SRCC is an industry...