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Most Profitable Industry in the U.S.: Electrical Equipment,
Nov 20, 2014 A new report states that the Electrical Equipment, Appliance and Component Manufacturing is the country’s most profitable industry, with a profit percentage of 36.4%. The lower-ranked subsectors on the list were less surprising. No. 2 on the list was oil and gas drilling and related services, with a profit percentage of 32.4%. No. 3: oil and gas extraction, had a profit percenta...
Initiative to Accelerate Deployment of Building Efficiency T
November 19, 2014 SEATTLE - The Smart Buildings Center (SBC) has announced a new initiative to help launch smart building and energy efficiency technologies in the Pacific Northwest. The SBC will work with companies to match cutting-edge technologies with buildings that are a good fit for initial product deployment and testing. The organization will provide $350,000 in technical assistance funding...
Acquisition of GEA Heat Exchangers by Triton Is Finalized
November 19, 2014 BOCHUM, Germany - Triton announced that it has finalized its acquisition of GEA Heat Exchangers. With this closing, Triton takes over all companies in the former GEA Heat Exchangers Group. Christoph Michel, CEO of GEA Heat Exchangers Group, said, “In Triton, we have a trustworthy partner that will strengthen and support our future activities.” Except for a new brand name that wi...
Ingersoll Rand Joins ‘Million Dollar Club’ with $1.27M Raise
November 19, 2014 Surrounded by more than 300 Ingersoll Rand employees, volunteers and community leaders, Bobby Katz, senior vice president and general counsel, Ingersoll Rand, announced a $1.27 milli...
Emerson Climate Technologies Announces New Vice President of
?Rajan Rajendran to lead new HVACR Innovation Center Dayton, Ohio, November 18, 2014 - Emerson Climate Technologies, a business segment of Emerson (NYSE: EMR), has announced the promotion of Ra...
Toshiba training centres shortlisted for CIBSE award
19 November 2014 Toshiba Air Conditioning’s new national network of training centres has been shortlisted for CIBSE’s highest training accolade, as part of the Institute’s Building Performance Awards ...
Continued IIR commitment to reduce refrigerant emissions
19/11/2014 During the preparatory segment from 17-19 November, in line with IIR activities, we attended a series of debates on prospects for emission reduction of HFCs (hydrofluorocarbons) and replacements of HCFCs (hydrochlorofluorocarbons). Additionally, during the high-level segment from 20-21 November, Didier Coulomb, IIR Director, will make a statement on the two-fold impact the refrig...
IPCC forecasts boom for residential air conditioning
18/11/2014 In the executive summary of its recent “Climate Change 2014 : Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability” report, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assesses the implications of climate change on economic activity in key economic sectors and services, on economic welfare and on economic development. IPCC estimates that energy demand for residential air condition...
ASRAC meeting to address home air-conditioner regional stand
Nov 19, 2014 The Department of Energy (DOE) scheduled an Appliance Standards and Rulemaking Federal Advisory Committee (ASRAC) meeting for December 1, 2014, to act on recommendations from two working groups. Of interest to members of the Air Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI), the association said, are the recommendations made regarding enforcement of regional standar...
Energy costs at fruit and veg store cut by 25 per cent with
18 November 2014 Controls from Resource Data Management are saving fruit and veg distributor Sharrocks 25 per cent in refrigeration running costs at its new facility. The cold store, at the com...
