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World Heat Pump Market
BSRIA estimates that 2 million heat pumps were sold worldwide in 2013 - 7% more than the year before but accompanied by a fall of 7% in total value. This is attributed partly to price cutting and partly to a change in the mix towards smaller lower capacity units. One of the principal drivers to growth was the increase in popularity of the air-source domestic hot water storage unit - a spurt of ne...
Swegon Enlarges Industrial Cooling Coverage
Swegon has enlarged its capability in data center and industrial cooling with the acquisition of German specialist Econdition (Munich) who logged a turnover of ?14 million (US$ 18 million) in 2013. This is seen as another step in Swegon’s strategy of enlarging its influence in the German ACR market in IT center cooling. Source: KI, Germanycialiscialislevitraorder generic levitraorder generi...
New Owner for Airwell
The Airwell Group (France), which announced its insolvency earlier this year, has found a buyer in Swedish ACR specialist Systemair (Skinnskatteberg). The take-over includes the brand name, the sales network and the 36,000 m2 production facility in Tillieres-sur-Avre which specializes in heat pump units. Estimated annual turnover is 35 million Euro(US$ 44 million). Systemair, who are notabl...
Haier Realizes Its Dream through Technology Enhancement
Haier has been ramping up its R&D in recent years and has released several advanced products such as an oil-free centrifugal chiller thanks to this effort. JARN interviewed Wang Li, director of Ha...
EPEE F-gas Pledge to be Catalyst for Global Action
Following the UN Climate Summit on September 23, 2014, the European Partnership for Energy and the Environment (EPEE) issued a pledge in which the European refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump industry commits to taking concrete, proactive action to facilitate the implementation of the EU F-gas Regulation. “EPEE members are determined to make the EU’s new F-gas rules work and are r...
U.S. DOE Updates National Reference Standard for Commercial
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a ruling that establishes the 2013 standard as the commercial building reference standard for state building energy codes. In an announcement in the September 26, 2014 edition of The Federal Register, DOE attributes the greater energy savings to improvements in ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1- 2013, Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise R...
GMCC Hosts R290 Seminar at IIR Gustav Lorentzen Conference
The 11th IIR Gustav Lorentzen Conference on Natural Refrigerants (GL2014) was held from September 1 to 2, 2014 at Shangri-La Hotel Hangzhou in China. More than 300 scholars and experts from both China...
Canatal Develops Magnetic Bearing Centrifugal Chiller for Da
Nanjing Canatal Air-Conditioning Electrical and Mechanical developed magnetic bearing centrifugal chillers for data centers, expanding the products’application to the new field. Power consumpti...
Mexico: Golden Bridge between North and South American Marke
--Report of AHR Expo-Mexico in Mexico City The AHR Expo-Mexico co-sponsored by the American Society of Heating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) and the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Ref...
ACREX India 2015 - February 26-28 in Bangalore
ACREX India is returning to Bangalore after a successful show at Delhi where the event saw participation from over 400 exhibitors and nearly 30,000 visitors. Being organized by the Indian Socie...
