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CHILLVENTA: Chiller launched using water as refrigerant
14 October 2014 A German energy specialist has launched what it claims is the world’s first production-scale chiller using water as refrigerant at the Chillventa exhibition in Germany. The laun...
ONS estimates August construction output dip of 3.9%
14 October 2014 Estimates for construction output in August have shown a 3.9 per cent dip, compared with July, and is 0.3 per cent down year on year. According to Construction News, the ONS sai...
Stater Bros. Markets Receives GreenChill Award for Lowest Co
14 October 2014 SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. - Stater Bros. Markets announced that it has received the Best Emissions Rate Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) GreenChill Partnership for having the lowest corporate-wide refrigerant emissions rate of all GreenChill partners in 2013. There are approximately 8,000 GreenChill partner stores throughout the nation. Stater Bros....
‘Autotune’ Software Makes It Quicker, Easier to Model Energy
14 October 2014 OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - As many as 3,000 parameters can be specified when modeling a building’s energy use. Jibonananda Sanyal of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Building Technologies Research and Integration Center and principal investigator Joshua New have developed automated, or “Autotune,” calibration software, which reduces the amou...
Rwanda On Right Path in Protection of Ozone Layer
By Philippe Mwema Bahati The ozone layer, a fragile shield of gas, protects the earth from the harmful portion of the sun rays, thus helping preserve life on the planet. Ozone layer destruction can le...
IEA releases Oil Market Report for October
14 October 2014 The IEA Oil Market Report (OMR) for October reduced its forecast of global oil demand for 2014 by 0.2 million barrels per day (mb/d) from the previous month, to 92.4 mb/d, on lower exp...
Thermo King Recognizes Antelope Valley Transit Authority (AV
HOUSTON Oct. 14, 2014 -- Thermo King, a manufacturer of transport temperature control solutions for a variety of mobile applications and a brand of Ingersoll Rand, presented the Antelope Valley Transit Authority (AVTA) with the Energy Leader Award today at the American Public Transit Association (APTA) Expo. The award recognizes AVTA for its pioneering efforts in adopting an all-electric hea...
CO2NVINPACK installation close to the Ice Hotel
Oct 7, 2014 Green & Cool has delivered a device to COOP in Jukkasjarvi in northern Sweden. A small sized grocery store close to the famous Ice Hotel. The installation consists of a CRYSTAL CO2VINP...
Renewables could satisfy Britain’s electricity needs by 2050
14 October 2014 According to a Loughborough University expert on wind energy, Britain could generate all its electricity from renewable sources by 2050, the Loughborough Echo has reported. Simon Watson, Professor of Wind Energy, says it is possible for wind, solar and water power to take over from nuclear, coal and gas within 36 years. Professor Watson said it’s down to political wil...
Global district cooling market
13/10/2014 According to a new report from MarketsandMarkets (information provided by ReportLinker), global district cooling market is growing at 11.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) until 2019. &n...
