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2014.09.15

WEEC Attendees Learn from Trane How to'Hear' a Building and

Trane showcasing solutions to help customers optimize energy savings   Washington, D.C., Sept. 26, 2014 - Trane, a leading global provider of indoor comfort solutions and services and a brand of ...

2014.09.30

Honeywell Materials Help Mobile Devices Stay Cool; Perform B

09/26/2014 Leading mobile electronics manufacturers are using Honeywell’s thermal interface materials (TIMs) to dissipate the intense heat produced by increasingly powerful chips at the heart of these...

2014.09.28

UN climate summit: China pledges emissions action

26 September 2014 China has pledged for the first time to take firm action on climate change, telling a UN summit that its emissions, the world’s highest, would soon peak. Vice-Premier Zhang Gaoli also said China would make its economy much more carbon efficient by 2020. US President Barack Obama said climate change was moving faster than efforts to address it, and the US and China had a respons...

2014.09.29

EcoFactor Appoints Matthew Plante as CEO

26 September 2014 REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- EcoFactorR, a provider of cloud-based home energy management services, has announced the appointment of Matthew Plante as chief executive officer. Plante joins EcoFactor from Bidgely, where he served as vice president of sales. The company said Plante will be responsible for accelerating market adoption of EcoFactor and setting the company’s vision as it m...

2014.09.28

DOE Denies AHRI’s Petition for Reconsideration of Walk-in Co

26 September 2014 WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a pre-publication Federal Register notice in response to the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute’s (AHRI’s) petition for reconsideration of DOE’s final rule on energy efficiency standards for walk-in coolers and freezers (WICFs). DOE announced it is denying the petition.   AHRI sought reconsidera...

2014.09.28

Sainsbury’s takes three awards at tenth anniversary Cooling

25 September 2014 Sainsbury’s was one of the big winners at the tenth anniversary Cooling Awards on 24 September, in front of a crowd of 650 industry delegates.   The retailer picked up three awards, including the National Retailer of the Year, which it shared with Marks and Spencer, and Low Carbon Achievement.   There was also recognition of the achievements of UK refrigeration manager ...

2014.09.28

European Commission gives Germany two-month deadline to stop

25 September 2014 EC sends formal request to Germany to take ‘necessary action to apply the EU Directive on Mobile Air Conditioning’.   Next step would be to refer it to European Court of Justice for allowing continued use of R134a in new models.   The European Commission has ordered Germany to stop using a banned car refrigerant within two months or face court action and possible fines,...

2014.09.28

PPC Launches Energy Management Services with Enerit Partner

September 25, 2014 McLEAN, Va. -- PPC has announced plans for a comprehensive suite of energy management services for industry and public sector clients, called EMneXus. As a part of these plans, PPC signed a partner agreement with energy management software company Enerit to offer clients an energy management-as-a-service model based on the ISO 50001 energy management system standard.   PPC’...

2014.09.28

ABM Promotes Three Executives

September 25, 2014 NEW YORK -- ABM, a leading provider of facility solutions, has announced three executive promotions, two to executive vice president and one to senior vice president. Scott Salmirs has been promoted to executive vice president, ABM Industries, from his prior position as executive vice president, ABM Onsite Services - Northeast. Sarah Hlavinka McConnell, general counsel and cor...

2014.09.27

HVACR Associations Organize Global Refrigerant Management In

September 25, 2014 NEW YORK -- Three of the world’s leading HVACR associations, the Alliance for Responsible Atmospheric Policy, Air-Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI), and Brazilian Association for HVAC-R (ABRAVA), announced the formation of the Global Refrigerant Management Initiative at the United Nations Secretary-General’s Climate Summit.   The organizations noted t...