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2014.09.03

Uponor's New Stainless-steel Manifold for Radiant Heating &

4 September 2014 Uponor North America is launching a new stainless steel manifold for residential and commercial radiant heating and cooling applications.   The manifold is made of corrosion-resi...

2014.09.05

Southland Industries Establishes National Service Division

4 September 2014 Southland Industries, Union City, CA, one of the nation’s largest mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) building systems experts providing engineering, construction, service and energy service solutions, has announed it will unite its service and building automation controls departments into a single division, to be known as Southland Service. Soutland Service will be guided...

2014.09.01

UK completes CfD subsidy regime

4 September 2014 The UK government has released the final mechanism for determining how to allocate the new Contracts for Difference subsidy regime to renewable energy schemes, Renews has reported.   The CfD allocation framework sets out the eligibility criteria for processing applications and the procedure for distributing contracts to participating generators.   Onshore wind, large-sca...

2014.09.05

Scottish Equity Partners launches infrastructure fund

4 September 2014 Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) has raised £135m for a new infrastructure fund to invest in UK-based clean energy projects.   The Environmental Capital Fund (ECF) has been backed by SSE, as well as a syndicate of financial investors led by Lexington Partners.   The fund has been anchored with the acquisition of an existing SSE infrastructure business (SSE Pipelines). &nb...

2014.09.03

AC energy consumption’ reduced by 26% with ECOPHIT technolog

3 September 2014 Study in Singapore concludes that that air conditioning energy consumption can be reduced by 26% using an ECOPHIT chilled ceiling system instead of a conventional air-conditioning sys...

2014.09.06

William’s launches Thermowall refrigerated countertop

3 September 2014 Williams has launched a new Thermowell refrigerated countertop that’ designed for smaller kitchens where maximising the available space is essential.   The Thermowell is a refrig...

2014.09.06

New Orleans Cold Storage Teams with Cascade Energy on Effici

03 September 2014 PORTLAND, Ore. - Cascade Energy has announced an agreement with New Orleans Cold Storage (NOCS) to maximize energy efficiency at NOCS sites company-wide. Cascade’s energy management services will help reduce facility energy consumption by an estimated 12 percent by the fifth year of the program.   “Energy is typically the second highest cost for big industrial companies. NOC...

2014.09.04

Thermoelectric Developer Names Scott Rackey as VP of Busines

03 September 2014 WALTHAM, Mass. - GMZ Energy, a developer of high temperature thermoelectric generation (TEG) technology, has announced the appointment of Scott Rackey as vice president of business development. In his new role, Rackey is responsible for scaling GMZ’s business model and developing strategic partnerships to help the company continue on its path towards commercialization.   TEG...

2014.09.02

New NIST Lab Aims to Cut Building Energy Use

03 September 2014 GAITHERSBURG, Md. - The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is converting one of its laboratories into the equivalent of a small office building in order to develop and test smart software technologies designed to slash energy use in commercial buildings.   The energy to power a commercial building is consumed by HVAC, lighting, plug-in equipment, and other...

2014.09.05

Gome Electrical Appliances 6-Month Sales Come to $4.74 Billi

03 September 2014 Chinese retail giant Gome Electrical Appliances released unaudited consolidated results for the first half of 2014. Gome sales revenue was RMB 29.12 billion (approx. US$4.74 billion), up 7.4% year-on-year. The group’s consolidated gross profit margin rose from 18.3% to 18.8% compared with the first half of 2013. Net profit for the second quarter of 2014 was approximately RMB 43...