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Time to commit on HFCs
An EIA briefing to the Consumer Goods Forum Global Summit 2014PARIS 18-20 June 2014 In 2010, the Consumer Goods Forum made international headlines with its ambitious pledge to begin phasing out HFCs ...
Survey reveals general public unaware of renewables
24 June 2014 A new report by Innasolshows that only one in five Brits believe the Government is doing enough to tackle climate change. Almost 45 per cent state that they feel that the Government is not doing enough. Less than one in ten people know that heating is the UK’s main CO2 polluter, despite heating being the single largest use of energy in the UK. The survey shows tha...
African technicians express intention to move to European-st
23 June 2014 Workshop in Rwanda demonstrates both competence of expert technicians and their desire to move to a more structured competence system, in light of moves away from HCFCs and towards lower-GWP refrigerants Refrigeration groups in a number of African countries have signalled their intention to move to certification of refrigeration technicians, along the lines of European schemes....
Geothermal system and CO2 refrigeration sees Walgreens Evans
23 June 2014 US pharmacy chain says combination of energy measures have enabled Illinois store to generate more energy than it takes from the grid US pharmacy chain Walgreens says it is on trac...
New Occupancy and Vacancy Sensors Simplify Energy Management
23 June 2014 Melville, N.Y. -- Leviton has announced the introduction of its Provolt ODC family of line-voltage occupancy and vacancy sensors. The company said the new sensors simplify energy management with an easy-to-install self-contained solution. Provolt occupancy sensor models include line voltage occupancy sensing, daylight harvesting, and manual-on/auto-off override control in a single uni...
Carrier, CEIVA Partner on Home Energy Management Solution
23 June 2014 Indianapolis -- Carrier has teamed with CEIVA Energy, a utility-controlled home energy management system (HEMS) provider, to develop a new way for homeowners to improve energy efficiency....
Green Deal: Breaking the golden rule
June 2014 Written by Alan Gilbert, General Manager BSRIA Instrument Solutions. Re-vamped and now re-launched, the “New” Green Deal is with us. Will it be more successful than the previous incar...
New research report released on UK renewables
23 June 2014 Market Research Reports has announced the addition of “United Kingdom Renewables Report Q3 2014” research report to their website, Digital Journal has reported. Mixed messages continue to surface from the UK government about the future direction of the country’s renewable energy policy and Market Research Reports believe a great deal rests on the outcome of the election in May ...
Spotlight falls on TM44s
23 June 2014 Low energy and sustainability services provider, Inteb, is urging coffee shop owners to get their legally required air conditioning certification in place. Any air conditioning sys...
Corona Releases 6 New Eco Cute Heat Pumps
In early June, Corona released six new models of Eco Cute residential heat pump water heaters using natural refrigerant CO2 that attain the new energy-efficiency standard for 2017. These six mo...