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Airwell Group Insolvent
April in Paris this year was marked by an announcement from the Airwell Group that the company had become insolvent. The group has a workforce of 500 and a turnover of some ?65 million producing air handling units, chillers and fan convectors. Airwell’s German subsidiaries have not been affected nor Airwell Residential in Paris, specialists in room air conditioning equipment, who split off from th...
Australia Getting into Gear to Shift to R32
ARBS 2014 was recently held in Melbourne, where Daikin and Fujitsu General displayed a wide selection of R32 room air conditioners (RACs). Australia, which has some of the most stringent Minimum Energy Performance Standards (MEPS) in the world, appears to have begun transitioning to RACs that use new refrigerant R32. Based on information JARN obtained on the ground at ARBS, Daikin showed a ...
Whirlpool Receives First Energy Star for Clothes Dryers
Jun 19, 2014 Whirlpool Corporation became the first appliance manufacturer to offer an Energy Star certified clothes dryer. The company recently received certification from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Energy Star program on the Whirlpool brand Duet model WED87HED steam dryer. The EPA launched the new Energy Star label for clothes dryers on May 27. The new specifications will ...
Report: Marginal Impact of Electric Heat Pumps on Home Sale
Jun 19, 2014 The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) released the result of a study conducted by ECONorthwest to estimate the effect that electric heat pumps have on the sale price of homes in the Northwestern United States. The study was conducted in five Willamette Valley, OR counties. The findings show that, in Benton, Lane, and Linn counties, homes with an electric heat pump wer...
Danfoss publishes paper on the global implications of the Eu
19 June 2014 Paper discusses the potential implications and scenarios of the EU’s phasedown of fluorinated greenhouses gases for the United States and rest of the world Danfoss today released a...
Swegon Acquires Vibro-Acoustics
19 June 2014 KVANUM, Sweden -- Swegon AB, a provider of commercial and residential indoor climate solutions, has acquired Vibro-Acoustics(R), a leading provider of noise and vibration control solutions in North America. Vibro-Acoustics is headquartered in Canada in the city of Toronto, with two additional manufacturing facilities in the United States in Reno, Nevada, and Nashville, Tennesse...
USGBC Announces LEED Certification for World Cup Soccer Stad
19 June 2014 Washington -- The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has announced that several World Cup soccer stadiums have achieved Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification, including South America’s largest stadium, Maracana in Rio de Janeiro. Originally built and used for the 1950 FIFA World Cup, the LEED Silver Maracana stadium is reprising its role by playing...
UK-China Sign Deal To Build Consensus On Climate Change Ahea
19 June 2014 Environmentalists welcomed agreement between the UK and China to work together to build consensus on international action to deal with climate change in time for next year’s conference in Paris. A joint statement released following talks in 10 Downing Street between David Cameron and Chinese premier Li Keqiang said that the evidence of man-made climate change amounted to an "urgent ca...
The Consumer Goods Forum Calls for Binding Global Climate Ch
PARIS, Wednesday 18th June 2014 -- The Board of The Consumer Goods Forum today called on heads of state across the world to engage and act with determination, leadership and ambition to secure an ambitious and legally binding global climate deal. As part of its call for action around climate change, The Forum has also renewed its own commitment to taking action through the two Board-approved clima...
Dennis Supply Company Begins Drive for Wounded Warriors
19 June 2014 Venstar HVAC distributor Dennis Supply Company of Sioux City, IA will donate $10 to the Wounded Warrior Project for every Venstar ColorTouch thermostat sold during the month of July. The ...
