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UNEP Meets with African Nations RAC Business Owners to Talk
Jun 16, 2014 RWANDA: Businesses and refrigeration and air-conditioning experts from 28 African countries are meeting in Kigali, Rwanda until Friday to discuss adopting alternative hydrocarbon refriger...
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Siemens provide a compelling
Jun 16, 2014 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd (MHI) and Siemens AG today announced that they have joined forces and provided a proposal for the French multinational conglomerate, Alstom. Pursuant to t...
Panasonic Targets USD 100M in Middle East with KDK Premium C
Jun 16, 2014 KDK Company Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Panasonic Ecology Systems Limited, Japan and a leading player in environmentally friendly ventilation solutions, is looking to expand in ...
Rockline Installs Largest Geothermal System for Use in Produ
16th June, 2014 Booneville, Ark. -- Rockline Industries announced that it has installed the nation’s largest single geothermal heating and cooling system for use in a production facility. The use of geothermal technology at the 1.2 million-square-foot plant, located in Booneville, Arkansas, is expected to reduce Booneville’s reliance on overall energy and natural gas by 65 percent. Fossil f...
Honeywell Introduces New Smart Thermostat
16th June, 2014 Minneapolis -- Honeywell has announced the launch of its new Lyric(TM) smart thermostat which the company said knows when homeowners are coming and going, based on smartphone location,...
Energy Management Market for Small, Medium-Sized Buildings t
16th June, 2014 Boulder, Colo. -- Although small and medium-sized commercial buildings represent a majority of buildings both in terms of number of buildings and square footage, they have not seen the same level of penetration of building energy management systems (BEMS) as larger facilities, notes Navigant Research. That is changing as the cost savings enabled by BEMS become more evident and new ...
CIBSE offers new guidance on climate change and thermal comf
16th June, 2014 CIBSE (the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers) has added TM49: Design Summer Years for London, to its range of guidance. The publication, which is free of charge, will inform building design and adaptation strategies to better cope with the very real threat of climate change. CIBSE is offering this guide on its online Knowledge Portal and in print to advise...
Bitzer to boost sales and support operations in Malaysia
16th June, 2014 Bitzer is expanding its footprint in Malaysia to support the country’s cold chain. Construction and development is pushing Malaysia’s hvacr growth. The country’s government is f...
ISD Solutions extends range of ‘off-the-peg’ modular cold st
16th June, 2014 ISD Solutions is expanding its offering of modular walk in cold and freezer rooms to provide refrigeration consultants and contractors with greater choice and flexibility to meet client needs. Available ’off-the-peg’ from ISD Direct, the MISA range now covers 14 popular sizes with storage volumes from 3.1m3 to 16.7m3 and operating temperature from -20 to +5 degrees. The full...
ASHRAE Handbook recognises 'naturals'
13th June, 2014 USA: The 2014 edition of the ASHRAE Refrigeration Handbook, now published, includes data on natural refrigerants. While the latest edition continues to provide the practicing re...
