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US Business Optimism Highest Since 2004
12 May 2014 Chicago -- Optimism about the nation’s economic outlook among United States business leaders reached its highest level since 2004, according to the latest Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR), a survey of more than 3,300 business leaders in 45 countries. In first quarter 2014, optimism among U.S. business leaders rose 30 percentage points to a net balance of 66 percent. &...
Southern California Edison Expands HVAC Optimization Program
12 May 2014 Santa Ana, Calif. -- Southern California Edison (SCE) has announced the addition of a new incentive for commercial contractors participating in its HVAC Optimization program. Called “Early Retirement,” for a limited time contractors can earn rebates for the immediate replacement of qualifying old - but still operational - rooftop HVAC units at the facilities of SCE commercial customers...
LG Selected for DOE Technology Exchange Program
9 May 2014 As a launch partner in the new DOE Technology Performance Exchange (TPEx) program, LG Electronics USA is helping building owners identify the industry’s most efficient commercial air condit...
Jonasson is new AREA president
10th May, 2014 BELGIUM: Swede Per Jonasson has been elected as the new president of the European air conditioning and refrigeration contractors’ group AREA. The current md of the Swedish cont...
United States, Canada, and Mexico Submit North American HFC
May 9, 2014 Today the United States, Canada, and Mexico submitted an amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer to phase down the production and consumption of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). HFCs are rapidly increasing in the atmosphere due to rising demand for refrigeration and air conditioning, and as substitutes for ozone-depleting substances. The proposed amendme...
Australia: hydrocarbon advantages mean they here to stay
09 May 2014 The use of hydrocarbons offer a number of advantages in addition to climate benefits, including greater energy efficiency, faster pull-down time and reduction in head pressures. A number of Australian end-users have experienced these performance benefits, and their associated cost savings, leading to a growing demand for information and training on hydrocarbon technologies. Comp...
Whirlpool Corp., Purdue University Partner to Renew Home as
May 9, 2014 Benton Harbor, Mich. -- An energy-inefficient, late 1920’s vintage bungalow in West Lafayette, Indiana, will become a living laboratory for resource-efficient remodeling and net zero research thanks to a combined effort by the Whirlpool Corp. and Purdue University. Whirlpool engineers are working with Purdue University to transform an off-campus house into a net-zero energy, wat...
Oregon Institute of Technology Recognized for Use of Geother
May 9, 2014 Washington -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recognized the Oregon Institute of Technology (OIT) for boosting its use of clean energy at the first campus in America to be heated by geothermal energy, achieving a major milestone toward its goal of making all seven schools in the Oregon University System carbon-neutral by 2020. Partially through DOE support, the Klamath Falls campus...
Europe Regulation Schedules Banning of F-Gases in Appliances
May 9, 2014 New refrigerator and air-conditioner use of fluorinated greenhouse gases (F-gases) is now scheduled for phase-out in Europe under a regulation just adopted by the Council of the European Union. The regulation is intended to facilitate reduction of F-gas emissions in the EU by two-thirds of current (2014) levels by 2030. Use of F-gases in some new equipment, like cold appliances ...
Join the refrigerant debate, sign up to RAC’s F-Gas Question
9 May 2014 With the implications of the industry-changing legislation still being worked out, make sure you sign up to RAC’s F-Gas Question Time, sponsored by Daikin, for the latest information and op...
