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CPS Products Acquires UView Ultraviolet Systems
May 9, 2014 CPS Products Canada, Ltd., a Harbour Group company, reported on May 6 it had acquired the assets of UView Ultraviolet Systems, Inc. Based in Mississauga, Ontario, UView manufactures tools and equipment for professional automotive technicians. The company’s core markets are automotive fluid exchange and fuel service equipment and chemicals and automotive air conditioning refrigerant le...
New environmentally-friendly low-carbon air conditioner prod
04-14-2014 The Appliance World Expo (AWE) was held in Shanghai on 18th -21st March, 2014, during which the Green, Low-carbon Air Conditioner Exhibition jointly hosted by FECO and CHEAA was opened at t...
Making waste heat useful thanks to industrial heat pumps
08 May 2014 The paper, by GEA Heating Application Manager Kenneth Hoffman, looks at the various options for waste heat recovery to optimise total system performance. Flue gas heat recovery incr...
Seattle’s Bullitt Center Exceeds Energy Saving Goals in Firs
May 8, 2014 Seattle -- Upon its first birthday, the Bullitt Center in Seattle announced that it has significantly exceeded its energy performance goals, even when accounting for growing occupancy over its first 12 months of operation. The Bullitt Center used 75 percent less energy than a new building that meets Seattle’s energy code. The building used 147,260 kWh of electricity compared to ...
Modine to Close McHenry, Illinois, Manufacturing Facility
May 8, 2014 Racine, Wis. -- Modine Manufacturing Co. has announced that it intends to close its manufacturing facility in McHenry, Illinois. The closure is expected to impact approximately 135 full-time employees, who will receive a variety of support services. Modine plans to transfer the McHenry production to other facilities in North America, including those in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, Lawr...
3M Introduces New Data Center Immersion Cooling Technology
May 8, 2014 ST. PAUL, Minn. -- 3M has announced the development of a fully functional supercomputer developed in collaboration with Intel and SGI that uses a new two-phase immersion cooling technology from 3M that reduces energy use while increasing supercomputer efficiency. In this proof-of-concept, SGIR ICE? X, a fifth generation distributed memory supercomputer, and the IntelR XeonR proc...
CR Magazine Ranks Ingersoll Rand 48th on 100 Best Corporate
May 1, 2014 Corporate Responsibility (CR) Magazine named Ingersoll Rand to the 15th annual “100 Best Corporate Citizens List” at number 48. The widely respected sustainability ranking is based on the ...
Honeywell Bluetooth(R) Smart Air Purifier Auto-Adjusts to Lo
8 May 2014 The new Honeywell Bluetooth(R) Smart True HEPA Allergen Remover is the first air purifier utilizing Bluetooth(R) technology to track local pollen counts via a free mobile app and auto-adjus...
CIBSE hosts carbon dioxide seminar
07 May 2014 Klaas Visser presentation The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) hosted a seminar this week on how to achieve emission reductions and improve energy efficiency in...
Mitsubishi Electric unveils new national apprenticeship sche
8 May 2014 Mitsubishi Electric is launching a national apprenticeship scheme to train air conditioning engineers of the future. The initiative is being run in conjunction with 24 of the company...
