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Webinar session on 'Refrigerants, Naturally! Cool Partnershi
14 April 2014 Introduction Refrigerants, Naturally! is a global initiative of companies committed to combat climate change by replacing environmentally harmful fluorinated gases with natural refrigera...
B&ES president elect presents North West Awards
4 - April - 2014 Andy Sneyd - president elect of the Building & Engineering Services Association (B&ES) - joined Peter Williams, chairman of the North West Training Group, in presenting this year’s North West Regional Training Awards. Luke Challiner of J Fletcher (Engineers), Eccles, Manchester, secured the Heating and Ventilating Installer Award - finishing just ahead of runners-up Sam W...
China and EU agree joint work on climate action
2 April 2014 China and the European Union will collaborate on climate action with the aim of reaching key targets in advance of the crucial United Nations climate summit in Paris in 2015. They ...
Google subsidiary Nest Labs unveils Learning Thermostat for
4 April 2014 Nest brings Internet of Things to the home with high-tech energy-saving thermostat - Learning Thermostat can be controlled remotely by smartphone and adjusts to user preferences Nest Lab has launched its Learning Thermosat into the UK.comprising a programmer and a thermostat in one device. Primarily targeting home heating initially, the company says the thermostat programs itse...
Toshiba introduces 'powerful and versatile' control and moni
4 April 2014 Toshiba Air Conditioning (a division of Toshiba Carrier UK Limited) has introduced a new control and monitoring system called Black Pear, which it claims is one of the most powerful and v...
Headline News Volume 216
============================ eJARN.com Headline News Date: April 6, 2014, Volume 216 http://www.ejarn.com ============================ * Inverter Technology Becoming Standard (Compressor Market Overview-Trends & Topics) Inverter controllers were first taken up in rotary compressors and then spread to scroll compressors once mass production brought down costs. Nevertheless, inverter compressors...
Ban Ki-Moon: EU must agree to a 2030 climate package in June
4 April 2014 The UN’s secretary-general has called on EU leaders to set an example and agree on an ambitious 2030 target at a Council Summit in June, that can be taken to a UN conference in Lima three...
OFTEC claims new domestic RHI scheme is only for the rich
4 April 2014 The Government’s ￡1.8 billion Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme, expected to be launched in the next few days, is costly, impractical and unlikely to attract mass consumer support, s...
Honeywell Featured in BusinessWorld Cover Story
04 April 2014 BusinessWorld -- India’s leading business magazine - released its annual leadership issue featuring a series of interviews with the country’s top business leaders on this year’s theme of...
Nest Issues Consumer Safety Notice
04 April 2014 Palo Alto, Calif. -- Nest Labs Inc. has issued a consumer safety notice for its Nest Protect smoke and carbon monoxide detector after recent laboratory testing showed the Nest Wave feature, which enables the user to turn off the alarm with “a wave of the hand,” could be “unintentionally activated,” causing a delay in the alarm going off in the event of a real fire. In a letter...
