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NREL Aims to Improve Building Energy Performance with Web-Ba
Mar 20, 2014 GOLDEN, Colo. -- The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has developed a web-based tool to help commercial building engineers and designers better understand the energy performance of building-related products, including HVAC. The Technology Performance Exchange? (TPEx?) is a portal designed to help manufacturers and organizations that measu...
Epoxy Pipe Lining and Repiping Firms Enter into Joint Market
Mar 20, 2014 SANTA ANA, Calif. -- ePIPE(R), a leader in in-place epoxy pipe lining, and SageWater(R), a pipe replacement specialist, have announced a nationwide affiliate agreement. The two companies have teamed to cooperatively offer the commercial and multifamily markets their solutions for rehabilitating or replacing piping systems, including potable, hydronic, fire sprinkler, and waste/ve...
DOE Publishes Average Cost of Energy for Consumer Products
Mar 20, 2014 The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published the Representative Average Unit Costs of Energy for five residential energy sources. The unit costs for 2014, issued pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, include electricity, natural gas, No. 2 heating oil, propane, and kerosene. The costs become effective April 17, 2014. The representative costs, in common...
Associations welcome Budget boost for housebuilding and manu
20 - March - 2014 The Construction Products Association (CPA) has welcomed the Chancellor’s 2014 Budget Statement announced yesterday (19 March), which backs British manufacturers and builders. Chief executive of the association, Dr Diana Montgomery, said: "Having highlighted the need for government clarity around its plans to support house building, we are pleased that the Help to Buy sche...
ACE secures contract with Scottish Prison Service
20 - March - 2014 ACE Refrigeration has won a three year service and maintenance contract with the Scottish Prison Service. The company will provide preventative and reactive service and maintenance for both air conditioning and refrigeration. The new contract covers 13 prisons and three other sites nationwide and there is the option to extend the contract for a further two years b...
Many Prizes Await HVACR Contractors in Tecumseh 'Big Chill3'
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20 March 2014 Tecumseh Products Company is now accepting enrollments for the 2014 Big Chill3 Condensing Unit Promotion, which includes a prize-rich rewards program for commercial refrigeration and air...
Wireless Unitary HVAC Controller Balances Energy Use in Fan
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20 March 2014 The EcoWave occupancy-based, wireless unitary HVAC controller from Telkonet Inc. is ideal for achieving the balance of energy efficiency and occupant comfort in fan coils, heat pumps, PT...
Sub-Saharan milk cooler project awarded USD 1 million
18/03/2014 A University of Georgia engineer received USD 1 million (735,000 ?) from USAID, in partnership with the Swedish Government, Duke Energy Corporation, the German Government and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation to continue working on a milk cooler designed to help dairy farmers, particularly those in sub-Saharan Africa, who lack access to refrigeration. Keeping milk safe ...
Global healthcare cold chain logistics market
19/03/2014 Driven by a strong growth in sales of temperature sensitive healthcare products, the demand for cold chain logistic services is currently experiencing explosive growth. IMARC Group, one of the world’s leading research and advisory firms, finds that the total size of the healthcare cold chain logistic services market is expected to expand from its current figures of USD 7.3 billi...
Johnson Controls collaborates with Europe's largest applicat
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Project to focus on next-generation cooling systems for Lithium-ion battery packs that will help save consumers money at the pump OBERHAUSEN, Germany, March 20, 2014 -- Johnson Controls and Fraunhofer...