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Northfield Ice Arena one of hundreds state-wide facing ice-m
Feb 28, 2014 Northfield Ice Arena will be one of more than 100 arenas throughout Minnesota potentially affected by a new federal law that will make illegal R-22 refrigerant that is used in ice-making ...
CDL crowned Air Conditioning Distributor of the Year
26 February 2014 Specialist air conditioning supplier, Cool Designs Ltd (CDL), has been named Distributor of the Year at the ACR News Awards 2014. The trophy was presented to Darrel Birkett, CDL’s fo...
New Year housebuilding figures continue to rise reports NHBC
28 February 2014 The number of new homes registered in the UK in January show a 14 per cent increase compared to the same time in 2013, new figures from NHBC reveal. The year’s first statistics continue the upward trend seen throughout 2013, which resulted in the highest number of new home registrations since the economic downturn in 2007. In total 11,489 new homes were registered (8...
Headline News Volume 211
============================ eJARN.com Headline News Date: 2014 March 6, Volume 211 http://www.ejarn.com ============================ * Compressor Market Overview (Rotary) Boosted by recovery in the global air conditioner market, rotary compressor demand in 2013 increased 10.7% year on year. http://www.ejarn.com/news.asp?id=28364&classid=3 1. AHR Expo Hot Enough to Melt Snow --Report of 2014 A...
Energy Efficiency Standardization Roadmap Draft Open for Com
February 28, 2014 Washington -- The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Energy Efficiency Standardization Coordination Collaborative (EESCC) is inviting experts on energy efficiency issues, members of the standardization community, and other stakeholders to submit input on the EESCC Roadmap V1.0 by March 15, 2014. The draft is being issued for public comment to provide an opportunity for ...
HeatCAD and LoopCAD Recognized by ACCA as ‘Powered by Manual
February 28, 2014 Arlington, Va. -- ACCA has recognized Avenir Software’s HeatCAD(R) (for residential heating and cooling load calculations) and LoopCAD(R) (for radiant and snow melt system designs) as “Powered by Manual J(R) .” This is the sixth software provider to earn this designation from ACCA for its product offerings. To become recognized, ACCA reviews the software’s functionali...
ZigBee and IEEE 802.15.4 Standards to Drive Wireless Solutio
February 28, 2014 SAN DIEGO -- The ZigBee and IEEE 802.15.4 standards are driving wireless smart energy solutions worldwide, according to technology research firm ON World. Between 2012 and 2018, ZigBee and 802.15.4 based systems are expected to make up 43 percent of the wireless chipsets used for home and building energy management, lighting controls, distributed energy resources, and smart meter...
AHRI Continues Standards Harmonization Effort, Signs Agreeme
February 27, 2014 Arlington, VA -- The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) today signed an Agreement on Standards and Certification with the Asociacion de Normalizacion y Cer...
AHRI Applauds Bipartisan Energy Efficiency Bill Introduced i
February 27, 2014 Arlington, VA -- The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) today applauded the introduction of the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act (ESIC), i...
Analysis: Supermarkets expand convenience store formats
27 February 2014 As Sainsbury’s small store portfolio overtakes its supermarkets for the first time and Tesco, the Co-op and Morrisons aggressively expand their convenience portfolio, the hunt for small space is intensifying. According to Retail Week, worth more than ￡35bn a year, UK convenience retail is dominated by the symbol groups and independents. Only 30% of the spend goes through t...
