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ACCA Publishes Technical Bulletin on ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 62
26 - February - 2014 Arlington, Va. -- ACCA has published a new technical bulletin entitled “Ensuring ASHRAE 62.2-2013 Ventilation Compliance for Residential Structures.” ACCA technical bulletins are provided to members at no cost at http://members.acca.org/download and cover a variety of topics related to system design, installation, and maintenance. This technical bulletin is impor...
Camfil to Acquire Handte
26 - February - 2014 Jonesboro, Ark. -- Camfil Air Pollution Control (APC) announced that its parent, Camfil, Stockholm, Sweden, has signed an agreement to acquire 100 percent of Handte Umwelttechnik GmbH in Germany and Handte’s operations in Switzerland, the Czech Republic, and China. The acquisition, pending approval from the authorities in Germany, is expected to close in the first quarter of t...
Ferroli's chief technical officer celebrates silver jubilee
26 - February - 2014 Ferroli’s chief technical officer Rob Steeley celebrated his 25th year with the company on 7 February. Commercial director Andy Dimond presented him with a framed letter of thank...
Industry urges Government to push ahead with zero carbon non
26 February 2014 The Government must urgently push ahead with plans to ensure all new non domestic buildings are built to zero carbon standards from 2019, a report from a UK-GBC industry Task Group wa...
Determining Your HVAC Company's Purpose Leads to Success
Feb. 26, 2014 Last month, CVS announced their intent to remove all tobacco products from their stores. Larry J. Merlo, president and CEO of CVS Caremark, said in a statement, “Ending the sale of cigar...
Increased air-conditioning demand expected in a hot future
25/02/2014 Climate change could contribute to a more than three-fold increase in heat-related deaths in the UK by the 2050s and increase the demand for air conditioning, a new report claims. Th...
Chilled coffee!
25 February 2014 Nestle is the world’s leading company in nutrition, health and wellness. On its website the company explains that its goal is to provide consumers with the best, most nutritious choic...
Government FM contracting procurement model milestones annou
February 2014 The Facilities Management Contracting Model (FMCM) Team from the Government Procurement Service has updated its plans for FMCM Procurement of government and wider public sector FM contracting. The procurement has evolved as a result of the extensive stakeholder engagement undertaken over the past few months and the need to support the creation of two separate procurement vehic...
ASHRAE Offers HVACR Professionals 13 Spring Online Courses
25 February 2014 ATLANTA -- ASHRAE has announced that it will be offering 13 online courses this spring through its ASHRAE Learning Institute (ALI) to enable HVACR professionals to keep up with the latest industry trends. Participants can access these instructor-led courses from anywhere with an Internet connection, and earn continuing education units/professional development hours for each...
DOE Publishes Request for Information on Efficiency Test Pro
25 February 2014 Washington -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has officially published a request for information (RFI) in the Federal Register regarding efficiency test procedures for commercial boilers. The rulemaking on these test procedures will be carried out in parallel with the rulemaking on efficiency standards for commercial boilers. The RFI notes that DOE will consider amendments tha...
