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2014.01.15

JCI India Introduces York VRF Systems

Johnson Controls has launched its VRF systems in India’s growing and crowded market. The York Yes series DC inverter VRF with an energy efficiency ratio (EER) of up to 4.0 and integrated part load val...

2014.01.04

JCI Helps Hyatt Group Become First LEED Gold Certified Hotel

Johnson Controls (JCI) recently helped Hyatt Regency Guiyang become Hyatt Group’s first hotel in China to achieve gold certification in Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, New Construction ...

2014.01.05

Danfoss Turbocor Adopts New Brand Name in 天磁 China

From January 1, 2014, Danfoss Turbocor has adopted new brand name in Chinese character ‘ ’ for Turbocor compressor.   As means sky and means magnetic, it is easy for Chinese people to associate w...

2014.01.08

Climaveneta High-efficiency Rooftops for New Eataly Store in

The new Eataly store that offers high quality Italian food products was inaugurated in Bari, Italy, last July. Eataly Bari has a 8,000-m2 space with a strong load variability according to the time of ...

2014.01.06

Heat Pump Incentive

The UK’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has finally agreed to include non-domestic airto- water heat pumps in its Renewable Heat Initiative (RHI) concessions list -- intended to encourage the use of non-fossil fuel systems. Installations will now qualify for a low-cost tariff in electricity supply providing they achieve a seasonal performance factor of at least 2.5. Geothermal and ...

2014.01.26

Daikin’s 40 Years in Europe

Daikin set up its first European production center in Ostend (Belgium) in October 1973 where it currently occupies an area of 150,000 m2. Other facilities have subsequently opened in Czechoslovakia, I...

2014.01.13

R22 Problem

By January 2015 any R22 system still running in Europe will be impossible to service if it breaks down because it will be illegal to recharge it with the same refrigerant. In theory there will be no source of R22 in any form -- new, recycled or reclaimed. But in reality many operators are known to have been stockpiling the gas by decanting it into unmarked cylinders and returning the original empt...

2014.01.08

Clean Filters

The impact that dust-laden air filters can have on an air system’s performance is well known and regular cleaning normally features in standard maintenance procedures: but self-contained air handling units with integral filters can often be neglected. A technique introduced by Daikin for its ceiling cassettes is said to solve the problem by rotating the filter at intervals against a brush to remov...

2014.01.03

Need for Fresh Air

Poor internal air quality (IAQ) is estimated to cause the equivalent of an annual loss of 2 million years of healthy life throughout Europe, according to the results of the EUfunded HealthVent project -- part of EnVie (the European Action group on science and policy for indoor air quality). Since people living in the developed world will spend 90% of their time indoors, the question of IAQ is beco...

2014.01.03

Refrigeration Market in UK

The market for commercial and industrial refrigeration equipment in the United Kingdom -- valued at £940 million in 2012 -- is estimated to rise to £1.1 billion by 2016, according to a report by BSRIA. The main drivers will be the demand for higher operating efficiency, the substitution of alternative refrigerants, and the need to reduce noise levels and improve component recyclability. Growth w...