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NHBC Foundation report casts doubt over reliability of co-he
20 December 2013 Co-heating tests that are used to measure overall heat loss from buildings are inconsistent and highly sensitive to the weather, new research by the NHBC Foundation has found. The study warns that doubts about the accuracy of the co-heating tests mean that in its current form it is not a suitably accurate tool for reliably evaluating energy performance. The NHBC Foun...
DECC still working on Community Energy Strategy
20 December 2013 DECC are currently finalising their Community Energy Strategy for publication early in the new year, The Guardian reported. The publication is the first of its kind at the UK level and the secretary of state Ed Davey and minister Greg Barker have stated their desire to make the strategy strong and ambitious. The Community Energy Coalition is a group of 32 large membe...
PHOTO GALLERY: Shambaugh & Son Project Wins DBIA Project of
Dec. 20, 2013 The Chobani Greek yogurt facility, which opened in October 2012 in Twin Falls, ID - and for which Shambaugh & Son, an EMCOR Company, based in Fort Wayne, IN, performed the Design/Bui...
Alfa Laval wins SEK 100 million starch processing order in R
Dec. 19, 2013 Alfa Laval -- a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling - has won an order to supply equipment to a Russian processing plant. The order, booked in the Pr...
Norwegian's new policy consistent - also tax increase for he
Dec. 19, 2013 Last week we reported about a 44% tax increase for HFCs in Norway from 2014 onwards. Whereas this affects heat pumps directly in not such a positive way, another aspect in the adopted state budget might be more beneficial for the industry. That 2014 budget foresees namely a substantial tax increase for heating oil and kerosene. More in particular, for mineral oil it means a tax incr...
Carrier Transicold Athens Facility Celebrates 25th Anniversa
Dec 17, 2013 Athens, Ga. Carrier Transicold is commemorating the 25th anniversary of its U.S. manufacturing facility in Athens, Ga., where truck and trailer refrigeration units are manufactured to rig...
