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WR Refrigeration debts total ￡60m
13 November 2013 WR Refrigeration’s administrator PwC has revealed that the company’s debts stand at ￡60m Speaking to RAC, Eddie Williams, joint administrator and Director, PwC, said: “We are looking at total debts at around the ￡60m mark.” Mr Williams reiterated that following the purchase by property maintenance provider Integral of parts of the business, there was little scope f...
CBRE in agreement to acquire Norland Managed Services
13 November 2013 CBRE Group, Inc has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Norland Managed Services Ltd for ￡250 million plus up to ￡50 million of deferred contingent consideration. The deal also includes a payment for excess working capital and related items. The purchase price is payable in cash, except for ￡5.6 million (approximately $9 million) that is ...
New York High School Unveils Energy-Saving CHP System
Nov 13, 2013 Rochester, N.Y. -- The East Irondequoit Central School District and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) have officially unveiled the combined heat and power (CHP) system installed at Eastridge High School. CHP, also known as cogeneration, is the simultaneous production of heat and electricity generation. This allows the CHP system to achieve h...
GSA Selects Building Energy Efficiency Software from FirstFu
Nov 13, 2013 Lexington, Mass. -- FirstFuel Software announced that the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has selected its Remote Building Analytics (RBA) platform to help drive energy efficiency savings and meet key energy reduction targets across its entire U.S. building portfolio. Last year, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) selected FirstFuel to utilize remote energy analytic...
NIBS BIM Standard Available Via eBook
Nov 13, 2013 Washington -- The National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) buildingSMART alliance(TM) has announced the release of its building information modeling (BIM) standard via eBook for mobile access. The alliance published the National BIM Standard-United StatesR (NBIMS-US?) Version 2 (V2), said to be the first consensus-based standard governing building information modeling (BI...
Samsung Appliances Garner CES 2014 Innovations Awards
Nov 13, 2013 Samsung Electronics won an International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2014 Innovations Award for its T9000 Four-Door Refrigerator. The 32-cu-ft refrigerator was developed to have a mod...
First Hotel to use CO2 refrigerant
13/11/2013 The recently renovated Cafe Royal on London’s Regent Street re-opened in December of 2012 as a luxury 5 star hotel. This historic London landmark has seen a number of differing uses ...
USA: new energy efficiency standards for commercial equipmen
12/11/2013 On 29 August 2013, the US Department of Energy (DOE) issued long-awaited draft energy efficiency standards for commercial refrigeration equipment - such as self-contained commercial fridges, freezers, and deli cases - and for walk-in freezers and coolers. Cumulatively, the two rules are expected to save USD 28 billion and cut emissions by over 350 million tonnes of CO2 over a 30-...
Eternal Hybrid Water Heaters Get Nods from NATE, AHRI
13 November 2013 Eternal hybrid water heaters, marketed by Grand Hall USA, received recognition from two national organizations for the performance of its products and the quality of its training prog...
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