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US Energy Group Introduces New Energy Management Service
10 September 2013 Fresh Meadows, N.Y. -- US Energy Group has introduced TEEMSM, a new enhanced energy management and metering service that provides clients with a dedicated energy manager, who works to maximize their fuel, electric, and water savings while improving tenant comfort, says the company. TEEM clients outsource their energy monitoring to US Energy Group, and a dedicated expert checks th...
New Hydrocarbon Refrigerants Manual Available
10 September 2013 Mount Prospect, Ill. -- A new training manual available from the ESCO Institute, “Hydrocarbon Refrigerants: A Study Guide for Service Technicians,” looks at hydrocarbon refrigerants, which have recently started gaining momentum in the United States market. The manual is important, ESCO said, because it’s only a matter of time before technicians begin seeing systems utilizi...
Hadron Collider ventilation job for UK firm
10 September 2013 A UK company has won ￡1m-worth of contracts to upgrade ventilation systems at CERN, which operates the Large Hadron Collider. Arcade will start work this month on its latest ...
Tracking drugs and life-sciences goods thanks to RFID temper
08/09/2013 DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist within Deutsche Post DHL, has commercialized DHL Thermonet, an RFID-based air-freight service allowing customers to track the temperature of their goods throughout the shipping process, for temperature-sensitive products such as pharmaceuticals or biomedical items. The DHL Thermonet SmartSensor tag consists of an EPC Gen 2 pas...
Spain proposes F-gas tax
09/09/2013 Following recommendations by the European Union to increase the environmental tax burden, the Spanish Council of Ministries has approved a tax on fluorinated greenhouse gases. Starting in January 2014, the tax would be levied throughout Spanish territory on the consumption of fluorinated gases (F-gases) with Global Warming Potential (GWP) above 150, including hydrofluorocarbons (...
A.O. Smith's McBee Plant Wins Sustainability Award
Sep. 10, 2013 Employees of the A. O. Smith plant in McBee, S.C., have received the 2012 Chairman’s Green Star Award, for significant reductions in the plant’s use of natural gas, electricity and water...
Ice Machine Refrigerants: Sustainable Alternatives
Sep. 10, 2013 Sustainability is a significant factor in the design and development of refrigeration systems. Since the inception of refrigerants, manufacturers have been continuously adapting solution...
Panasonic and Viessmann to Sell Europe's First Fuel Cell Cog
Osaka, Japan - Viessmann Group and Panasonic Corporation have jointly developed a new fuel cell cogeneration system, which will become the first polymer electrolyte fuel cell (PEFC) fuel cell system a...
Pipe marking for ammonia -- best practice
09 September 2013 Around the world, pipelines and pipe-work used for the conveyance of hazardous chemicals such as ammonia must be identified. To prevent confusion and misinterpretation ammonia pipe m...
More responsible CHP system design is needed, says Bosch
9 - September - 2013 Bosch Commercial and Industrial Heating is calling for a more responsible approach to CHP system design. The company’s appeal follows observations that there are still a large nu...
