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2013.08.26

EPA Kicks Off 2013 Energy Star National Building Competition

Aug. 23, 2013 Washington -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has launched the 2013 Energy Star National Building Competition: Battle of the Buildings. Teams from more than 3,000 buildings across the country are competing to see who can most reduce their buildings’ energy use. The competition specifically targets wasted energy in commercial buildings and motivates businesses to improv...

2013.08.27

UK: Additional action to make the green deal work!

Aug. 23, 2013 | Energy-efficiency squads will visit UK households. "Sending installers out to properties street by street is the latest stage of the green deal scheme to curb rising bills", says Fiona Harvey, environment correspondent to theguardian.com Squads of insulators and energy-efficiency experts are to be sent house to house around the UK, in the latest stage of the government’s bid to pl...

2013.08.26

U.S. DOE Plans Open Appliance Teleconference/Webinar

Aug 23, 2013 The U.S. Department of Energy scheduled a Sept. 12, 2013 open teleconference/webinar on appliance standards. The teleconference/webinar will include an update on Commercial HVAC, Water Heating, and Refrigeration Certification Working Group efforts. It will also include: *       Development of minimum efficiency standards for appliances and equipment. *&n...

2013.08.26

Kobelco Launches Twostage Inverter Screw Refrigeration Compr

Kobe Steel (Kobelco) has developed a new refrigeration compressor to freeze and refrigerate food at food processing plants and warehouses. Kobelco has begun marketing the new compressor from August. &...

2013.08.29

RAC Sales Grow as Temperatures Rise

Just when the rainy season ended in July, Japan was visited by intense heat waves and home electric appliance shops began receiving an influx of inquiries about room air conditioner (RAC) cost estimat...

2013.08.26

Japan’s Domestic AC Shipments : June 2013

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2013.08.08

Honeywell Starts New Packing Operations in Japan for HFO-123

On July 29, Honeywell announced the launch of packaging operations for its new low global warming potential (GWP) refrigerant for automobile air conditioning, Solstice yf (HFO-1234- yf). The facility ...

2013.08.26

Noritz to Release Gas- Electric Hybrid Water Heaters

- Heat Pump Adopts Propane Refrigerant From September 24, Noritz will release its Hybrid water heating system in models SH-GTHC2400AD (water heating, bath water heating, and hot water space heating) a...

2013.08.26

Nidec Techno Motor Opens Fukui Technical Center

As part of its steps for formulation of its global development system for air conditioning motors centering on Japan, Nidec Techno Motor constructed Fukui Technical Center specializing in air conditio...

2013.08.26

JRAIA Holds Seminar on Problems and Future Perspectives in A

The Japan Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Industry Association (JRAIA) has endeavored to take steps for environmental preservation such as the prevention of global warming, work out various measure...