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2013.12.10

Safety Leaders: Air Systems, Inc., Tweet/Garot Recognized fo

Dec. 9, 2013 Air Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA, has been recognized for exemplary safety practices and performance with a national Safety Excellence Award from the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors National Association (SMACNA). The award was presented for best safety and health record in the 500,000+ man-hours worked category. This was Air Systems’ second national SMACNA Award.   Ai...

2013.12.10

Bridgewater Interiors honored with the 2013 Minority Manufac

Johnson Controls joint venture recognized by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Minority Business Development Agency   Plymouth, Mich. , Dec. 9, 2013 -- Bridgewater Interiors, a joint venture of J...

2013.12.09

Alfa Laval wins a repeat environmental order for marine exha

2013-12-06 Alfa Laval -- a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling - has won an order to supply Alfa Laval PureSOx exhaust gas cleaning systems to the Dutch ship ...

2013.12.09

Government to change how it subsidises renewable energy

6 December 2013 The government is to make big changes to the way it subsidises renewable energy, the BBC has reported.   Ministers say they will cut support for onshore wind and solar energy, but...

2013.12.03

Relief all round as Air-to-Water heat pumps included in non-

6 December 2013 DECC responds to industry pressure and puts first air-source heat pumps into incentive scheme   The Heat Pump Association says it welcomes DECC’s announcements on the non-Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI), including Air to Water heat pumps, which it describes as “a technology poised to make a major contribution to the UK’s renewable agenda.”   Tony Bowen, President ...

2013.12.03

F-Gas tax launched in Spain

Dec. 06, 2013 As of the 1st of January 2014, Spain will launch a new tax regime which will be applied on the Carbon Dioxide equivalent of refrigerants  and will increase seriously the prices of HFCs.  Spain was the first to make such a proposal but suppliers warned that more EU governments might follow Spain’s example. For the time being the tax will be applied only to HFCs. The propose...

2013.12.08

Renewable Energy to be Half of Global Generation Increase to

6 December 2013 Paris -- Renewable energy sources could account for nearly half of the increase in global power generation through 2035, according to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) 2013 edition of the World Energy Outlook. Solar energy and wind energy could make up 45 percent of that expansion in renewables. The report also found that a renewed global focus on energy efficiency is taking ...

2013.12.06

Fuel Cell Systems Market Surpassed $1.3 Billion in 2012

6 December 2013 Boulder, Colo. -- Driven, in part, by the increased incidence of major natural disasters, the fuel cell industry is seeing a resurgence, notes Navigant Research. Rising demand and new policy initiatives from countries including China, South Korea and South Africa made 2012 a pivotal year for the fuel cell market. According to a report from the research firm, the industry topped the...

2013.12.09

Federal Decision on China Refrigerant Import Issue due Dec.

6 December 2013 Washington -- A go or no-go decision by the federal government about taking action against China regarding possible illegal HFC-134a refrigerant coming into the United States has been set for Dec. 13.   That decision is in regards to a petition that has been filed with the U.S. Department of Commerce in which Louisiana-based Mexichem Fluor has asked the government to impose sa...

2013.12.01

IIR TPTPR conference highlights

05/12/2013 During the 4th IIR International Conference on Thermophysical Properties and Transfer Processes of Refrigerants held in Delft, the Netherlands, in June 2013, within the 3rd meeting of the IIR Working Party on Life Cycle Climate Performance Evaluation, two presentations dealt with the comparison of possible alternative refrigeration systems and refrigerants in the Dutch supermarket/food ...

 
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