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2016 AHR Expo: Johnson Controls Seeks More 'Agile' Buildings
31 March 2016 At the recent Air-Conditioning Heating and Refrigeration (AHR) Expo in Orlando, Johnson Controls hosted a roundtable discussion among industry experts, examining the need for buildings t...
Chemours proposes R123 'drop-in'
March 30, 2016 USA: A potential drop-in replacement for R123 in existing chillers is one of the refrigerants proposed for adding to ASHRAE standards. The refrigerant, a blend from Chemours, is ...
EPA proposes further SNAP changes
March 30, 2016 USA: The US EPA is proposing to expand the permissible uses of propane to commercial refrigeration in a number of changes being made to the agency’s SNAP programme. Propane (R290...
Carnegie Mellon to Make IAQ Monitors Available at Public Lib
Mar 30, 2016 PITTSBURGH - Carnegie Mellon University researchers believe that learning about the quality of the air you breathe should be as easy and inexpensive as borrowing a book from a library, and that’s why they plan to provide free Speck air quality monitors to 100 public libraries nationwide. The Speck monitors, which detect particulates in the home, already are being used by patron...
Variable Frequency Drive Market to Grow at 7.2% CAGR to 2026
Mar 30, 2016 VALLEY COTTAGE, N.Y. - The global variable frequency drive (VFD) market is expected to increase at a 7.2 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) in terms of value during 2016 to 2026, according to a report from Future Market Insights (FMI). Volume-wise, FMI estimates the VFD market to expand at an 8.5 percent CAGR. Growth of the global VFD market is mainly being driven by an...
Trane Supply Website: Fast Search, Fast Access
Mar 30, 2016 A new website by Trane Supply-TraneSupply.com - enhances the “research-to-purchase” experience for contractors and service professionals, sources say, by helping them increase efficiency,...
ASHRAE returns to historic St Louis
March 29, 2016 USA: The 2016 ASHRAE Annual Conference is to take place in St Louis, Missouri, the city where air conditioning first made its public debut. This year’s conference takes place fr...
BPI Introduces Healthy Home Evaluator Credential
29 MARCH, 2016 MALTA, N.Y. - The Building Performance Institute Inc. (BPI) announced it is introducing the Healthy Home Evaluator (HHE) credential to the home performance, weatherization, and healthy housing workforce, with the goal of breaking the link between unhealthy housing and unhealthy families through home performance interventions. Developed in partnership with the Green & Heal...
A.O. Smith University a Success in Mobile Training
Mar 29, 2016 For more than a year, A. O. Smith, the largest water heater manufacturer in the world, has been webcasting live and recorded training classes for plumbing contractors as part of the compa...
Emerson Network Power Desktop Switches Gain Approval from NI
Mar 29, 2016 These switches enable easy, secure access to up to four systems through discrete processing paths, preventing data leakage, transfer or crosstalk between adjacent ports. Eme...
