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15 SEER is Coming: Agreement Sets New Efficiency Standards f
January 20, 2016 - The Appliance Standards and Rulemaking Federal Advisory Committee (ASRAC) approved an agreement for recommendations on a new standard for residential central air conditioning and heat pump efficiency levels that was developed by a DOE-formed working group. The working group member include Rheem, Lennox, United Technologies, Johnstone Supply, Goodman and Ingersoll-Rand. Th...
Emerson extends R290 compressor offering
January 20, 2016 USA: Emerson Climate Technologies says it has invested in an expanded propane R290 offering along with testing facilities for its customers. Emerson maintains that compar...
York chillers compatible with R513A
January 20, 2016 USA: York centrifugal and screw chillers from 440 to 21,100kW are now compatible with R513A, the lower GWP alternative for R134a. Johnson Controls says it will showcase this ne...
New Developments Favor the Use of MicroGroove Smaller Diamet
MicroGroove is the New Benchmark for Energy Efficient Coils Orlando, Florida (22 January 2016) - As industry phases out high-GWP refrigerants and strives for energy efficiency, MicroGroove smal...
Program helps promote careers in the HVACR and water heating
January 20, 2016 ARLINGTON, Va. - The Clifford H. “Ted” Rees Jr. Scholarship Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charitable foundation of the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI), has announced $60,500 in scholarship funds to 35 students, including five veterans, studying to become technicians in the HVACR and water heating industry. “We are proud to help these qualified and de...
How to Balance a Residential System
January 20, 2016 After 25 years and nearly 300 articles for Contracting Business.com Magazine, I realized I’ve never written a comprehensive article about how to balance a residential HVAC system. So let’s take a long-overdue look at the basics of simply balancing a residential system. Many of articles I write have something to do with air balancing. The reason for this obsession of mine is...
Johnson Controls Advances Environmental Sustainability with
MILWAUKEE - (Jan. 20, 2016) - Johnson Controls is advancing its White House Council on Environmental Quality commitment by enhancing HFC product lines to be fully compatible with the non-flammable, lo...
New Year’s Resolutions from Global Association Leaders--AHRI
Stephen Yurek, president and CEO of the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI, the U.S.) Happy New Year! On behalf of AHRI’s more than 300 member manufacturers of heating...
IndustryWeek Names Carrier Transicold Athens Plant One of No
Jan. 19, 2016 ATHENS, Ga. Carrier Transicold’s Athens facility, a leading producer of transport refrigeration equipment for trucks, trailers and rail cars, has been named a 2015 IndustryWeek Best Plan...
American Standard Features an Expanded Lineup of Home Comfor
New Gold S9V2 Furnace, its most advanced furnace platform in 25 years, joins portfolio of trusted products designed to make life more comfortable LAS VEGAS, Jan. 19, 2016 - American Standard Heating & Air Conditioning, a leader in home comfort products and a brand of Ingersoll Rand (NYSE: IR), brings to the International Builders Show (IBS) an expanded lineup of heating and cooling syst...
