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Ingersoll Rand Residential HVAC Raises Prices on Select Prod
November 4, 2015 DAVIDSON, N.C. - Ingersoll Rand’s Residential HVAC strategic business unit has announced an average price increase of 3 to 4 percent on select residential HVAC equipment for Trane, Am...
Leviton Launches Hospitality Thermostat for Guest Room Energ
November 4, 2015 MELVILLE, N.Y. - Leviton announced availability of its OmnistatTM 3 Hospitality Thermostat, a retrofit solution developed specifically for guest room energy management. The thermostat has a capacitive touch face, and when paired with wireless Leviton Lumina RF load controls and sensors, the company said it provides affordable guest room control for hospitality rooms and suites. Th...
EnerNOC and EnTouch Controls Partner on Energy Intelligence
November 4, 2015 BOSTON and RICHARDSON, Texas - EnerNOC Inc., a provider of energy intelligence software (EIS), and EnTouch Controls have announced a strategic partnership to deliver the benefits of EIS to businesses that have large numbers of small footprint outlets, such as those in the national retail and food service industries. The combined offering, which has already been deployed as part of...
Honeywell & Intel Demonstrate Wearable IoT Connected Safety
11/04/2015 This week, Honeywell and Intel demonstrated a prototype of a personal connected safety solution for industrial workers and first responders that would reduce workplace injury and improve ...
Potent greenhouse gases should have no place in our air cond
Gina McCarthy November 04, 2015 Our planet’s fragile ozone layer is on a path toward full restoration by about 2050. But there’s a hitch: the success has hinged largely on replacing ozone-depleting su...
HFO/HFC/CO2 hybrid on its way
November 3, 2015 USA: A new lower GWP replacement for R404A, which blends an HFO and an HFC with a “natural” refrigerant is to be made commercially available next year. The unusual refrigerant ...
R410A subs show ‘significant potential’
November 3, 2015 USA: A number of lower GWP R410A alternatives are said to have shown significant potential in high ambient split-system tests conducted by Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The la...
ASHRAE Extends Deadline for Call For Papers For IAQ 2016
Nov 3, 2015 ATLANTA - A call for papers for the IAQ 2016 Conference, “Defining Indoor Air Quality: Policy, Standards and Best Practices,” co-organized by ASHRAE and AIVC, has been extended until Nov. ...
Roundy’s Joins EPA’s GreenChill Program
3 November 2015 MILWAUKEE - Roundy’s Inc., a leading grocer in the Midwest, announced that it is joining the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) GreenChill program, a partnership between the EPA and food retailers to reduce emissions and decrease their impact on the ozone layer and climate change. In 2014, Roundy’s became the first grocery store in Wisconsin, and only the third store i...
Mandate for Montreal Protocol Contact Group Achieved
Mandate was a central goal of the U.S. delegation 3 November 2015 At the just-completed 36th Montreal Protocol Open Ended Working Group (OEWG) meeting in Dubai, the Parties achieved agreement o...
