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2015.08.05

Thermo King Offers New Choices to Reduce Emissions in Transp

Aug 4, 2015 MINNEAPOLIS - Thermo King, a manufacturer of transport refrigeration systems and a brand of Ingersoll Rand, announced that it will begin to offer North American customers new options for trailer and self-powered truck products using lower global warming potential (GWP) refrigerants, pending approval by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Significant New Alternative...

2015.08.06

EnTouch Controls Launches Advanced Peak Energy Management Se

Aug 4, 2015 RICHARDSON, Texas - EnTouch Controls, a provider of energy management as a service (EMaaS), has introduced its Advanced Peak Energy Management service, which builds on its EnTouch360°? platform, to enable restaurant and retail facilities to reduce monthly energy spending by curtailing the amount of energy used during peak demand hours.   Because electric utilities adjust their ele...

2015.08.01

Keeping Occupants Comfortable Without Raising Energy Costs

Aug 4, 2015 ATLANTA - Keeping building occupants comfortable while minimizing energy use is a balancing act for engineers who design HVAC&R systems and buildings. One way they can achieve this balance is through requirements in a standard from an international technical association.   ASHRAE’s Standard 55, Thermal Environmental Conditions for Human Occupancy, specifies the combinations of...

2015.08.06

Efficiency Beyond the Yellow Sticker

Aug 4, 2015 When you sell 18-SEER rated equipment, it’s a good thing. Let’s take a look beyond the yellow sticker and see how you can double the efficiency offering to your customers by assuring syste...

2015.08.06

Spirax Sarco Releases Comprehensive Product Handbook

Aug 4, 2015 Spirax Sarco, Inc. has released the first edition of the “Product Handbook - the complete product line.”  The handbook provides a complete range of information needed to evaluate and apply steam system components.   “This new product handbook consolidates our complete standard product offering into an easy-to-navigate single edition,” says Dawn Dukes, Public Relations & C...

2015.08.07

New ESCO Blade Holder Assures Proper Pipe End Alignment

Aug 4, 2015 ESCO Tool of Holliston, MA. has introduced a new blade holder for the Commander MILLHOG heavy-wall pipe beveling tool -- it includes a bore blade to create a more uniform interior diamete...

2015.08.07

Line Set Duct Covering Provides Protective Options

Aug 4, 2015 Franklin Electric Co., Inc. now offers new Little Giant SpeediDuctT line set duct and accessories to cover, protect and hide refrigeration line sets for both mini-split and ducted air con...

2015.08.01

Pipe Support Systems Receives Patent Approval

Aug 4, 2015 Jim Brown, inventor of the Pipe Prop, reports that he was granted a patent on June 2, 2015, for his new Unistrut Adjustable Pipe Support System. This invention came about because Brown wa...

2015.08.06

New York Dual Compressor Features Variable Speed Drive

Aug 4, 2015 York YD model “C” dual compressor centrifugal chillers from Johnson Controls are now available with Optispeed variable speed drives (VSD) and an expanded capacity range of 1,500 - 6,000 t...

2015.08.05

The global ice cream market in 2014

27/07/2015 Mintel’s research reveals that the global ice cream market managed to muster a 3% increase in 2014.   The US experienced no annual growth between 2013 and 2014, while the Chinese marke...