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Honeywell Low-GWP Refrigerants Approved by Compressor Manufa
3 July 2015 MORRIS TOWNSHIP, N.J. - Honeywell Intl. Inc. announced that leading global compressor manufacturers Emerson Climate Technologies Inc., Bitzer, and Frascold have approved Honeywell’s low-gl...
New West Wins NYSERDA Award to Develop Advanced Thermal Ener
3 July 2015 ENGLEWOOD, Colo. - New West Technologies, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cybergy Holdings Inc., announced that it has been chosen by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to develop a working prototype of an advanced energy storage and power system for refrigerated truck trailers that replaces their traditional diesel-powered systems. Pending completion o...
Chemours welcomes EPA ban on certain HFCs
03 July 2015 Chemours has applauded the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for publishing a Final Rule under the Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) to ban certain hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). It says this is an important first step in changing the regulatory status of a variety of high global warming potential (GWP) HFCs. The change in SNAP status makes it no longer acceptable to use...
The biomedical refrigerators and freezers market
02/07/2015 According to a new market report published by Transparency Market Research, the biomedical refrigerators and freezers market was valued at USD 2.63 billion in 2013 and is anticipated to exp...
Flakt Woods hosts second Energy Efficiency Symposium
July 2, 2015 Held in June,reports that its second Energy Efficiency Symposium was a resounding success, with more than 50 guests attending the event at the Building Centre in London. On Thursda...
Delayed HFC bans to become law
July 2, 2015 USA: With new US HFC refrigerant bans about to become law, industry pressure has delayed measures which could have banned R134a and R404A from the end of this year. However, the tw...
US ruling gives supermarkets just a year to switch away from
2 July 2015 EPA ruling will see R404A, R422D and R507A prohibited as early as July 2016 in supermarket systems as US takes more radical stance than Europe over high-GWP gases The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a ruling under its SNAP (Significant New Alternatives Program) that will see high-GWP refrigerants banned within a timescales of one to five years depending on th...
Refrigerant Suppliers File Antidumping Duty Petition against
July 2, 2015 WASHINGTON - The American Hydrofluorocarbon Coalition, a group of refrigerant suppliers, has filed an antidumping duty petition charging that unfairly traded imports of certain HFC blends and components from China are causing material injury to the U.S. domestic fluoro-chemicals industry. The petition was filed concurrently with the U.S. Department of Commerce and U.S. International T...
New Legionellosis Standard Provides Guidance on Risk Managem
July 2, 2015 ATLANTA - Guidance for the HVAC industry on legionellosis is now available in a new standard from ASHRAE. The document establishes minimum legionellosis risk management requirements for building water systems. “The industry interest and input into developing this standard has been tremendous,” said Tom Watson, chair of the committee that wrote the standard. “With 8,000 to 10,00...
STULZ Introduces New Indirect Evaporative Cooling Equipment
July 2, 2015 FREDERICK, Md. - Mission critical cooling manufacturer STULZ Air Technology Systems Inc. has announced the launch of new indirect evaporative cooling equipment (IeCE) that provides high-e...
