USA
Bonney Plumbing, Heating & Air Hires New CEO
Jun 25, 2015 RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. - Bonney Plumbing, Heating, Air and Rooter Service has announced the hiring of Laurie Johnson as its new chief executive officer. Johnson is a seasoned professional with more than 25 years of experience in management, operations, and fiduciary oversight. In her role as CEO, she will oversee all company operations, as well as long-term strategic and structural pl...
ASHRAE Headquarters Installs Display of First Electric Refri
Jun 25, 2015 ATLANTA - ASHRAE has installed a piece of refrigeration history at its headquarters in Atlanta with the display of the first successful electric household refrigerator manufactured 100 years ago. The DOMEstic ELectric REfrigerator (DOMELRE) marked the first attempt to mass-market a simple, inexpensive household refrigerator. It was also the first successfully manufactured air-c...
Construction Expected to Grow at Modest Rate across Key Sect
Jun 25, 2015 NEW YORK - Construction activities are expected to grow at 5 percent in 2015, levelling off from the previous forecast of 8 percent in Q1 2015, according to the Q2 Construction Outlook released by FMI Corp. Although the prediction is significantly lower than last quarter, the outlook reports the highest total for construction put in place since 2008. “Construction spending cont...
New York Packaged Units Meet Efficiency Standard
Jun 25, 2015 York Sunline packaged units from Johnson Controls now meet 2015 regional efficiency standards. The three- to five-ton 14 SEER units use the same footprint and curb as prior three- ...
Trane chillers earn EPD verification
Jun 24, 2015 USA: Trane has earned Type III Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) verification and registration for its entire range of CenTraVac chillers. Type III EPD verification proves th...
Honeywell Wins Two Gold Stevie Awards at 2015 American Busin
Jun 24, 2015 Honeywell won two Gold Stevie Awards, the top honor in each category, at The 13th Annual American Business Awards on June 22, 2015. Chairman and CEO, Dave Cote, was presented with a Gold ...
US retailers ignore HFC replacements
Jun 23, 2015 USA: Leading US supermarkets have been criticised for doing little to phase out HFC refrigerants. In a new report, the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) reveals that US supe...
Tecumseh Updates Position on Refrigerant Transition
In follow-up to the document that Tecumseh issued in October 2014 regarding recommended refrigerants, the company has continued to test various low GWP refrigerants with the objective of determining s...
How Smart is Your Building? Honeywell Smart Building Score(T
Jun 23, 2015 Do you ever wonder how smart your office building, airport or hotel is? A new survey of 2,000 buildings across India by Honeywell and research-specialist IMRB International shows that gov...
ASHRAE Installs Display Of First Electric Refrigerator
Jun 23, 2015 ATLANTA - ASHRAE has added a piece of history to its Headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, with the display of the first successful electric household refrigerator manufactured 100 years ago....
