USA
Vancouver’s First Multifamily Passive House Building to Star
8 Jun 2015 VANCOUVER, British Columbia - The first multifamily building in Vancouver aiming at meeting the stringent passive house energy standard is slated to commence construction. Designed by Marken Design + Consulting, the duplex building will use up to 90 percent less energy for heating and cooling and save up to 65 percent on operational costs compared to a standard home. The duplex w...
The VMC Group Acquires Majority Stake in Dynamic Certificati
05 June 2015 BLOOMINGDALE, N.J. - The VMC Group, a leader in vibration isolation and seismic engineering services, announced it has acquired a 51 percent control stake in Dynamic Certification Laboratories (DCL). Headquartered in Sparks, Nevada, DCL is a test and measurement company and a leading provider of shake table tests for the HVAC, industrial, and medical equipment manufacturing ind...
California’s Senate Passes Sweeping Climate Change Legislati
8 June 2015 The California Senate passed a package of bills this week to address climate change, legislation that includes a plan to reduce gasoline use on California’s roads by 50 percent, increase e...
Tecumseh backs R452A as R404A alternative
5 June 2015 USA: Compressor manufacturer Tecumseh is backing refrigerant R452A as a mid-term alternative to R404A in medium and low temperature commercial refrigeration. Tecumseh says it sees t...
Ingersoll Rand Names New Chief Accounting Officer
Swords, Ireland, June 5, 2015 - Chris Kuehn joins Ingersoll-Rand plc (NYSE:IR), a world leader in creating comfortable, sustainable and efficient environments, as vice president and chief accounting o...
Plate and Frame Heat Exchangers Market Worth $5.5 Billion by
5 June 2015 DALLAS - The global plate and frame heat exchangers market is forecast to reach $5.5 billion by 2020, representing an annualized growth rate of 9.3 percent from 2015 to 2020, according to a new market research report published by MarketsandMarkets. Europe is the biggest market for plate and frame heat exchangers globally, and has been a leader with respect to demand as well as p...
Duquesne University Receives $2 Million Alternative and Clea
5 June 2015 PITTSBURGH - A $2 million grant through Pennsylvania’s Alternative and Clean Energy (ACE) program will help Duquesne University upgrade its Energy Center, which generates the bulk of electricity for the campus, with a clean-burning, natural gas turbine generator. This marks the largest state grant that Duquesne has ever received. “We are very grateful for the ACE program funding that ...
Louis 'Lou' Laroche Retires from RectorSeal
5 June 2015 ? Laroche brought his state-of-the art marketing strategies to Hart & Cooley Inc., Rachels Industries, General Filters, APi Group’s Anco Products subsidiary, and Airtec Products. ? Lar...
New products for Flakt Woods
4 June 2015 Flakt Woods has introduced three new high efficiency products to its offering. The first is a new axial fan in the form of the new JMv range. The fan is said to save end users up to 24 pe...
2015 ASHRAE Handbook Focuses On Applications
Jun 4, 2015 ATLANTA - New chapters on smart building systems and moisture management in buildings are included in the 2015 ASHRAE Handbook-HVAC Applications. The newly published HVAC Applicatio...
