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DOE Invests $4 Million to Strengthen Building America Progra
15 May 2015 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced $4 million in funding to develop and demonstrate new energy efficiency solutions for homes through its Building America program. DOE’s Building America program develops cutting-edge innovations and resources with industry partners to spur the residential buildings market to adopt energy efficiency measures that will ...
Sainsbury's Refrigerators Reduces Energy Use with F1 Auto Te
15 May 2015 Sainsbury’s has teamed up with one of the biggest names in motor sport to give its store refrigerators a turbo boost that will reduce their carbon emissions. Thanks to the technolog...
Study Finds Propane Greener than Electricity for Homes & Bus
15 May 2015 A recent study has found that using propane in homes and commercial sites can be a significant way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that some say contribute to climate change. Rec...
Hydrocarbon refrigerant seller hit for $300K
14 May 2015USA: A US company has agreed to cease sales of unapproved hydrocarbon refrigerants and pay a $300,000 civil penalty. According to the two-count complaint, filed simultaneously with the settlement today in the Central District of Illinois, Enviro-Safe Refrigerants Inc of Pekin, Illinois, allegedly breached US Clean Air Act requirements through the marketing and sale of two flamm...
Honeywell and Microsoft Collaborate To Strengthen User Exper
14 May 2015 Honeywell has joined with Microsoft Corp. to deliver the Windows Embedded 8.1 Handheld platform on Honeywell’s latest mobile solution, the DolphinTM 75e mobile computer. The updated techno...
ASHRAE Announces Program for Energy Modeling Conference
14 May 2015 ATLANTA - ASHRAE has announced the technical program for its “Energy Modeling Conference: Tools for Designing High Performance Buildings,” Sept. 30 to Oct. 2, 2015, in Atlanta, at the Atlanta Marriott Buckhead Hotel and Conference Center. The conference focuses on the practical application of high performance building modeling. In addition to the three-day technical program, the...
Peter Troast Receives BPI’s Tony Woods Award
14 May 2015 New Orleans - The Building Performance Institute Inc. (BPI) honored Peter Troast of Energy Circle with its 2015 Tony Woods Award for Excellence in Advancing the Home Performance Industry, at the Affordable Comfort Inc. (ACI) National Home Performance Conference in New Orleans. Troast was nominated by industry peers and selected by an independent panel of impartial judges for his...
DOE Funds Projects to Increase Energy Efficiency of Offices,
14 May 2015 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced nearly $6 million in funding to accelerate energy efficiency in offices, schools, stores, and other buildings to help businesses and communities save money, create jobs, and reduce pollution. “The Energy Department is committed to partnering with market leaders who demonstrate cutting edge energy-efficient technologi...
Control Panel Automatically Monitors AHU UV-C, Safety and Ef
May 14, 2015 Fresh-Aire UV, Jupiter, FL one of the world’s leading manufacturers of ultraviolet (UV), gas phase carbon media air filtration and PCO air purification products, has introduced to the ind...
AHRI Releases March 2015 U.S. Heating and Cooling Equipment
May 13, 2015 U.S. shipments of residential gas storage water heaters for March 2015 increased 12.8 percent, to 480,619 units, up from 426,072 units shipped in March 2014. Residential electric storage ...
