USA
Waste Heat Regenerates Ammonia Battery to Produce Electricit
Dec 24, 2014 UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - An efficient method to harvest low-grade waste heat as electricity may be possible using reversible ammonia batteries, according to Penn State engineers. “The use of waste heat for power production would allow additional electricity generation without any added consumption of fossil fuels,” said Bruce E. Logan, Evan Pugh Professor and Kappe Professor of E...
Report Says 10 Percent Solar for US in Reach by 2030
Dec. 23, 2014 BOSTON - Solar power is growing so fast across the United States that 10 percent solar capacity is seen as achievable by 2030, according to a new report by Environment America Research & Policy Center. “We can get to 10 percent solar by 2030 if we just keep our foot on the accelerator,” said Rob Sargent, energy program director for Environment America and co-author of the ...
Corporate Responsibility Magazine Selects Ingersoll Rand for
Davidson, N.C., Dec. 23, 2014 - Corporate Responsibility (CR) Magazine has ranked Ingersoll Rand (NYSE:IR), a world leader in creating comfortable, sustainable and efficient environments, on the publi...
US: Refrigerated warehouses capacity in 2013
22/12/2014Gross refrigerated storage capacity in the United States totalled 4.06 billion cubic feet (115 million m3) on October 1, 2013, an increase of 2% since the previous survey was conducted two y...
Middleby buys Desmon refrigeration business
22 December 2014 USA: The Middleby Corporation has acquired Italian refrigerated food service company Desmon SpA. Based in Nusco, near Naples, Desmon has annual revenues of approximately 12m E...
Energy Efficient Buildings Expected to Reach Nearly $623 Bil
December 22, 2014 BOULDER, Colo. - Concerns about increasing energy costs are driving many organizations to look to their existing building stock for ways to reduce operating costs, notes Navigant Research. Corporate and government efforts to manage assets in a more strategic manner and reduce carbon emissions have produced global market opportunities for energy efficient buildings that are suppor...
Hurst Boiler Selected for Biomass District Energy Project
December 22, 2014 COOLIDGE, Ga. - To minimize reliance on fossil fuels and reduce carbon emissions, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, conducted extensive research into biomass fuel technology. After looking at almost two dozen plants, the county purchased a Hurst biomass boiler district heating system with a backpressure steam turbine/generator. The Hurst system serves the county’s 166-bed nursing h...
Variable-speed circulation pump enables new Miele lab washer
December 22, 2014 New lab washers from Miele Professional are designed to be more powerful but require less water, electricity, and process chemicals. An intelligent water circulation system adjusts the spray pressure in each individual program phase to meet specific requirements. Undercounter models, due to launch in January 2015, have a modular load carrier system for accommodating laboratory gl...
Whirlpool headquarters improvements start a new phase
December 22, 2014 Whirlpool Corp. has been working four years on a new Riverview campus project as well as major renovations in the company’s global headquarters building, both in the Benton Harbor an...
Cool bedrooms are healthier
19/12/2014 A recent study published in Diabetes, June 2014 issue, shows that cooler bedrooms could enhance the production of ? brown fat ? that takes sugar out of the bloodstream to burn calories and maintain core temperature. Subjects’ blood-sugar, insulin levels and daily caloric expenditure levels were tracked and shown to improve, along with their insulin sensitivity, when they slept at...
