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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...
BPI’s Home Energy Auditing Standard Published as ANSI Standa
December 22, 2014 The Building Performance Institute, Inc. (BPI) is proud to announce that BPI-1100-T-2014: Home Energy Auditing Standard has been published as an American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standard. The Home Energy Auditing Standard defines the requirements for a building science-based evaluation, or audit, of existing detached single-family dwellings and townhouses that meet s...
Chemours to be DuPont refrigerants name
December 19, 2014 USA: The Chemours Company will be the new name for DuPont’s Performance Chemicals business when it is spun off next year. Chemours will be the new, publicly traded global busi...
Two Canadian arena buildings among ASHRAE Top Technology Awa
12/19/2014 Two Canadian projects were among nine top ASHRAE Technology Awards this year. The awards will be presented at the ASHRAE 2015 Winter Conference in Chicago on January 24-28. Both Canadian projects are community recreational complexes that incorporate innovative technology in their ice rinks. One is in Quebec, and the other is in British Columbia. Exp of Montreal receives fi...
EPA Announces New Energy Star Tool for Homeowners
12/19/2014 WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the launch of its Energy Star Home Advisor, an online tool designed to help Americans save energy and money by improving the energy efficiency of their homes through recommended, customized and prioritized home-improvement projects. “As we enter the winter months, homeowners can use our new Energy Star Hom...
United States must grasp opportunity to build sustainable en
IEA review credits US energy successes but sees need for significant investment in electricity sector 18 December 2014 Washington The United States is in a strong position to deliver a re...
Honeywell Expands Scanning And Mobility Portfolio With Acqui
12/18/2014 Honeywell today signed a definitive agreement to acquire Datamax-O’Neil, a global manufacturer of fixed and mobile printers used in a variety of retail, warehouse and distribution, and heal...
Kenneth Goodrich Awards Two Veterans with HVAC Toolkit Schol
17 December 2014 LAS VEGAS - Kenneth D. Goodrich, an HVAC entrepreneur and CEO of Goettl Air Conditioning, Sonoran Air Conditioning, Honeybee Air Conditioning Experts, and The Sunny Plumber, announced that two Army veterans would be the first beneficiaries of the scholarship endowment he started at the College of Southern Nevada (CSN). Titled the Kenneth Goodrich CSN Post-9/11 Veteran HVAC Employm...
Dependable Air Supply, Florida Cooling Supply Win Comfortmak
17 December 2014 NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Florida Cooling Supply and Dependable Air Supply were honored by International Comfort Products (ICP) as the ComfortmakerR distributors of the year. ICP is a part of UTC Building & Industrial Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp. Florida Cooling Supply, headquartered in Clearwater, Florida, was selected as the Comfortmaker multi-branch distribu...
McKinstry, Sabey Build Data Center Environment Simulator
17 December 2014 SEATTLE - McKinstry, a design-build-operate-and-maintain firm, and Sabey Data Centers, a leading owner, developer, and operator of data center properties, have partnered to develop a product called the Mobile Commissioning Assistant for data center owners. The patent-pending device allows owners to accurately simulate actual operating conditions prior to installing servers in new ...
