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AHRI Launches Two New Certification Programs
12 December 2014 ARLINGTON, Va. - The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) has announced two new certification programs: Central Station Air-handling Unit Casings (AHUC) and Liquid-to-Liquid Brazed & Fusion Bonded Plate Heat Exchangers (LLBF). The two new programs join AHRI’s 41 other programs, all of which verify the performance ratings for more than 40 product catego...
Greenstar Home Services Acquires A-Ames Plumbing and HVAC
12 December 2014 ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. - Greenstar Home Services, a privately held, multi-state provider of HVAC and plumbing services, has acquired A-Ames Plumbing and HVAC, based in Garden Grove, California. This acquisition marks the seventh company Greenstar has acquired in the past three years. “We are committed to being the industry leader of in-home services dedicated to best in clas...
Sefaira Introduces New Software for HVAC Design Engineers
12 December 2014 LAS VEGAS - Sefaira, a supplier of software for high-performance building design, has announced a new product for HVAC design engineers that it says enables unprecedented collaboration between architects and HVAC designers from the earliest stages of design, bringing together performance analysis and building information modeling (BIM) workflows across multiple members of the proj...
Refrigeration Gas Phaseouts Bring Indigestion
12 December 2014 The refrigeration industry took a hard blow to the head since my last Roundtable article appeared in our August issue. In July, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a new...
Emerson ‘E360 Forum’ Looks Into 'The Future of Refrigeration
12 December 2014 Emerson E360 Forums bring current information to food service and food retail-based contractors in different regions, who have many questions about the changing refrigeration/refriger...
Danfoss DC Symposium Explores Refrigeration Issues
12 December 2014 WASHINGTON, DC - On November 5, 2014, Danfoss convened its 22nd EnVisioneering Symposium,“Refrigerants2Sustainability,” which focused on the complex challenges reshaping the refrigera...
Data Center Interest in Renewable Energy on the Rise
Dec 11, 2014 MINNEAPOLIS -- Renewable energy is among the top emerging technologies being considered by data center owners to help address power and cooling costs, according to a Mortenson survey of corporate data center executives, data center developers and operators, and information technology providers at the 2014 Data Center World conference. Eighty-four percent of respondents feel there is a...
Armstrong Honored by Frost & Sullivan for Customer Value Lea
Dec 11, 2014 MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Frost & Sullivan has recognized Armstrong Fluid Technology with its 2014 European Frost & Sullivan Award for Customer Value Leadership. Frost & Sullivan said Armstrong’s strong solution portfolio, complete with pumps, hydronic systems, controls, and aftermarket services, has positioned it as a one-stop shop for fluid technology solutions. Armstrong...
Unprecedented industry-academic partnership to focus on ener
MILWAUKEE, Dec. 11, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Renewable energy expert Deyang Qu has been named as the Johnson Controls Endowed Professor in Energy Storage Research, a collaborative appointment between the ...
DuPont updates refrigerant comparison software
11 December 2014 DuPont has now made an updated version of its Refrigerant Expert 4.0 (DuPrex 4.0) refrigerant comparison software available on the new Opteon homepage to mark the sales launch of its ...
