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Rees Scholarship Foundation Supports Future HVACR and Water
November 12, 2014 Arlington, Va. -- The Clifford H. "Ted" Rees, Jr., Scholarship Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charitable foundation of the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI), tod...
Honeywell welcomes presidents' environmental commitments
13 November 2014 Honeywell has welcomed the environmental commitments made by President Obama and President Xi recently announced. The company says that governments need to take meaningful steps to re...
Johnson/Hitachi deal delayed
November 12, 2014 USA: Johnson Controls’ air conditioning joint venture deal with Hitachi is not now likely to happen until the first half of next year. Johnson Controls announced in December 2...
Carrier Transicold Names 1st Caremax(TM) Qualified Service C
Nov 11, 2014 Syracuse, N.Y. Carrier Transicold has named the first five container refrigeration service centers to achieve CareMAX recognition through its new comprehensive refrigerant management prog...
SPX Announces Plan for Spin-Off of Its Flow Business
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- SPX Corp. announced that its board of directors has unanimously approved a plan for a tax-free spin-off of its Flow business into a new standalone, publicly traded company. This transaction is expected to be completed within 12 months. Upon completion of the spin-off, the Future Flow Company will be an independent company providing highly engineered technologies and servi...
Azane Introduces Low-Charge Ammonia Packaged Freezer
12 November 2014 CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. -- Azane Inc., the United States subsidiary of United Kingdom-based Star Refrigeration, has introduced a new low-charge ammonia packaged freezer for the U.S. market. The Azanefreezer is a complete refrigeration package housed in one unit with two separate ceiling mounted coolers arranged for reverse cycle defrost. The unit contains two screw compressors, d...
US Consumers Eager for Internet of Things in the Home, Surve
12 November 2014 HYANNIS, Mass. -- SavantR, a leading smart home technology company, has released new survey results that indicate more than half of consumers in the United States believe that home automation will be an everyday feature in less than 10 years. Nearly one-fourth believe the technology will be an everyday feature in less than five years. The survey further shows that control/e...
Ingersoll Rand to Present at the Sanford Bernstein Energy Ef
Swords, Ireland, Nov. 12, 2014 -- Ingersoll-Rand plc (NYSE:IR), a world leader in creating comfortable, sustainable and efficient environments, announced today that Paul Camuti, senior vice president,...
Construction output continues to grow despite housing slowdo
11 November 2014 60 per cent of building contractors reported that construction output rose in Q3 2014, compared to the same period a year ago, according to the Construction Products Association. According to Construction News, the increase in output was the sixth consecutive quarterly rise, despite a slowdown in housing output - the first time this has happened since Q1 2008. The as...
US IAQ Market to Reach $11.4 Billion by 2019
November 11, 2014 WELLESLEY, Mass. -- The United States IAQ market is forecast to grow to $11.4 billion by 2019, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7 percent over the next five years, according to new report from BCC Research. The equipment segment is expected to grow at a CAGR of 7.4 percent. Since 2012, said BCC Research, continuing media attention focused on the health effects ...