Japan
NSG Releases Vacuum Glass Capable of Reducing 60% AC Cost
From November 2013, Nippon Sheet Glass (NSG Group) released an improved energy-saving type of highly heat insulating multilayer vacuum glass ‘Spacia 21’ capable of attaining a roughly 60% reduction in...
MHI Develops 1,000-kW High-efficiency Gas Cogeneration Syste
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), jointly with Tokyo Gas, has developed a new gas cogeneration system whose power generation output is 1,000 kW. The two companies began sales of the system on Novembe...
Daikin to Release New Series RACs for 2014
Starting December 10, Daikin will release the Uru Sara 7 R series of room air conditioners (RACs) featuring high energy-efficiency as standard performance and adoption of a voice guidance function to ...
Denso Develops Small Adsorption Cooling System for Factory U
Denso is moving closer to commercializing an adsorption cooling system utilizing heat rejected from factories. An adsorption chiller is designed to produce chilled air by utilizing the evaporation of ...
Daikin Releases Commercial ACs with New R32 Refrigerant
From November 1, Daikin released the Five Star Zeas series of commercial air conditioners for store and office use. The series consists of 295 models available in six types. This series is the ...
Hino Motors Develops Refrigerated Truck with HV Motor
Hino Motors has developed a prototype model of heavy-duty refrigerated truck that drives its compressor by using electricity generated by a hybrid system powertrain. In the case of existing refrigerat...
New Product Race: Humidifying Air Purifiers
In winter, when air tends to become dry, or in spring, when pollen tends to become a nuisance, air purifiers become very useful. Those gaining popularity are units with a humidifying function, since t...
Idemitsu Begins Production and Sales of Lubricants in India
In August 2013, Idemitsu Kosan completed construction of a lubricant factory on the premises of its fully owned subsidiary Idemitsu Lube India (headquartered in New Delhi). The company began selling g...
Ryonetsu Starts Vegetable Factory Business
Ryonetsu Kogyo, a refrigeration engineering company, has decided to enter the vegetable factory business. The company intends to construct a vegetable factory in Minamiechizen-cho, Fukui Prefecture, a...
Lyon Smart Community Lays First Stone of Hikari Island
Designed by the architect Kengo Kuma, the construction phase of Hikari in the Lyon Confluence district has started. The first stone of the development of positive-energy buildings was laid on June 21, 2013. Bouygues Immobilier and SLC Pitance are building Hikari, which is Japanese for ‘light’. Hikari is part of the larger Lyon Smart Community project, led by Grand Lyon and the Japane...
