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Chinese Government to Release New Policies for Home Applianc
Since the end of the Chinese government subsidy policy for energy saving home appliances at the end of May last year, both the revenue and profits of the air conditioner manufacturers have all been af...
New Standards for Superficial Geothermal Energy Released
Recently, Ministry of Land and Resources released the standards for evaluating model projects of utilizing superficial geothermal energy. The key points for the evaluation are resources condition, exploiting technology, resource management and environmental protection. The project which want to apply for a model project should have properly exploited superficial geothermal energy with a sub...
Yoau Restructures Shinco Air Conditioners
Jiangsu Yoau Group signed contract with Shinco Air Conditioners on December 20, 2011 and Yoau took over and restructured Shinco. Since January 1, 2012, Shinco Air Conditioners has been operating as Ji...
Beijing Releases New Energy Plan Targeting RMB 100 Billion S
The Beijing Municipal Commission of Development and Reform has released the first official ‘Development Plan of the New Energy and Renewable Energy in the 12th Five-year Plan of Beijing.’ According to the plan, by 2015, Beijing’s consumption of new and renewable energy will reach the equivalent of 5.5 million tons of standard coal, taking up 6% of the city’s total energy consumption. By 2015, the ...
Environmentally Friendly Certification Rules for Air Cleaner
The China Quality Certification Center and the China Indoor Environment Test Center have jointly released the ‘Environmentally Friendly Certification Rules for Air Cleaner’recently. Before the regulation was released, air purifiers only had safety certification ? there wasn’t any certification on their purifying ability. The releasing of the rules can test the air-purifying function of the air cle...
Beijing to Regulate Public Buildings’ Energy Consumption
Beijing is going to set up a regulating system on the public buildings’energy consumption. The municipal government will make the regulations based mainly on the research data on Beijing public buildings’energy consumption. During the 12th Five-year Plan, the energy saved by public buildings took up 41% of the city’s total reduction. Public building energy savings have become the most impor...
MHI Opens First ‘Air+’ Experience Store
LingZhong Home Air-conditioning System (Shanghai), a joint venture company by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Suning Appliance which is responsible for the sales of MHI products and was ju...
Hefei Mechanical Industry Quadrupled in 5 Years
Industry has been a key power promoting the economy and development of Anhui Province. According to the first China (Hefei) Mechanical and Electrical Products Trade Fair, the mechanical industry has become the pillar of industry in Anhui Province. During the 11th Five-year Plan, Hefei mechanical industry’s production value increased from RMB 35.7 billion (about US$ 5.6 billion) in 2006 to RMB 134 ...
China Energy Conservation Service Output Value Reaches RMB 1
On January 9, 2012, the director of the Energy Conservation Service Industry Committee of China Energy Conservation Association (EMCA) said that by the end of 2011, the energy conservation industry’s output value reached RMB 125 billion (about US$ 20 billion), increasing 49.5% on a year-on-year basis. By the end of 2011, there were about 378,000 employees working in some 3,900 companies in t...
Changsha to Build Sewage-source Heat Pump Energy Center in C
Dahaxi New City in Changsha, the capital city of Hunan Province in southern China, has decided to use new energy and build the biggest sewage-source heat pump energy center in China, which will use the waste heat of water from a sewage treatment plant. After the completion of the project, it will provide the 2 million m2 floor space in the new city with central heating, cooling and hot water...
