Europe
Airedale moves forward with new factory
27 - September - 2013 Airedale International Air Conditioning has announced that it will move production to a new temporary site in Leeds within the next few weeks. While the focus is on returning to...
Solar cooling on a district-scale in the South of France
26/09/2013 In a press release issued in July 2013, the Montpellier council authority presented a new solar-cooling project for the air conditioning of an urban complex including the “Arche Jacques Coeur” and “l’Amiral”. It comprises over 11 000 m2 of offices, 3000 m2 of commercial premises and 170 homes. The 415 000-? installation, commissioned from SERM, could reduce annual CO2 equiv...
Progressing an industry that’s still unsure about renewables
27 September 2013 Recent research has shown that the renewables energy sector is still in its infancy despite numerous government initiatives such as the Green Deal and the Renewable Heat Incentive. A recent report commissioned by PTS found that there were few tradesmen who had worked on more than ten renewables inclusive projects in the last year. The common challenges to considerin...
Viessmann ad campaign focuses on weather compensation techno
26 - September - 2013 Viessmann has launched a national advertising campaign to coincide in with the heating season and raise awareness of weather compensation technology. As well as appearing in pri...
New Rooftop A/C Unit Design ‘Evolves’ in NIST Study
Sep 26, 2013 Gaithersburg, Md. -- Played out on a computer over hundreds of generations, a survival-of-the-fittest programming method adapted by National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers has created a design for a more efficient rooftop air conditioning system. The evolutionary tack optimized the snaking arrangement of cooling tubes in the rooftop unit’s heat exchanger. Th...
New Monaco Yacht Club House to be cooled thanks to ocean wat
24/09/2013 Monaco’s prestigious Yacht Club is offering itself a new Club house located on a 9000m2 area of reclaimed land in the eastern part of the Marina. Besides the yacht Club proper, the ...
Ed Miliband’s energy reform proposals announced at Labour Pa
25 September 2013 Mr Miliband said in his speech to his party’s Brighton conference that an incoming Labour Government would rush in emergency legislation imposing a price freeze until January 2017. &...
Stiebel Eltron director wins green energy award
25 - September - 2013 Stiebel Eltron UK’s technical director, John Felgate, has won a prestigious green energy award. Mr Felgate was presented with the ’Contribution to Energy Efficiency Award’ at th...
Ed Milliband - Energy Price Saviour or Misguided?September 2
In announcing that a Labour government would freeze energy bills for two years, Ed Milliband has created a year of fear for potential investors in funding desperately needed new generating capacity fo...
