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Danfoss joins energy efficiency leaders at 2016 EE Global Fo
May 19, 2016 ・ The invitation-only event was held May 11-12 in Washington, D.C. ・ John Galyen, president, Danfoss North America, noted that the U.S. governmen can lead by example with its ...
ASHRAE Research Outlines Measures toward Net Zero Energy
Application of 30 specific energy savings measures across all building types and climate zones resulted in cutting energy use by nearly half, according to results of newly approved research funded by American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air- Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE). The national weighted change is 47.8% more energy efficient than Standard 90.1-2013 based on site energy and...
CPower Acquires Johnson Controls’ Integrated Demand Resource
18 May 2016 BALTIMORE - CPower announced it has acquired Johnson Controls’ Integrated Demand Resources (iDR) business. The purchase is part of CPower’s ongoing efforts to expand its demand response po...
New Energy Storage System Utilizes Pressurized Air
18 May 2016 OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - The gap between electricity generation and use could be narrowed with an Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) system that extracts energy from thin air. Actually, the system, called Ground-Level Integrated Diverse Energy Storage or GLIDES, stores electricity mechanically in the form of compressed gas that displaces water in high-pressure vessels described by co-inven...
enVerid Introduces New ‘All Season’ HVAC Load Reduction Modu
18 May 2016 BOSTON - enVerid Systems, developers of the HLR(R) solution to reduce HVAC energy consumption, announced the availability of its next generation, “all season” system that the company says reduces both cooling and heating energy consumption by 20-40 percent. Designed with the latest in digital technology, advanced materials, and thermo-mechanical design, the HLR 1000E has been optimized...
Dussault Mechanical Wins RectorSeal Promotion
18 May 2016 RectorSeal Corp., Houston, a leading manufacturer of HVACR products and accessories, presented Michael Clarke, president of HVAC contractor Dussault Mechanical Services, Hudson, N.H., wit...
Taco Expands iWorX Building Automation Platform
18 May 2016 Building owners and commercial system designers and installers now have a bigger ally in Taco Comfort Solutions, sources report. That’s because the always-innovative company has broadly e...
Taco Awarded U.S. Department of Commerce 'E' Award for Expor
18 May 2016 Cranston, RI, USA - On Monday, May 16, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker presented Taco Comfort Solutions with the President’s “E” Award for Exports at a ceremony in Washington, ...
LG Gaining Ground in the U.S. VRF Market
During the 2016 AHR Expo, JARN interviewed Kevin McNamara, Senior Vice President, sales and operations, LG’s U.S. Air Conditioning Systems business, to hear about its business strategies focusing on v...
Fujitsu Launches 5-Zone Split System
18 May 2016 The latest multi-zone split system from Fujitsu is the high-efficiency, 5-zone heat pump, the AOU45RLXFZ. The heat pump system permits connection of between 2 and 5 indoor units to one ou...
A laser beam which cools liquids
17/05/2016 The first laser refrigeration process was demonstrated in vacuum conditions in 1995. Twenty years later, a team from University of Washington explains in a study, published in the Proceedin...
US tests increase RTU efficiency by 25%
May 17, 2016 USA: System improvements and a switch to a lower GWP refrigerant are said to have brought 25% efficiency gains to a standard R410A rooftop air conditioning unit. The tests were car...
