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Honeywell’s Golden Valley Facility Receives Highest Security
11 August 2015 The Defense Security Service (DSS) recognized Honeywell’s Golden Valley, Minnesota, facility with a 2015 James S. Cogswell Outstanding Industrial Security Achievement Award during a rec...
Institutional Demand Drives Construction Index to Highest Ma
Aug 10, 2015 WASHINGTON - Paced by continued demand for projects such as new education and health care facilities, public safety, and government buildings, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) increased in June following fluctuations earlier this year. A leading economic indicator of construction activity, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) reported the June ABI score was 55.7, up substan...
Clearwater Systems Sells Dolphin WaterCare to Evapco
Aug 10, 2015 MIDDLETOWN, Conn. - Clearwater Systems announced it has completed the sale of its Dolphin WaterCare business to Evapco Inc. Dolphin WaterCare provides an environmentally-friendly alternative to chemical water treatment for evaporative cooling and refrigeration systems. Evapco is a manufacturer of heat transfer solutions for the commercial HVAC, industrial refrigeration, power generati...
Proposed Facility Smart Grid Model Standard Reaches Globally
Aug 10, 2015 ATLANTA - A proposed standard from ASHRAE and the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) to create smart facilities supporting smart grids is part of an international effort...
Here's That Refrigerant De-list You Didn't Order
Aug 10, 2015 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued its new list of refrigerants it will classify as “deslisted” between 2015 and 2020. The list includes refrigerants used in new and retrofitted food refrigeration equipment, new and retrofitted vending machines, and new remote condensing units. The list also includes refrigerant used in the manufacture of insulation prod...
New York orders cooling tower treatment
August 7, 2015 USA: With the death toll in the New York legionnaires’ disease outbreak rising to 10, authorities have ordered all cooling towers within the city to be disinfected. To stop the s...
Ingersoll Rand Declares Quarterly Dividend
Swords, Ireland, August 7, 2015 - The Board of Directors for Ingersoll-Rand plc (NYSE:IR), a world leader in creating comfortable, sustainable and efficient environments, declared a quarterly dividend...
Low Voltage Motors Market to Grow at CAGR of 9.58% to 2019
August 7, 2015 NEW YORK - The global low voltage motors market is forecast to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.58 percent from 2014 to 2019, according to an analysis from technology research company Technavio. The HVAC industry is one of the major end-users of low voltage motors, contributing a significant portion of the revenue to the global market, notes Technavio. Overal...
National Labs Launch Small Business Pilot for Clean Energy C
August 7, 2015 BERKELEY, Calif. - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), in partnership with Sandia National Laboratories/California (SNL/CA) and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), has been awarded $4.15 million by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to jointly launch a new small business clean energy pilot. “Our pilot, which we’ve named LabSTAR, unites three national lab...
Plumbing and HVACR Distributor Ferguson Closes Fiscal Year H
August 7, 2015 NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Ferguson, a major plumbing and HVACR distributor, announced that it continued its expansion with the acquisition of 13 companies in fiscal year 2015. The acquisitions were coast-to-coast encompassing multiple business types including HVAC and plumbing distributors, waterworks, as well as e-commerce companies and appliance and lighting showrooms. “Throughou...
HFC emissions data
05/08/2015 By using atmospheric measurements, the authors of a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) have found that the total CO2-equivalent emissions of the five most common HFCs from countries that are required to provide detailed, annual reports to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNF...
Double digit growth for refrigeration systems
06 Aug 2015 From 2014 to 2020 the global commercial refrigeration system market is estimated to grow almost two fold and register double digit CAGR, according to a new research report. North Am...
