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HRP and Samsung extend air conditioning agreement
29 July 2014 HRP and Samsung have announced that they have extended their distribution agreement for Samsung Air Conditioning products in the UK. As a strategic partner, HRP will provide a comp...
Apple and IBM Partner to Offer Mobile Solutions for Commerci
Jul 29, 2014 CUPERTINO, Calif., and ARMONK, N.Y. -- Apple(R) and IBM have announced a partnership with the goal of improving enterprise mobility through a new set of business apps that bring IBM’s big data and analytics capabilities to iPhoneR and iPad(R). The companies said the partnership aims to address key business mobility challenges through four core capabilities: ? More than 1...
Samsung opens training centre
29 July 2014 Samsung UK has opened a new training centre in Chertsey, Surrey to complement its existing training centre in Mansfield. Don Shin, Samsung vice president sales and marketing (home applian...
DYSK celebrates a decade and unveils ambitious plans for gro
28 July 2014 Air conditioning distributor DYSK, celebrating a decade in business, has unveiled ambitious expansion plans for the future. Developments include the appointment of new staff, diversification into fresh areas, and the creation of a new air conditioning training centre north of London. The Toshiba distributor began trading in 2004 from modest offices in Harpenden. Since th...
United Technologies looks to build cooling portfolio with fi
28 July 2014 Carrier Corporation’s parent company aims to drive synergies with bid for French HVAC specialist United Technologies Corporation is bidding to acquire a 46.1 per cent stake in 256 million Euro turnover French HVAC specialist CIAT Group, a move which would see increased synergies with UTC subsidiary Carrier Corporation. The bid for the equity, owned by diverse French...
Toshiba Conducts Demonstration Experiment at Smart City Proj
Toshiba is taking part in the summer season demand response (DR) demonstration experiment for buildings starting July 1 as part of the Yokohama Smart City Project (YSCP). Participating in the YSCP are...
NREL Wins R&D 100 Award for Supercomputer Using Warm-Water C
Jul. 28, 2014 GOLDEN, Colo. -- The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) announced that it has won an R&D 100 award, in collaboration with Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP), for its HP Apollo Platform for High-Performance Computing. This innovative system uses component-level warm-water cooling to dissipate heat generated by the supercomputer, thus eliminating ...
Younger Consumers Leading Adoption of Smart Home Products
Jul. 28, 2014 DALLAS -- New research from Parks Associates shows young consumers, those with children, and those in a home for three to four years are leading the adoption of Internet-connected smart home energy management devices. The firm’s Home Energy Management Adopters study reveals more than 10 percent of U.S. broadband households headed by a consumer aged 25-34 own at least one smart home e...
Toshiba and Cool Designs attempt world record for charity
28 July 2014 General manager of Toshiba Air Conditioning, David Dunn, has teamed up with Cool Designs and other distributors, Dysk and GT Phelan and AMP, for a world record attempt to play five footba...
Join the FRISBEE Demonstration Day
30/07/2014 For the official closing of the Food Refrigeration Innovations for Safety, consumers’ Benefit, Environmental impact and Energy optimisation along the cold chain in Europe project (FRISBEE), the consortium will hold a “FRISBEE Demonstration Day” at IRSTEA, the head office of project leaders, in Paris, France on August 29, 2014. On this occasion, project outcomes will be disseminat...
