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Consortium for Building Energy Innovation Introduces New Nam
29 May 2014 Philadelphia -- The Energy Efficient Buildings Hub (EEB Hub) announced it has renamed itself the Consortium for Building Energy Innovation (CBEI). Located at The Navy Yard in Philadelphia, CBEI is comprised of 14 organizations including major research universities, global industrial firms, and national laboratories from across the United States who collaborate to develop and demonstrat...
Klima-Therm makes two appointments
29 May 2014 Klima-Therm has announced two new appointments to target strategic growth. Craig MacFadyen (pictured) has been appointed product manager for air handling units, with a brief to expa...
HVAC Contractor Comfort Index Hits Highest Level
May 29, 2014 U.S. HVAC contractors’ optimism about short-term growth continued to rise in May 2014, as measured by the Contractor Comfort Index (CCI) from industry association ACCA. The May 2014 CCI stood at 86, which is the highest reading for the index since ACCA started tracking it in February 2010. The CCI shows contractors are feeling better than they were a year earlier-the May...
JCI to Acquire Air Distribution Technologies for US$ 1.6 Bil
Johnson Controls (JCI) announced on April 16 it has reached a definitive agreement with the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) to acquire its Air Distribution Technologies business, one of t...
Gazechim Acquires Harp
A French conglomerate Gazechim has acquired Harp International, a major UK refrigerant supplier with a turnover of ￡26.8 million. Gazechim Froid, part of the Gazechim Group, has acquired a majority shareholding in Harp International, which was initially set up in 1991 as HRP Refrigerants. Gazechim is a ?450 million business established in 1937. Its activities include the distributio...
Systemair Inaugurates Modern Green 12,000 m2 Factory in Indi
Systemair of Sweden started business in India in 1999 through a distributor and later through the Swedish Trade Counsel under its own name until 2006. In 2009, the company acquired Ravistar that manuf...
Cloud-Based Home Management Market Set for Rapid Growth
May 28, 2014 London -- Cloud-based home management systems that allow users to remotely control household features like HVAC and lighting are set for rapid growth in the coming years, with the worldwide installed base set to rise by a factor of eight from 2013 to 2018, according to IHS Technology. The global installed base of cloud-based home management services is projected to grow to 44.6...
Surveys Reveal Strong US Support for Energy Efficiency
27 May 2014 Washington -- Four out of five American consumers and energy professionals view energy efficiency as a personal priority and at least two out of three believe it could significantly reduce overall energy use if not for political squabbling, two new surveys indicate. Findings from the separate surveys, conducted by The University of Texas at Austin and the nonprofit OurEnergyPoli...
Shipments of Advanced HVAC Controls to More Than Double by 2
26/05/2014 Boulder, Colo. -- The consumption of energy for HVAC in commercial buildings is a key contributor to total global energy use, notes Navigant Research. Although advanced HVAC controls technology is mature, adoption of the newest technologies remains relatively low; however, HVAC controls retrofits can provide a convincing value proposition through reduced energy consumption in existing b...
Carrier Installs CO2 Refrigeration System in Southern Spain
Carrier Commercial Refrigeration Iberica has installed a transcritical CO2 refrigeration system in a Carrefour hypermarket in the high ambient temperature environment of Valencia, Spain. The applicati...
