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Google’s new subsidiary Nest Labs unveils its Learning Therm
2 April 2014 Nest brings Internet of Things to the home with high-tech energy-saving thermostat. Nest’s Learning Thermostat can be controlled remotely by smartphone and adjusts to user preferences Nest Lab has launched its Learning Thermosat into the UK.comprising a programmer and a thermostat in one device. Primarily targeting home heating initially, the company says the thermostat program...
RESNET Cross Border Builder Challenge Winners Announced
02/04/2014 OCEANSIDE, Calif. -- The award winners of the 2014 Residential Energy Services Network (RESNET) Cross Border Home Builder Challenge, which helps promote the utilization of the Home Energy Rating System (HERS) Index have been announced by Steve Baden, executive director of RESNET, and John Godden, president of the Canadian counterpart CRESNET. “With well over 1 million homes rated in th...
ISD sees sales soar
02/04/2014 ISD Solutions has reported record revenues for the year ending 2013, with turnover up 22% to ￡27 million and growth of 54% for the past five years. The company is a leading specialist contractor in the design and construction of composite panel cold store warehouses, firewalls, data centres and clean rooms. It has ongoing contracts with leading supermarket groups including Aldi,...
ASHRAE Publishes Latest Version of Method of Test for BACnet
Apr 1, 2014 ATLANTA -- ASHRAE announced that new tests and test improvements are included in the newly published ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 135.1-2013, Method of Test for Conformance to BACnet. ...
Mitsubishi Electric partners BMW PGA championship
1 April 2014 Mitsubishi Electric has announced an official partnership with the BMW PGA Championship, Europe’s flagship golfing tournament, which takes place at the Wentworth Club in Surrey from 22-25...
AIM Logistics targets new European markets
1 April 2014 AIM Logistics, the Evesham-based UK and European temperature controlled and container shipping specialist, has expanded its 50-strong vehicle fleet with the addition of three Cool Liners from Krone. Established in 2004 with just two vehicles, AIM Logistics has grown rapidly and has plans for further development on an international scale - Ireland is targeted in the near future,...
Building Automation Projects Moving Toward Convergence onto
March 31, 2014 San Jose, Calif. -- Echelon Corp. has released findings from an online survey that shed light on plans for building automation systems of the future. Survey results indicate that a majority of planners intend to integrate HVAC, lighting, and security systems onto a common platform, and that almost half of building automation projects involve legacy systems running multiple protocols...
Blackford Capital Acquires Grand Transformers Inc.
March 31, 2014 Grand Rapids, Mich. -- Blackford Capital has announced the acquisition of Grand Haven, Mich.-based Grand Transformers Inc. (GTI), a designer and manufacturer of transformers and inductive components serving the adjustable speed drives, HVAC, energy/renewables, and other industries. Blackford Capital, a national private equity firm headquartered in Grand Rapids, Mich. that acq...
Manor Concepts unveils new R&D facility
March 31, 2014 Manor Concepts has invested ￡250,000 in a new research and development facility. Based at the company’s headquarters in Sandy, Bedfordshire, the laboratory and manufacturing site took five months to complete. It will enable the company to significantly increase its product range of retail cabinets and door products. Thanks to the incorporation of the latest research a...
University of Akron Uses Energy Savings to Fund Additional C
Johnson Controls to Deliver $58 Million in Operational and Energy Efficiency Savings Milwaukee, March 31, 2014?-- Johnson Controls, a global multi-industrial company with established core businesses i...
