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Honeywell Introduces New Cloud API Program to Offer Homeowne
September 11, 2013 Honeywell has developed the new Comfort Control Application Programming Interface (API) to allow development partners, including Akuacom, Opower, Control4, and Lutron, to build appl...
There's an APP for That! Sept. 2013
Sep. 11, 2013 Emerson Climate Technologies’ Copeland X-Ref version 3.0 is an updated version of the first X-Ref mobile application. It provides mobile access to Emerson’s online compressor cross-refer...
Tracking drugs and life-sciences goods thanks to RFID temper
08/09/2013 DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist within Deutsche Post DHL, has commercialized DHL Thermonet, an RFID-based air-freight service allowing customers to track the temperature of their goods throughout the shipping process, for temperature-sensitive products such as pharmaceuticals or biomedical items. The DHL Thermonet SmartSensor tag consists of an EPC Gen 2 pas...
More responsible CHP system design is needed, says Bosch
9 - September - 2013 Bosch Commercial and Industrial Heating is calling for a more responsible approach to CHP system design. The company’s appeal follows observations that there are still a large nu...
Lucid Launches Online System for Energy Management
9 - September - 2013 Oakland, Calif. -- Lucid has introduced BuildingOSR, an online operating system for energy management. According to the company, the cloud-based technology enables commercial building owners and operators to quickly aggregate building information from multiple vendors into one unified source, thus eliminating vendor lock-in, consolidating building systems data for analysis, an...
Japanese government officials ditch suits to reduce AC
9 September 2013 A initiative in Japan will see Government officials swap suits for cooler wear to reduce the need for air conditioning and cut back on electricity usage. The event, jointly org...
US Environmental Protection Agency raises its Energy Star st
09/05/2013 US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has revised its Energy Star requirements for domestic refrigerators and freezers, raising the bar for energy efficiency in these products and for the first time encouraging manufacturers to include optional “connected” features. Under the new standards, Energy Star certified refrigerators and freezers will use at least 10% less energy than...
Sainsbury's trials world’s first naturally refrigerated trai
6 - September - 2013 Sainsbury s is trialling the world s first naturally refrigerated trailer to transport chilled and frozen goods. The CO2 refrigerated unit trial is part of the retailer’s review ...
New US energy efficiency rules for commercial fridges and wa
05 September 2013 The proposed energy efficiency rules for commercial refrigeration equipment, such as self-contained commercial fridges, freezers, and deli cases, are foreseen as reducing energy bills by up to $4 billion (?3,03 billion) over 30 years. In addition, the proposed rule on energy efficiency of walk-in coolers and freezers, such as milk displays in supermarkets would cut energy bills b...
US supermarket chain agree to curb leaks
5 September 2013 Safeway, the second-largest U.S. supermarket chain, agreed to curb leaks at 659 stores of a refrigerant that causes climate change and depletes ozone, and pay a $600,000 fine to the federal government. According to Bloomberg.com, the settlement today with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is the most extensive in terms of facilities under Clean Air Act rules that gov...
