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Cool Air from the Hot Southern Hemisphere
The Southern Hemisphere is now in midsummer, or the peak season for air conditioners. On this occasion, let us take a look at the air conditioner markets in Brazil and Australia. Brazil ...
Ductless and Ducted ACs on Stage
-- Report of the 2015 AHR Expo, Chicago Thanks to strong recovery in the U.S. economy, the U.S. air conditioner market posted solid growth in 2014. As a microcosm of this, the 2015 AHR Expo hel...
AHRI Releases December 2014 U.S. Heating and Cooling Equipme
Residential Storage Water Heaters U.S. shipments of residential gas storage water heaters for December 2014 increased 12.0 percent, to 445,720 units, up from 398,059 units shipped in December 2013. Re...
Jet Environmental continues to grow through research and inn
18 February 2015 Jet Environmental, the provider of climate control solutions for industrial and commercial buildings, has revealed that it has doubled its revenues and profits in the last 12 months, thanks to innovative growth and award-winning research. Aleksandra Oswiecinska was awarded an MSc and an Industrial Advisory Board Prize for her dissertation and the theoretical developments wh...
Cloud Cast - the outdoor cooling answer?
17 Feb 2015 UAE: Large-scale energy efficient outdoor cooling could become a reality for many living in the hottest countries of the world. A system combining evaporative cooling with motion-tr...
Intertek Reports Record Completion Rate of AHRI’s HVAC Progr
17 February 2015 CHICAGO - Intertek, a leading provider of quality and safety services, is reporting high completion rates for the 2014 tests assigned to it for the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) Certification Programs. Over the course of the year, Intertek completed 2,757 total tests on HVAC products and completed 99.5 percent of testing on first samples, a company ...
National Comfort Institute Summit Provides Roadmap to Succes
Feb 17, 2015 ? Attendees can choose from 15 sessions in five different tracks that focus on key areas of business. ? Each track features three breakout sessions designed to be taken in sequence or individually. National Comfort Institute Inc. (NCI), Sheffield Lake, OH, the developers of Performance-Based ContractingTM, will hold its 11th Annual Summit Week - A Roadmap to Implementation - Feb. 23-...
Thybar Introduces Laser Cut Retro-Mate Adaptors
Feb 17, 2015 The old rooftop unit is removed, and then the Retro-mate is installed on top of the existing curb to adapt it to the new rooftop unit. Thybar Corp., Addison, IL, has introduced new...
ASHRAE, REHVA Jointly Publish Guide to Chilled Beam Systems
13 Feb 2015 ATLANTA -- ASHRAE and the Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning Associations (REHVA) have published guidance on designing chilled beam systems. The Active and Passive Beam Application Design Guide is a collaboration to give system designers a current, authoritative guide on successfully applying active and passive beam technology. Building on REHVA’s p...
Are hydrocarbons in room air conditioners risky?
12/02/2015 The use of flammable refrigerants, such as HC-290 (propane) as an alternative to HCFC-22 in room split air conditioners (SACs) and domestic refrigerators (DR) is spreading. Responding to security concerns, a team from GIZ Proklima used quantitative risk assessment tools to estimate the severity and frequency of ignition HC-600a (iso-butane) and HC-290 SACs and DRs. Parameters suc...
