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BCIA, BESA and ECA join forces for November Summit
29 February 2016 Three leading building services trade associations are working together on a major joint conference to address the challenges of designing, constructing and operating efficient buildi...
NORTEK Releases 95% Efficient Furnace
26 Feb 2016HVAC manufacturer Nortek Global HVAC is adding a new up to 95% AFUE furnace to its lineup. Model KG7SD-E comes with a factory-installed fixed-torque ECM motor; no kit needed. This new furna...
Toshiba Completes Delivery of World’s largest Lithium-ion Ba
--BESS for Tohoku Electric Power Company Begins Operation-- 26 Feb 2016 TOKYO--Toshiba Corporation (Tokyo:6502) today announced that a battery energy storage system (BESS) the company has supplied to ...
Research links deaths to poor indoor air quality
Feb. 25, 2016 BESA (the Building Engineering Services Association) has expressed concern that indoor air pollution caused or contributed to 99,000 deaths across Europe in 2012, as claimed in a report ...
IIR backs Euro fridge projects
February 24, 2016 FRANCE: The International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR) is providing backing for Cryohub and SuperSmart, two new EU-funded refrigeration projects. Cryohub is researching cr...
A1 Flues partners UAE company
24 February, 2016 A1 Flue Systems has formed a strategic alliance with the Bin Jabr Group. The move will see commercial flue and chimney systems designed and manufactured in North Nottingham us...
60% of firms see labour costs increase in 2015 but outlook r
24 FEBRUARY, 2016 More than half of contractors have experienced rising labour costs over the past year but the majority are expecting industry growth over the next 12 months, according to a new survey. According to Build UK’s state of trade survey for Q4 2015, 60 per cent of contractors reported an increase in labour costs in Q4 2015 compared with the same quarter a year earlier, while 45 ...
The 1st China Fresh Air and Purification Industry Forum
The first China Fresh Air and Purification Industry Forum, hosted by China Air Purification Industry Alliance, was held in Beijing in mid- December 2015. The forum is aimed at promoting the industry d...
Fresh Air System Market Grows by 29% in 2015
At the annual meeting of China Fresh Air Industry Alliance held recently, it is released that fresh air system market in China reached RMB 4.3 billion (US$ 654 million) in 2015, indicating 29% year-on-year growth, among them retail sales came to RMB 1.7 billion (US$ 259 million), growing by 47% year on year. In 2015, many home decoration dealers have switched their business from offering merely ho...
Air Purifier Market Drops in 2015
Air purifier market in China which has seen rapid growth in the past few years was declined in 2015. According to All View Consulting (AVC), sales of air purifier came to RMB 8.95 billion (US$ 1.36 billion) during the period from January to October 2015, dropped by 10.3% year on year. Its retail sales came to 4.55 million units, declined by 4.9% year on year. The market decline was attributed to i...
