RAC/PAC
Climaveneta Chillers Serving New Coca-Cola Headquarters in L
Coca-Cola Enterprises’ UK and European headquarters has moved over 550 staff to New Bakers Court, a retrofitted 1960s building in Uxbridge, west London, that totals 109,000 ft2. New Bakers Cour...
World Air Conditioning Future
Looking at a possible world future scenario for air conditioning, Michael Sivak at the University of Michigan calculates that if developing countries adopted the same summer comfort standards as the United States, global energy demand could theoretically rise to 50 times as much as the United States uses at the moment. His analysis looked at eight countries including China, India and the Philippin...
Australia’s ACR Industry Analyzed
A study published in July 2013 by the Australian Department of the Environment gives the total annual value of the ACR industry in terms of equipment and installation as A$ 5.9 billion. A further A$ 530 million was spent on refrigerant gases. There were 45 million units of room air conditioner (RAC) equipment operating in 2012 which consumed 59 TWh of electricity - over 20% of the national to...
Viessmann Expands Its Presence in ACR Industry
German space heating specialist Viessmann, who already offers heat pump options in its product spectrum, has expanded its horizons further with the acquisition of the Norpe Group in Finland who markets a range of chilled and frozen food display equipment for supermarkets. Norpe was founded in 1953 and with a workforce of 450 generates a turnover of ?130 million at its production center near Helsin...
Airedale to Buy AHU Specialist
Airedale is to acquire Barkell, one of the leading manufacturers of custom built air handling units in the United Kingdom. Airedale’s parent company Modine Manufacturing in the United States expects to close the deal in early 2014. Barkell was founded in the United Kingdom in 1981 and has acquired a reputation for high quality products which Modine intends to use to reinforce its role in data cent...
Fujitsu General Leading Market with Various Inverter ACs
Fujitsu General Do Brasil, a sales subsidiary of Fujutsu General in South America, exhibited a wide range of inverter air conditioners ranging from those for home use to those for commercial use at FE...
LG Focusing on Health-care Technology for AC Systems
LG has invested in Brazil and produces its many products of its total company offering. The company focused for FEBRAVA on health and wellness of its residential and commercial air conditioning produc...
Samsung Tapping Brazilian Market with Brand Recognition
Since 2010, Samsung has been manufacturing air conditioning products like mini splits, R22 on-off type and R410A inverter type in its factory in Manaus. At FEBRAVA, the company highlighted DVMS...
Johnson Controls, Hannon Armstrong Partner on $27 Million Ef
Oct 22, 2013 Annapolis, Md. -- Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital Inc., a leading provider of debt and equity financing for sustainable infrastructure projects, announced that it is w...
FEBRAVA in Brazil Ends with a Great Success--Photo Report
EVCO--is based in Brazil and specializes in controls and process automation for refrigeration and air conditioning. Its exhibits included a new version of programmable controllers for refrigerated sta...
