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Revised Criteria for India Chiller Energy Efficiency Project
IDBI Bank, in association with Government of India and the World Bank, has been implementing India Chiller Energy Efficiency Project (ICEEP) since September 2009. The project offers financial incentives to chiller owners for replacing CFC based chillers with more energy efficient non CFC chillers. The eligibility criteria for ICEEP has been revised. ICEEP has been receiving encouraging resp...
Central AC Market Facing Difficult Times
The market for central chilled water air conditioning systems, commonly installed in airports, metro rail stations, hotels, hospitals, software parks and office towers, is facing tough times for several reasons. There is a marked slowdown in government infrastructure projects and investments by private enterprise due to political uncertainties and the fact that elections for a new central governme...
Crunch meeting for EU today over Mobile Air Conditioning Dir
17 July 2013 European Commission meets with German and French officials today to clarify legal position of Daimler and non-compliant refrigerant and French ban on new Mercedes A, B and CLA models &nbs...
U.S. Air Conditioner Market: Road to Inverter Use
Window-type and unitary-type (ducted split and rooftop) air conditioners dominate the U.S. market. In contrast, Japanese-style ductless split air conditioners have not been readily accepted by end use...
China: Changing into Inverter AC Market
After some 20 years’ rapid growth, the Chinese air conditioner market has stepped in a period of steady development. During the 20 years, non-inverter air conditioners had been the main stream product...
Age of Inverter Air Conditioners
Energy-saving inverter technology enables air conditioning without wasteful, inefficient operation by smoothly varying the speed of the compressor according to thermal load. As such, inverters have be...
Shuangliang Tri-energy Absorption Chillers Shipped to Latin
There is no end for Shuangliang to pursue innovation. Based on the existing technology of flue gas with makeup steam and flue gas with makeup burner absorption chiller, two units of 400 USRT Lithium b...
Air Conditioning Situation in Chile in 2012
Reported by Joaquin Gentzsch, HVAC&R Advisor The Chilean economic situation and the growth, as reflected by the GNP of the country, have continued to be strong. Since the center-right government of President Pinera took office in 2010, and in spite of the strong and destructive earthquake that hit the country, Chile has been growing at a rate of 5% or more. The conditions that su...
Energy Star to Release Upgraded Building Benchmarking Tool
Jul 16, 2013 Washington -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Energy Star program announced that it will release a complete upgrade of Portfolio Manager, its benchmarking tool for commercial buildings, on July 17, 2013. Portfolio Manager is a free online tool that enables users to measure, track, assess, and report on the energy and water performance of their buildings, benchmarkin...
Shale Gas Revolution and Consequences
Europe’s waning attention to global warming? The prolonged economic recession in Europe may be weakening the region’s concern over climate change. The primary focus of climate change policy in Europe ...
