RAC/PAC
AC sales inch up after two years of drought
May 8, 2013 For the first time in two years air conditioner sales are expected to grow by at least 10 to 15% this summer driven by rising mercury levels across the country. Consumer durable ret...
Shetland Transport Orders First Carrier Transicold Vector(TM
May 7, 2013 WARRINGTON, United Kingdom Lerwick-based Shetland Transport has taken delivery of its first Carrier Transicold VectorTM 1550 trailer refrigeration units. They will be used for temperature-...
IKEA Completes Maryland’s Largest Solar Rooftop Array
07.05.2013 Perryville, Md. -- IKEA officially plugged-in the solar power system installed at its distribution center in Perryville, Md., which is the state’s largest solar rooftop array. The 768,972-square-foot photovoltaic (PV) array is a 2,674.9-kW system, built with 18,576 panels. The IKEA distribution center will produce approximately 3,397,178 kWh of clean electricity annually. This in...
Home cool home
April 26, 2013 Here’s a quick guide to how you can get the most from your AC shopping this summer. When the ceiling fan does nothing to cool you down, you know it’s time to bring out the big guns. Wi...
DOE Backs Down on Higher Furnace Efficiency Standards; Air C
May 5 2013Andrew Lake In late 2011, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced increases in the minimum efficiency standards of residential furnaces and air conditioners. In the 30 northern states, th...
Israel launches air con efficiency drive
By Sharon Udasin 05/02/2013 The Energy and Water Ministry has launched a subsidized program for the general public to replace inefficient air conditioners with new ones. With a budget of about NIS 50 million, the ministry will subsidize the purchase of some 45,000 new and efficient air conditioners at between NIS 800 and NIS 1,800 per unit, and including dismantling and installation. Replacing th...
Commentary: In Its 100th Anniversary Year, Trane Looks at th
Improving energy efficiency in buildings is one way to solve the world’s appetite for more energy. Trane describes various ways industry is wringing more energy out of existing buildings, and provides...
Super-Efficient A/C Could Greatly Reduce Energy Demand
02 May 2013 Berkeley, Calif. -- A new assessment of the potential benefits from deploying super-efficient air conditioners has found significant untapped potential for air conditioner efficiency that could avoid more than 120 medium-sized (500 MW) power plants in the countries studied by 2020. The International Energy Studies group at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) in collaboration w...
Agramkow: Helping customers achieve environmental safety
May 02, 2013 Agramkow’s customers in the automotive industry have a strong commitment to environmental protection. We are helping--by being at the forefront of developing equipment to help improve environmental performance for mobile air conditioning. Mobile air-conditioning (MAC) has become standard equipment in many vehicles over the past decade. But because they use greenhouse gas R134a, the r...
Federal Court Grants Motion to Stay Furnace Rules
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled favorably today on an emergency motion filed by the Air-conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) requesting a stay of the May 1, 2013, compliance date for the regional furnace standards. May 1, 2013 In an announcement just released by the Air Conditioning Contractors of America, (ACCA), their vice president of government relati...
