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Swedish heat pump sales increased in the 3rd quarter of this
Nov. 27, 2013 In the third quarter of 2013, the negative trend of heat pump sales in Sweden ended. The market shows some more positive signals again. The largest increase is in the sales of exhaust air heat pumps (+ 23% in comparison with the 3rd quarter of 2012). This growth of exhaust air heat pumps is strongly connected to new constructions of little houses, which rose a lot under 2013. Since t...
The HVAC Service Profit Chain
27 November 2013 I first became aware of The “Service Profit Chain” in the early 90s, and presented a version of it for HVAC contractors in an early Comfortech conference. It was and is based on...
Toshiba Appliance Business Results Improving in 2013
Nov 26, 2013 Toshiba said first-half income deteriorated in its Home Appliances segment, as well as in its Digital Products segment. The company said both segments saw significant improvements compare...
Activities of the IIR's Commission C1 on Cryobiology and Cry
25/11/2013 Members of the Cryobiology and Cryomedicine Commission (C1) are working hard to reach their 2013-2015 objectives in cryobiology and cryomedicine research; knowledge dissemination; technolog...
Smart Building Applications Revenue to Grow 150 Percent by 2
25 - November - 2013 London -- Annual expenditures on integrated smart building applications, as measured by equipment supplier revenues, are forecast to grow globally by 150 percent by 2017, according to a new report from IHS. The global market for integrated equipment in buildings is forecast to grow at an average annual rate of 20.3 percent - from $12.6 billion in 2012 to $31.6 bill...
ASHRAE Seeking Comments On Proposed Data Center Energy Stand
Nov 25, 2013 Atlanta--High plug loads and rapidly advancing IT technology make data center applications significantly different from their commercial building counterparts. A purposed standard from AS...
MHI Develops 1,000-kW High-efficiency Gas Cogeneration Syste
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), jointly with Tokyo Gas, has developed a new gas cogeneration system whose power generation output is 1,000 kW. The two companies began sales of the system on Novembe...
Idemitsu Begins Production and Sales of Lubricants in India
In August 2013, Idemitsu Kosan completed construction of a lubricant factory on the premises of its fully owned subsidiary Idemitsu Lube India (headquartered in New Delhi). The company began selling g...
Ryonetsu Starts Vegetable Factory Business
Ryonetsu Kogyo, a refrigeration engineering company, has decided to enter the vegetable factory business. The company intends to construct a vegetable factory in Minamiechizen-cho, Fukui Prefecture, a...
Emerson Introduces Online HVACR Training Portal
22 November 2013 Sidney, Ohio -- A new online HVACR training portal has been introduced by Emerson Climate Technologies Inc. that enables air conditioning and refrigeration technicians to get training...
Gree to Build Production Base in Hunan Province
Hunan Provincial Government delegation visited Gree headquarters in Zhuhai and met Gree Chairman Dong Mingzhu. The two parties talked about Gree’s production base construction and product promotion in...
Dunan Honored Building Energy-saving Star
From October 9 to 11, 2013, Shanghai Green Building and Energy Efficiency Technology Week and annual conference of China Association of Building Energy Efficiency (CABEE) were held at Shanghai World E...
