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European food freezing industry launches a collaborative act
05/11/2013 The European Hygienic Engineering and Design Group (EHEDG, www.ehedg.org) are reactivating their Subgroup of Food Refrigeration Equipment, whose mission is currently focusing on the following objectives, among other: ? Producing an EHEDG guideline entitled ‘Hygienic Design of Quick Freezing Equipment’, based on a 2005 and 2011 draft version. The aim is to cover all categories of ...
Green Mountain Power Begins Ice Storage Pilot
Nov 5, 2013 Rutland, Vt. -- Looking to eliminate the high peak power prices driven by summer air conditioning, Green Mountain Power (GMP) has started a pilot ice storage project in Rutland, Vt. “We hope to put the freeze on high-cost, high-carbon generation driven by air conditioning,” said Mary Powell, GMP president and CEO. “Through the pilot, we hope to demonstrate the ability to shift a...
HydroKleen signs up three new franchises
5 November, 2013 Gold Coast based air conditioner cleaning and service business, Hydrokleen, has signed up three new franchises to bring its network to 21. Franchisees in Tasmania, Perth and Glen Inn...
Bosch named Pipe Center supplier of the year
4 November 2013 Bosch Commercial and Industrial Heating, has been named Supplier of the Year by Pipe Center. After being assessed by Pipe Center, Bosch Commercial won the accolade based on its perfor...
ADEY survey highlights opportunities for installers
4 November 2013 Only 55% of homeowners have their boiler serviced annually, according to a new survey by ADEY Professional Heating Solutions. The research was carried out among 1,300 UK homeowners and found that one in 20 believe that getting their boiler serviced is an unnecessary expense. In addition, 45% of homeowners claimed to have a boiler that is between 10 and 15 years old. Worryingly, 25...
New Chicago-Area HVAC Contractor Puts Emphasis on Green
Nov 1, 2013 Elmhurst, Ill. -- The greater Chicago area has a new heating and cooling service company, Anderson Climate Solutions. The company, with offices in Wheeling, Elmhurst, and Libertyville, Ill., will initially provide repair, maintenance, and installation services to residential, commercial, and light industrial customers in the northern Illinois region with plans to eventually expand thro...
IOR extends submision for Sustainability and the Cold Chain
31 October 2013 Major international conference extends the deadline for abstract submission to the 18th November The organising committee of the 3rd International Institute of Refrigeration’s Conference on Sustainability and the Cold Chain has announced an extension to the abstract submission deadline. The new closing date for abstracts is now the 18th November 2013. Details about how to su...
Cooling Capacity Assessment Service Introduced for Data Cent
Oct 31, 2013 Orlando, Fla. -- Upsite Technologies, Inc., a provider of data center airflow management solutions, announced its newest offering, the EnergyLok Cooling Capacity Assessment. The new service combines the company’s industry knowledge and cooling capacity factor (CCF) methodology to help data centers assess their cooling infrastructure and identify savings opportunities that could be rea...
HVAC Market Warms Up to Chilled Beams
October 31, 2013 You’ve learned a lot about radiant heat in the pages of Contracting Business.com, and now, as we trace radiant heating’s “genealogy,” we find a new member of the family has somewhat r...
Trane's Gary Michel: Innovation Makes HVAC Industry an Excit
October 31, 2013 In September 2013 -- the year of its 100th Anniversary - Trane released a new line of 18 and 20 SEER speed air conditioners and heat pumps with Trane TruComfort Technology. Trane show...
