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New regional HVACR association ARAMENA to be based in UAE
Sep 10, 2013 Wam Dubai, - The Air Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) in cooperation with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) have announced the launch of an association for the manufacturers of the air conditioning, heating, and refrigeration products and components (HVACR) in the Middle East and North Africa. The launch of the association, ARAMENA, comes in res...
Shelf-life extension strategies for fresh cut fruit
10/09/2013 Easyfruit, an EU project which began in early 2013, aims at extending the shelf life of fresh cut fruit from three to five days, in order to help open new export markets and ensure European companies stay competitive by being able to reduce fresh fruit’s losses. The focus will be around addressing specific weak points in the shelf life of fresh-cut orange and pineapple through pr...
Denver Veterans Affairs Hospital to use Johnson Controls tec
Technology design will reduce cost and improve clinical care for 61,000 veterans annually MILWAUKEE, Sept. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Johnson Controls, a global leader in building technology and servic...
Panasonic and Viessmann launch Europe's first PEFC system fo
11 - September - 2013 Viessmann and Panasonic have developed a new fuel cell cogeneration system, which will become the first polymer electrolyte fuel cell (PEFC) system available for homes in Europe....
Honeywell Introduces New Cloud API Program to Offer Homeowne
September 11, 2013 Honeywell has developed the new Comfort Control Application Programming Interface (API) to allow development partners, including Akuacom, Opower, Control4, and Lutron, to build appl...
There's an APP for That! Sept. 2013
Sep. 11, 2013 Emerson Climate Technologies’ Copeland X-Ref version 3.0 is an updated version of the first X-Ref mobile application. It provides mobile access to Emerson’s online compressor cross-refer...
Tracking drugs and life-sciences goods thanks to RFID temper
08/09/2013 DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist within Deutsche Post DHL, has commercialized DHL Thermonet, an RFID-based air-freight service allowing customers to track the temperature of their goods throughout the shipping process, for temperature-sensitive products such as pharmaceuticals or biomedical items. The DHL Thermonet SmartSensor tag consists of an EPC Gen 2 pas...
More responsible CHP system design is needed, says Bosch
9 - September - 2013 Bosch Commercial and Industrial Heating is calling for a more responsible approach to CHP system design. The company’s appeal follows observations that there are still a large nu...
Lucid Launches Online System for Energy Management
9 - September - 2013 Oakland, Calif. -- Lucid has introduced BuildingOSR, an online operating system for energy management. According to the company, the cloud-based technology enables commercial building owners and operators to quickly aggregate building information from multiple vendors into one unified source, thus eliminating vendor lock-in, consolidating building systems data for analysis, an...
Japanese government officials ditch suits to reduce AC
9 September 2013 A initiative in Japan will see Government officials swap suits for cooler wear to reduce the need for air conditioning and cut back on electricity usage. The event, jointly org...
