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IEA offers four key messages for COP21
How climate talks can enable a low-carbon energy sector - plus aid economic growth and energy access 25 November 2015 IEA Director of Sustainable Energy Policy and Technology Kamel Ben Naceur today p...
Construction input costs to rise by 4% per year to 2020
25 November 2015 Construction input costs will rise by 3-4 per cent annually over the next five years, according to forecasts from the Building Cost Information Service. Growth in overall input costs will be driven by tender price rises of 5-6 per cent annually to 2020, while materials and wage increases will be around the 3-4 per cent mark. The latest BCIS data shows that tender pri...
Lincoln Electric Welder Wins SEMA Award
Nov 25, 2015 Lincoln Electric’s new Square Wave TIG 200 welder has won a Global Media Award at the 2015 Specialty Equipment Manufacturers Association (SEMA) trade show in Las Vegas. For the sixth ye...
@The Big 5: Germany is a driving force in UAE business
November 24, 2015 Trade between the UAE and Germany is forecast to reach $17bn in the next few years. More than 120 exhibitors, including state agencies, are coming together in The Big 5’s 2,269 sqm G...
Panasonic to Establish Ventilation Fan Production Base in Me
Panasonic Ecology Systems will establish a ventilation fan production base in Panasonic AVC Networks Company Baja California (PAVCBC), a Panasonic AVC Networks Company America (PAVCA) factory, within ...
Domestic Sales of Air Purifiers Fall by 21.6% in January-Aug
In the period from January to August 2015, air purifiers saw sales value of RMB 7 billion (US$ 1.1 billion) for domestic market, falling by 21.6% year on year, while sales volume came to 3.6 million units, with a 16.3% year-on-year decline. Haze pollution across China in early 2013 stimulated growth of air purifier market. According to monitoring data, air purifiers saw sales of 1.12 millio...
MOHURD Promotes Fresh Air Systems
Required by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (MOHURD) of China, the ‘Technical Specification of Fresh Air Systems in Residential Buildings’ standard is now included in the legislati...
Security Leads Smart Home Market, Followed by Connected Ligh
24 November 2015 DALLAS - Parks Associates has released new industry research reports on the smart home and connected devices indicating that security is leading the way in this market area followed by connected lighting and smart thermostats. The new reports provide in-depth analysis of industry trends and consumer research. “Safety and security are the primary motivators for consumers ado...
Greenheck Launches Industrial Blast Dampers and Grease Trapp
Greenheck has expanded its line of industrial dampers in India with the addition of model HBS-430 and HBS-431 blast dampers, designed to protect against blasts and instantaneous pressure changes. Thes...
Petit Forestier Going Green
Petit Forestier, a French refrigerated vehicle and container rental company, has beefed up its green offer. The company now offers low energy consumption refrigerated cabinets with opaque lids and shu...
Thermal Storage Furniture
A new slant on the use of phase-change materials (PCMs) is the thermal storage table devised by Zero Energy Furniture (ZEF) first presented at the design expo in Milan this year. The PCM - in this case paraffin - is held in a V-shaped matrix of aluminum fins secured to the underside of the table top. With a melt temperature of 22°C the PCM will absorb or deliver heat depending on room conditions. ...
IAQ + IEQ
A new index for defining the quality of life in the office workplace is being investigated in a study by the University of Reading in the United Kingdom. Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) will rate an environment in terms of comfort and job satisfaction. Measurements of physiological parameters will be correlated with subjective assessments to establish whether high density workplaces could be a ...
