China
MOHURD Sets Up Technical Committee of the Standardization
In December, 2011, Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (MOHURD) held the first working conference for its Technical Committee of the Standardization of Architectural Environment and Energy...
Nanning Renewable Energy Buildings Win Subsidy
The Nanning Committee of the Municipal and Rural Construction announced that the municipal government will subsidize the model buildings that apply renewable energy and the subsidy will be RMB 70 (about US$ 11)/m2 at most. For the buildings that use solar energy, the subsidy will be RMB 12-18 (about US$ 2-3) /m2; the buildings adopt the superficial geothermal energy will enjoy a subsidy of RMB 25?...
Beijing HaiLin Wins‘Beijing Brand Enterprise’
After strict evaluation, Beijing HaiLin Energy Technology has won the honor of being a ‘Beijing Brand Enterprise’ in November 2011. Its HaiLinFeng high-efficiency plate solar heaters are honored as‘Beijing Brand Products. In recent years, brand-building and enterprise image improvement have become the core of enterprise development. The brand can add value to the products and it can help th...
Market Demand for Refrigerants Slipping Down
The market demand for refrigerants has been continuously slipping down since the second half of last year. Though the market demand showed several short periods of rebounds, the general trend features...
Kailin Group to Expand Product Portfolio
Kailin group held the opening ceremony for its 20,000 ton anhydrous hydrofluoric acid production combining with a 10,000 ton precipitated silica project in Xifeng phosphorus and coal chemical industri...
Haier AC Increases Market Share in Pakistan
The huge billboards of Haier air conditioners are extremely eye-catching in busy streets, highways and big public spaces in Lahore, the most prosperous city in Pakistan. Within four years, the stores ...
2011 Chinese AC Market Review
Chinese air conditioning products The air conditioner industry experienced many changes in 2011. The government has adjusted the subsidy policy; the market-driven mechanism came back; and the domestic...
Galanz Q-series Inverter ACs Enter Market
Inverter air conditioners started to have a price advantage since the end of the national home appliance subsidy policies. In February 2011, Galanz entered the inverter air conditioner market. With th...
Shenzhen Takes Lead Promoting HC Refrigerant AC
Shenzhen has been taking a lead in promoting the HC refrigerant air conditioner. Recently, the Shenzhen Residence Environment Committee organized residential air conditioner service technician HCFC operation training so as to widely promote the application of the new environmentally friendly HC refrigerant residential air conditioner, which replaces the R22 refrigerant that is currently used in mo...
Heat Pump Refrigerants for Sustainable Future
- Recently Released Issue of Heat Pump Centre Newsletter Heat pumps are a key technology in reducing CO2 emissions. However, most residential heat pumps presently use hydrofluorocarbons(HFCs)or hydrochlorofluorocarbons(HCFCs) as refrigerant, which have various degrees of global warming potential (GWP), from low to very high. Combating climate change calls for heat pumps with low greenhouse ...
Fuerda Holds First Sales Meeting with Carrier
Shandong Fuerda Air-conditioner Equipment held its 2012 national sales meeting at the Ramada Hotel Wujiaochang Shanghai. About 200 distributors have attended the meeting. Wang Fuming, chairman ...
Energy Efficient Solar Water Heating Systems to be Standardi
The ‘Minimum allowable values of energy efficiency and energy efficiency grades for domestic solar water heating systems’ was recently approved by the relevant national agency and will be implemented during the 9th China (Changsha) Exhibition of Solar-Energy Products to be held on March, 15, 2012. The drafting of the standard was led by the National Development and Reform Commission, China ...
