Japan
PanaHome Smart City Wins APEC ESCI Best Practices Gold Award
On May 17, Smart City Shioashiya ‘Solar-Shima’ in Ashiya, Hyogo, a town designed and developed by PanaHome, has recently won a Gold Award in the Smart Buildings category of the third APEC ESCI Best Pr...
JCH Develops DXS Absorption Chiller
In one of the New Energy and Indus-trial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) projects, Johnson Controls - Hitachi Air Conditioning (JCH), a member of the Thermal Management Materials and Techno...
Daikin Ties Up with Sinko
On May 16, Daikin announced that the company has signed a capital and business tie -up agreement with Sinko. Based on this agreement, the two companies will bring together their central air conditioner technologies to jointly develop new heat pump air conditioners. They will also collaborate in order to expand their heat pump chiller portfolios. The aim of this tie-up is to mutually improve the co...
Corona Releases Six New Eco Cute Models
From the end of June, Corona is releasing six new models of Eco Cute, residential-use heat pump water heaters using natural refrigerant CO2, including Premium Eco Cute, the highest-end model. P...
Iris Ohyama Enters Large White Goods Business
At the end of April, the livingware planning, manufacturing, and selling company Iris Ohyama entered the large white goods home electric appliance business, and began to sell room air conditioners (RA...
Daikin Global Sales of R32 ACs Reach Ten Million in Over 50
On April 27, Daikin announced that sales of its air conditioners and heat pumps using hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerant R32, a refrigerant with a low global warming potential (GWP), have recently re...
LEED in Motion in Japan
On March 23, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) held a seminar on its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) at Kashiwanoha Conference Center in Chiba, Japan. Peter Templeton, senio...
Emerson Successfully Holds Annual Channel Partner Conference
Emerson held its annual Channel Partner Conference in Tokyo, Japan on June 1 and 2, 2017. This event brought together more than 100 Northeast and Southeast Asia heating, ventilation, air conditioning,...
Daikin plans service expansion
22 JUN 2017 JAPAN: Daikin’s purchase of Airmaster for AUS$100m (JPY8m) through its subsidiary Daikin Australia Pty heralds an expansion of the Japanese manufacturer’s service network. Following...
Daikin Acquires Australian Company Airmaster
Aiming to strengthen its service and solutions businesses in Asia and Australia 22 JUN 2017 Daikin Industries, Ltd., through its subsidiary Daikin Australia Pty., Ltd., concluded an agreement on June...
Field testing new breath-alcohol detection device equipped w
Contributing to the safety of corporate vehicle drivers by enabling central management of alcohol test data through smartphones Tokyo, June 12, 2017 --- Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501, Hitachi) today announ...
