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US Representative Hollingsworth Visits Geo-Flo Plant
May 15, 2017 BEDFORD, Ind. - U.S. Rep. Trey Hollingsworth, Indiana 9th District, visited the Geo-Flo plant in Bedford, Indiana, on April 21. Discussions included the state of the geothermal heat pump industry, as well as Geo-Flo’s encouragement to support H.R. Bill 1090, which would extend the tax credit for investments in energy property with construction that begins before January 1, 2022. The b...
PHCC Launches New Cloud-Based Labor Unit Database Estimating
May 15, 2017 The database includes more than 13,000 national average installation times, third-party verification of labor hours and cross-platform compatible data with a growing list of software vend...
Utility savings fund Saskatoon hospital upgrades
Maintenance staff ’instrumental’ in planning retrofit around busy healthcare setting May 11, 2017 Royal University Hospital, located on the University of Saskatchewan campus in Saskatoon, is a seven...
A new safety standard for American refrigerators
12/05/2017The US Underwriters Laboratories (UL) has adopted a new safety standard, UL 60335-2-24 Edition 2, that will allow domestic fridges and freezers to use up to 150?g of hydrocarbon refrigerants...
Johnsonville to expand global corporate headquarters
May 12, 2017 The 49,000-square-foot addition will feature a member development center, additional workstations and an expanded fitness center. Johnsonville announced plans to expand its global corpor...
Carrier donations help Feeding South Florida
May 12, 2017 Boynton Beach, Florida, US: Carrier has donated five air conditioning split systems and a refrigerated trailer for temporary cold storage to Feeding South Florida. The organisation...
World Food Logistics elects new board
May 12, 2017 Alexandria, Virginia, US: The World Food Logistics Organization has elected its new board which is headed by new chairman Nick Pedneault from Congebec Logistics, Quebec City, Quebec, Cana...
Metal recycler on refrigerant charges
12 MAY 2017 USA: Criminal charges have been levelled against a metal recycler for allegedly releasing hazardous chemicals including refrigerants. An investigation by the California EPA’s Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) has resulted in the filing of 19 criminal charges against ANK Metal Recycling of Sun Valley. The DTSC’s Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) allege that the ...
AHRI updates refrigerant spec standard
12 MAY 2017 USA: The latest 2017 edition of the AHRI Standard 700, Specifications for Refrigerants, is now available to download from the AHRI website. The 2017 edition includes four new zeotro...
Internet of Things: Vertiv Serial Console Serves Edge/IoT Ma
New features make the console accessible to users who have previously been constrained by limited space or budget. Las Vegas, May 8, 2017 - Appearing today at the Dell EMC World event in Las Ve...
2017 Data Center Trends Include Security, Power Alternatives
May 12, 2017 Infrastructure Races to Keep Up with Connectivity at the Edge Distributed IT and the industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) are pushing IT resources closer to users and industrial pr...
CE Launches AHRI System Builder Tool
May 12, 2017 NEW YORK - In response to requests by customers and in-depth research on how contractors use The Air Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute’s (AHRI’s) certified products datab...
