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Smart Home Firm, Nexia, Adds Geo-Fencing for Greater Automat
Oct. 13, 2016 BROOMFIELD, Colo. - Smart home firm, Nexia(TM), a brand of Ingersoll Rand, announced it has enhanced the convenience of its smart home system by adding geo-fencing. The feature gives subscribers easier, more seamless control, such as automatically adjusting the thermostat when they leave for work and when they head home. Nexia’s free geo-fencing feature uses a subscriber’s mob...
Thread Group, EEBus Create Liaison to Accelerate Smart Home
Oct. 13, 2016 SAN RAMON, Calif., and BERLIN - The Thread Group and EEBus Initiative e.V announced that the two alliances will collaborate in their efforts to build interoperable solutions for the smart home. As a result of this alliance, the organizations expect their members will benefit from access to key shared resources, including technical specifications and best practices, to help streamline...
Jose De La Portilla Receives NATE Golden Toolbox Award
Oct. 13, 2016 Currently the Technical Training Manager for Lennox HVAC Learning Solutions, De La Portilla builds, manages, and conducts various training programs like Lennox Build-A-Tech, Virtual Buil...
Solving the HVAC Pricing Puzzle
・ QuickBooks right out of the box is not organized for the contracting business. ・ To calculate the right selling price for your company, you must know these 7 basic procedures. Oct. 13, 2016 I rece...
Snow could reduce need for air conditioning
Oct 13, 2016 A recent study by The University of British Columbia (UBC) shows that snow cleared from winter roads can help to reduce summer air conditioning bills. The UBC study, a computer mod...
SWEP provides optimized solution for Harvard campus
October 13, 2016 SWEP was recently contacted to help provide a district energy solution for a building on Harvard’s campus. A facility maintenance engineer from Harvard University contacted SW...
Cooltech Partners with Carrefour to Demo Magnetic Refrigerat
Oct 12, 2016 PARIS - Cooltech Applications S.A.S., a leading magnetic refrigeration company, announced an agreement with Carrefour SA, a leading supermarket chain, to install a fully equipped magnetic cooling display cabinet at Carrefour‘s head office restaurant for a four-week period. Demonstrations in stores are to follow. The magnetic cooling system (MRS) utilizes a water coolant instead...
Augury Unveils OEM Partnership Program for Industrial IoT
Oct 12, 2016 NEW YORK - Augury, an Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) company, announced a new partnership program designed to deliver connected, self-diagnosing predictive maintenance products to OEMs. Grundfos, one of the largest pump manufacturers in the world, is the first to join the Augury Partnership Program. “With a shared focus on quality engineering and innovation, we are excite...
2016 Design/Build Awards: Capital Improvements
Oct 12, 2016 Expertise in Mechanical, Energy Details Forstone Capital, LLC, a real estate investment firm located in Darien, Ct., provides a full range of commercial real estate services to private e...
US: Agro Merchants to open coldstore and repack site in Geor
October 11, 2016 Atlanta, Georgia, US: Nordic Logistics and Warehousing, part of Agro Merchants Group, is to develop a new cold storage and repack facility in Savannah, Georgia. In April this year Agro wand Nordic completed a 200,000 square-foot expansion to the existing Savannah site. The new site, adjacent to the exiting site will initially be built to 175,00 square feet. It will h...
Johnson Controls introduces low-GWP chiller offerings with R
YORK(R) YVWA and YMC2 chillers offer unique solutions for customers investing in low-GWP refrigerants MILWAUKEE - (Oct. 11, 2016) - As part of its long-term refrigerant roadmap, Johnson Controls tod...
Emerson Supports More Efficient Ice Machines with New Simula
Oct 11, 2016 ST. LOUIS - Emerson Climate Technologies has filed a patent application for a simulation model of a commercial ice machine to support development of more efficient equipment that can meet...
