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Sanhua joins AHRI
April 14, 2016 USA: Air conditioning and refrigeration controls and components manufacturer Sanhua International has joined the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI). T...
New Smart Thermostat Wins 2016 Red Dot Award for Product Des
14 April 2016 PROVO, Utah - Vivint Smart Home, a leading provider of smart home technology, announced that its Vivint ElementTM smart thermostat was awarded the Red Dot, an international distinction for high design quality. The international Red Dot jury chose winners from a pool of 5,200 products from 57 nations. The Vivint Element thermostat is designed to provide a new level of intellige...
ASHRAE Residential IAQ Standard Now Includes All Multifamily
14 April 2016 ATLANTA - ASHRAE announced that multifamily units in all types of buildings are now covered in the scope of its residential IAQ standard, marking one of the biggest changes to the 2016 version. ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 62.2-2016, Ventilation and Acceptable Indoor Air Quality in Residential Buildings, defines the roles of and minimum requirements for mechanical and natural ventilat...
EPA Settles with Oregon Ice Cream Co. over Ammonia Safety Vi
14 April 2016 SEATTLE - In a settlement announced by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Oregon Ice Cream Co. has agreed to make safety improvements and upgrade its refrigeration equipment to prevent ammonia refrigerant releases at its manufacturing facility in Eugene, Oregon. The company will also pay $55,000 in penalties for multiple violations of federal safety rules and risk ma...
Applying the 'Internet of Things' to Create Smart Buildings
Apr 14, 2016 The Internet of Things (IoT) promises to create smart buildings by uniting disparate facility systems into an integrated whole. With the IoT it can be possible to manage and control temp...
Carrier Transicold Names Southern States Utility, Transclima
April 12, 2016 Athens, Ga. Southern States Utility Trailer Sales, Inc. of Richland, Mississippi, was named Carrier Transicold’s 2015 North America Dealer of the Year, and Transclima de Centroamerica, ...
Wiegmann Associates Completes HVAC at St. Louis Region Busin
13 April 2016 Wiegmann Associates has completed construction of an $800,000 HVAC project for a multi-tenant build-out at Aviator Business Park in Hazelwood, MO. The business park was developed by Pana...
ACCA Partners with State Contracting Organizations on Indust
April 13, 2016 ARLINGTON, Va. - ACCA announced that it has signed 16 agreements with independent allied contracting organizations (ACOs) to work together on advocacy issues impacting HVACR contractors at the state and national level. While ACCA serves and represents contractors throughout the country and in Washington, District of Columbia, ACOs are independent organizations that offer effe...
Service Experts to Provide HVAC Tune-ups for Nonprofits on E
April 13, 2016 DALLAS - Service Experts Heating & Air Conditioning announced that its locations in more than 30 cities will be helping local nonprofits and deserving families, as well as the environment, by donating air conditioning tune-ups on Earth Day, April 22, 2016. Service Experts’ technicians will donate the company’s Precision? Air Conditioning Tune-ups to help prepare for the coming ...
Xergy, University of Delaware Researchers Work to Build a Be
April 13, 2016 SEAFORD, Del. - Xergy Inc., a high-tech startup, has announced a new refrigeration system based on an electrochemical compressor to replace the conventional mechanical vapor compression systems found in typical heat pumps. The company credits the University of Delaware’s Ajay Prasad and his research team with playing an important role in the breakthrough. “When Xergy approach...
Adande launches recruitment and investment drive
12 APRIL, 2016 Adande has announced a new programme of recruitment and investment following sustained growth in sales of refrigerated drawers. The company has enjoyed a near 15 fold growth in the volume of sales since 2008, which the company has partly attributed to the company’s ‘hold the cold’ technology. To maintain the momentum, Adande has committed to reinforcing its team to hel...
Bringing efficiency to historic buildings
April 12, 2016 USA: ASHRAE has proposed new guidelines to bring energy efficiency to historic buildings. Advice for energy efficiency and energy conservation improvements involving historic str...
