USA
Carrier Smart Thermostat Now Standard in New KB Homes
Dec 10, 2015 LOS ANGELES - Carrier announced that KB Home, one of the nation’s largest homebuilders, will now include a Carrier Cor smart thermostat in all of its homes at newly built communities open...
Green Charge Networks’ Platform Named Energy Storage Product
Dec 10, 2015 SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Green Charge Networks announced that its energy storage platform received Product of the Year honors from the Energy Manager Today Awards. Green Charge’s intelligent energy storage product specifically targets peak demand reduction. Using its predictive software, the product charges when energy is least expensive and feeds energy back into a facility during costl...
Daikin Applied Moves into Cloud-based Building Automation
Dec 10, 2015 ?http://contractingbusiness.com/commercial-hvac/hvac-fun-profit-internet-thingsThe current Riptide IO leadership team will continue to drive the company’s strategy and day-to-day operatio...
New Expander Tool Kit: for a 'Perfect Quality' Swage
Dec 10, 2015 Thanks to the hydraulic mechanism and the quick release thumb button, this tool can be operated single-handedly. A New hydraulic expander tool kit by REFCO Manufacturing US, Inc. h...
Retro-Curb Allows for Improved Rooftop Equipment Positioning
Dec 10, 2015 These insulated curbs allow for unrestricted positioning on standing seam roof systems. Installation of roof curbs on metal building is made easier with the Retro-Curb from Thybar Corpor...
Merger creates $200m walk-ins business
8 Dec, 2015 USA: A new $200m walk-in cooler and freezer company has been formed from the merger of Hill Phoenix’s walk-ins business and Kysor Panel Systems. D Cubed Group LLC, a New-York-based...
R449A in 1,000 supermarkets next year
8 Dec, 2015 USA: Chemours is predicting that R449A, the lower GWP alternative refrigerant for R404A, will be adopted in more than 1,000 supermarket systems by the end of next year. R449A, marke...
DTE Energy to Issue RFP for Energy-Efficiency Programs
Dec. 08, 2015 DETROIT - DTE Energy will issue a request for proposal (RFP) for a package of energy-efficiency programs whose vendor contracts expire. The company will seek two-year contracts for programs that include HVAC and home performance with insulation and windows. The scope of work includes achieving energy savings within the prescribed program budget, marketing, retail program manag...
City of Las Vegas Announces Plan to Rely Exclusively on Rene
Dec. 08, 2015 LAS VEGAS - The city of Las Vegas and NV Energy have announced a new partnership that, upon approval of a filing to the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada and ratification by the Las Vegas City Council, will dedicate to city operations a portion of energy produced by a local solar facility currently in development. The energy dedicated from this solar facility, coupled with the po...
New Formula May Help Optimize Devices That Convert Heat to E
Dec. 08, 2015 CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Predicting radiative heat transfer between extremely close objects has proven elusive for the past 50 years. Now, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) mathematicians have derived a formula for determining the maximum amount of heat exchanged between two objects separated by distances shorter than the width of a single hair. For any two objects situated mere ...
Non-conventional solar energy technologies
Dec. 08, 2015 George Loumakis Image3Whenever the public hears about solar energy technologies, their mind revolves mostly around two specific applications. One of them is solar photovoltaics, also kno...
IRS offers energy efficiency reviews
December 8, 2015 IRS Ltd is offering energy efficiency reviews with its ongoing service and maintenance contracts as part of its programme for delivering eco-friendly, cost effective industrial refrig...
