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New PHCC Chapter Organized in South Carolina
14 December 2015 FALLS CHURCH, Va. - The Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors-National Association (PHCC) has announced the formation of the first PHCC-affiliated state chapter in South Carolina. Officially chartered in September 2015 as a PHCC-affiliated association in South Carolina, the chapter has elected officers, identified event goals for 2016, and established a recruiting strategy t...
Home Automation Hardware Growth to Exceed 1,000% to 2020
14 December 2015 HAMPSHIRE, United Kingdom - Home automation hardware, sold as standalone units, is forecast to exceed 300 million units by 2020, according to Juniper Research. This represents growth of over 1,000 percent from an estimated installed base of 28 million units in 2015. While the smart home industry has been years in the making, more open approaches, partnerships, and falling hardware...
SEC Group chief wins award
14 December 2015 Chief executive of the Specialist Engineering Contractors’ (SEC) Group, Professor Rudi Klein (pictured), is the latest recipient of the Clare Edwards Award for outstanding contributio...
Rheem Acquires Tanksless Water Heater Manufacturer
14 December 2015 Sources from Rheem reported today that it had acquired acquired Eemax Inc., of Waterbury, Connecticut, from The Riverside Company, a private equity firm. Eemax is recognized as...
Schneider Electric’s Resource Advisor Earns Top Product of t
December 11, 2015 LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Schneider Electric announced that its sustainability and energy management software platform, StruxureWare Resource Advisor, along with its Energy Performance Services, received a Top Product of the Year Award in the Energy Manager Today Awards. One judge said of Resource Advisor, “Schneider’s Performance Analytics brings context to energy and sustainabil...
KPS Global Formed Through Acquisition of Hill Phoenix’s Walk
December 11, 2015 NEW YORK - D Cubed Group LLC, a private market investment group, announced that it has acquired Hill Phoenix’s Walk-Ins business from Dover Corp. and Kysor Panel Systems from The Manitowoc Company Inc. The two transactions create a new, private refrigeration company named KPS Global, headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, with combined annual revenues of over $200 million (of which ...
Cooling Tower Motors Handle Tough Duty
? Suitable for angle mounting, the motors are available in models from 3-250 HP ? They meet or exceed NEMA Premium efficiencies Dec 11, 2015 Marathon Motors line of totally-enclosed air-over (TEAO) co...
AHRI Reports on October HVAC Shipments
Dec 11, 2015 Air-Conditioning, Heating, & Refrigeration Institute has released October 2015 U.S. Heating & Cooling Equipment Shipment Data Residential Storage Water Heaters U.S. shipmen...
Emerson Innovation Center Update
Dec 11, 2015 After one year, construction of Emerson Climate Technologies’ Helix Innovation Center is progressing according to plan, helped along, no doubt by a mild early winter. Emerson sources pro...
New Emerson Innovation Center to be Proving Ground for Build
The whole building will serve as one of five modules under development at The Helix Innovation Center on the University of Dayton campus Dayton, Ohio, December 11, 2015 - In addition to support...
Honeywell and Pearlstone Energy to Provide Smart Grid Progra
10 December 2015 Honeywell and demand response aggregator Pearlstone Energy have announced a smart grid program for commercial and industrial facilities in the U.K. The program aims to reduce energy b...
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...
