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Heating and Cooling Equipment BTU Measurement Basics
Apr 30, 2014 The BTUs your mechanical equipment and system delivers is the ultimate measure of energy efficiency. This test is quick and relatively simple, and can help your your customers to easily ...
HVAC Contractor Economic Index Reaches Highest Level Ever
29 April 2014 Arlington, Va. -- ACCA announced that its Contractor Comfort Index (CCI) has reached 81 for April, the highest the CCI has ever been in the four years the association has tracked contractors’ opinions on short-term economic growth. The CCI is up from 73 in March. The April CCI also shows that contractors are feeling substantially better about short-term growth than they were 1...
LG appoints head of Air Conditioning & Energy Solutions
28th April, 2014 LG has named Jody Lees as head of Air Conditioning & Energy Solutions. Mr Lees was previously the company’s national sales manager. His promotion follows the success...
Success Group International Is Acquired by Aquila Investment
25 April 2014 Sarasota, Fla. -- Aquila Investment Group announced that it has completed the acquisition of Success Group International (SGI) from Direct Energy. SGI is a ‘best practices’ organization for independent, residential services contractors that includes AirTime 500 for HVAC contractors. Aquila Investment Group was founded by long-time Direct Energy/Clockwork Home Services employee Rebecc...
JR Kanda Manseibashi Building Acquires LEED Certification
East Japan Railway (JR East) announced that its Kanda Manseibashi Building constructed on the site of the former Transportation Museum and Manseibashi Station (Chiyodaku, Tokyo) has acquired Leadershi...
Gree Strengthens Sales Cooperation with Gome
Realignment between big manufacturers and large retailers of home electrical appliances is getting on in China as the industry is undergoing business transformation. Ten years ago, Gree was withdrawn from some Suning stores and renewed all-around cooperation with Gome. In this January, Gome management visited Gree headquarters in Zhuhai to finalize the purchase and sales target of RMB 8 bil...
Haier Plays Leading Role in Formulation of RAC Reliability E
The annual meeting of the Reliability Subcommittee of National Technical Committee on Household Electric Appliances Standardization was held in Qingdao. During the meeting, experts discussed the recent development of the reliability standard, and concluded that China’s reliability standard system has been improving remarkably and should be further optimized. The meeting started the formulation of ...
Midea to Invest RMB 3 Billion to Build R&D Center
The Midea Group continues to increase its investment in R&D and improve the e-commerce sales platform to accelerate the group’s strategic transformation and upgrade. According to Midea, it will co...
Klimatec benefits from BSRIA's supply service
24 April 2014 BSRIA Instrument Solutions provides AC specialist Klimatec with total purchase solution Klimatec have expressed their satisfaction at the level of service provided by BSRIA Instrument Solutions, the supplier arm of the building services association, having recently purchased 11 Testo 557-3 manifold kits. Giuseppe Forgione of Klimatec said: “We were impressed with how qu...
Danfoss Introduces 80 Clients to Cooling Solutions in Pakist
Danfoss and Khan Brothers, a Danfoss distributor in Pakistan, arranged the seminar attended by 80 key clients representing Nestle, Unilever, Engro Foods, Coca Cola and, Pepsi. The clients came from al...
Danica Materials Used in Shopping Mall in Ceara
The newly opened North Shopping Sobral, located in Sobral, Ceara state, used materials provided by Danica in its construction. The facade of the mall was built with 4,600 m2 of TermoWall panels, which are steel coated and have an insulated polyurethane (PUR) core. The thermal insulation issue was a decisive factor in the choice of materials. Typical temperatures in Sobral are between 30°C and 40°C...
Thermo King Focuses on After-sales
In the transportation and logistics markets where profitability has decreased year after year, the speed of service, staff qualifications, and preventive maintenance, which according to experts results in an average of 30% cost savings over repairs, are becoming indispensible to competitiveness. Therefore, Thermo King, an Ingersoll Rand company, annually invests approximately US$ 1 million in its ...
