RAC/PAC
AHRI launches two new certification programs
17 December 2014 The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) launched two new certification programs: Central Station Air-handling Unit Casings (AHUC) and Liquid-to-Liquid Brazed & Fusion Bonded Plate Heat Exchangers (LLBF). AHRI now has 43 programs for verifying the performance ratings for more than 40 product categories via random selection and annual testing at ...
Empower to add district cooling capacity in Dubai
16 December 2014 District cooling firm Empower plans to make an acquisition and expand its existing plants as it looks to add capacity to its operations in Dubai, its chief executive said. “We are working towards a new acquisition, but [this is] still not concrete,” said Ahmad bin Shafar. “We are still in discussions. It might be any time before the first quarter of next year.” He de...
Trane Raises Prices on Commercial HVAC Products
December 16, 2014 DAVIDSON, N.C. - Trane Commercial Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) North America, a strategic business unit of Ingersoll Rand, has announced a price increase of up to...
MHI to Launch 4 New Outdoor Units and 10 New Indoor Units in
-- All Offerings Meet New 2015 Energy Saving Standards -- Tokyo, December 15, 2014 - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has developed 14 new models in its "Hyper Inverter" series of packaged air...
Mitsubishi adopts R32 on commercial ac
December 10, 2014 JAPAN: Mitsubishi Electric is to expand the use of low GWP refrigerant R32 to its commercial air conditioning portfolio in Japan. From February, the Japanese air conditioning manuf...
Japanese ac firms target Latin America
December 8, 2014 JAPAN: Daikin and Panasonic are two companies expected to participate in future energy-saving projects in Latin America. The two Japanese manufacturers are identified by the Ni...
Pakistan customs seize 4,000 air conditioners
5 December 2014 PAKISTAN: Over 4,000 air conditioners and electronic goods worth around ?2.9m have been confiscated by Pakistan revenue authorities. According to the Dawn website, Pakistan’s Fe...
First propane split air conditioners in India: field results
Dec 3, 2014 In 2012, the first HC-290 split air conditioners (AC) to reach the Indian market were launched by Godrej & Boyce. Co. Ltd. Since then, a total of 60,000 such AC systems have been sold ...
ActronAir wins award for sustainability
02 Dec 2014 AIRAH Award ActronAir has won the 2014 Australian Institute of Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heating (AIRAH) Award for Excellence in Sustainability. ActronAir was presented with the...
New material could reduce air conditioning load
27 Nov 2014 USA: Engineers at Stanford University, California, claim to have invented a new mirror-like material which could reduce the air conditioning load of buildings. The inventors say the...
Global trends in air conditioning market
25/11/2014 According to a presentation made during Chillventa in October 2014 by BSRIA (IIR partner in economic data), the value of the world air-conditioning market was 72.3 billion Euro in 2012, corresponding to 128.5 million units sold. It is predicted to reach about 82 billion Euro by 2017 (+13.4%). China is predicted to represent the first market in terms of value in 2014: 25,827 milli...
Recalled ac unit blamed for fire
November 20, 2014 USA: A fire at a YMCA in Abington, Pennsylvania, is being blamed on a GE air conditioner which was the subject of a recall in 2011. According to reports on nbc10.com, the fir...
