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Chair appointed for new Supply Chain Capacity & Skills Group
3 October 2014 The Commercial Secretary to the Treasury has announced that Dr Diana Montgomery, chief executive of the Construction Products Association, has been appointed to chair a new infrastructure Supply Chain Capacity and Skills group. The group includes representatives from government departments, supply chain organisations and skills bodies. They will aim to provide guidance...
AHRI Launches Certification Program for DX-Dedicated Outdoor
October 1, 2014 Arlington, VA -- The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) today announced a new certification program for DX-Dedicated Outdoor Air System Units (DOAS), which c...
Danfoss calls for a holistic approach to doubling U.S. energ
03 October 2014 Danfoss joined former New York Governor George Pataki, Congressman Paul Tonko, and others from the public and private sectors to outline necessary actions to improve energy productivit...
AC Pro Opens New Location in Riverside, Calif.
Oct 3, 2014 FONTANA, Calif. - Less than one year after opening its Anaheim, California, location, AC Pro (formerly MSI HVAC), a wholesale supplier in Southern California and Nevada, has announced the addition of a new location in Riverside, California. Founded in 1986, AC Pro is a family-owned wholesale distributor that has been providing customer service while supplying HVAC equipment, par...
Aire Serv Franchisee Receives Multiple Business Awards
Oct 3, 2014 FARMERS BRANCH, Texas - Aire ServR of North Dallas Metroplex owners, Neal and Rhea DiSanti, earned the Aire Serv Franchisee of the Year and Top Gun awards and team member Cynthia Paulson was awarded Office Professional of the Year at The Dwyer GroupR International Conference held in Orlando, Florida. The Franchisee of the Year award is the highest honor than can be earned by a f...
Terry Johnston of Lennox Selected by ExecRank as a Top Chief
Oct 3, 2014 SAN FRANCISCO - ExecRank has selected Terry Johnston, executive vice president and president and chief operating officer for Lennox International’s North America Commercial Heating & C...
DOE rejects AHRI petition over walk-ins standard
Oct 2, 2014 DOE is denying a petition from AHRI to reconsider the new DOE standard for walk-in coolers and freezers (WICFs). DOE is claiming that AHRI’s petition "appears to reflect a fundamental misunderstanding of how to perform the calculations required to rate a given refrigeration component. Accordingly, AHRI’s petition is predicated on a flawed set of calculations and assumptions. " The Dep...
Big August increase for new home sales
Oct 2, 2014 August sales of new single-family homes were up 18.0% from July 2014 were up 33.0% from August 2013, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. August 2014, sales of new single-family homes were at seasonally adjusted annual rate of 504,000, up 18% over the revised July rate of 427,000 and up 33% from 379,000 in August of last year. The median sales price of new houses sold in ...
LG gas dryers first to get 2015 Energy Star certification
Oct 2, 2014 LG Electronics is the first home appliance manufacturer to announce gas dryers certified to new Energy Star standards. The first energy efficiency standards for residential clothes dryers ...
4 Ways to Measure Airflow
02/10/2014 While industry standards specifying ventilation rates are coming out of the woodwork, a practical standard describing how to measure ventilation airflows that can be applied in the field is hard to find. Let’s take a look how you can determine residential and commercial exhaust fan airflow in the field. Fans at Either End of the Duct This may be obvious, but it is a ...
Coldest ever molecules
01/10/2014 Physicists at Yale University claim to have achieved the coldest ever molecules through direct cooling. The tiny titans in question are bits of strontium monofluoride, dropped to 2.5...
RectorSeal Announces Acquisition of Evolve Composites
DALLAS -- RectorSeal Corp., a leading Houston-based manufacturer of chemical and specialty products for professional tradesmen, has acquired the PolyslabTM, Evo-CreteTM, and related HVAC brands from Evolve Composites Pty Ltd, based in Queensland, Australia. Evolve manufactures a range of products for HVAC systems. RectorSeal is a portfolio company of Capital Southwest Corp. “The Evolve tran...
