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Building technology and new laws drive energy efficiency for
30 May 2013 A combination of forthcoming legislation and increasing accessibility to controls technology is set to drive building energy efficiency over the next decade. A recent report by buil...
British Gas leads charge for data-cooling company expansion
30 May 2013 British Gas, together with the Environmental Technologies Fund, Carbon Trust and Catapult Venture Managers, have financially backed data-cooling company 4energy’s global roll-out. The ￡7 million investment sees the participating backers take a minority stake in the business which produces products aimed at reducing the requirements for electronic data centre and telecommunicati...
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Approves Honeywell’s Lo
May 30, 2013 Honeywell’s new low-global-warming-potential solvent used for precision cleaning of metal and electronics components has received final approval from the U.S. Environmental Protection Age...
April New Home Sales Up 29% from Year Ago
May 30, 2013 April 2013 sales of new single-family houses were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 454,000 according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau. The April rate was up 2.3% from the upwardly revised March rate of 444,000 and is 29.0% above the April 2012 rate of 352,000. New home sale prices in April 2013: * median sales price: $271,600 * average sales price: $330,800 The seasonally ...
Consumer Confidence Index Increases to Five-Year High
May 30, 2013 New York -- The Conference Board Consumer Confidence IndexR increased in May to 76.2, up from 69.0 in April. This is the highest level it has reached in five years. Lynn Franco, director of economic indicators at The Conference Board, said, “Consumer Confidence posted another gain this month and is now at a five-year high (since February 2008 index of 76.4). Consumers’ assessme...
Bitzer signs for ACR Show 2014
May 30, 2013 UK: The giant German compressor manufacturer Bitzer is the latest company to back the ACR Show 2014. Occupying one of the largest stands at the last show in 2012, Bitzer s UK subsidiary h...
Johnson Controls GWS Launches Enterprise Energy Services
New service for corporate real estate marketplace delivers the expertise of energy professionals, hardware, software and guaranteed savings from a single company. May 30, 2013 Johnson Controls Global ...
CB Refrigeration Roundtable Explores Alternative Refrigerati
Our Third Annual Refrigeration Roundtable included a discussion of alternative refrigeration systems that are gaining ground with increased favorable use. May 30, 2013 PART 3 OF A SERIES Over the last...
LG partners with 3M to Create most efficient air conditioner
May 30th, 2013 LG Electronics recently joined forces with 3M, an innovator in filtration technology, to produce a highly efficient, cutting edge filter for air conditioners. To this effect, LG’s late...
The 2nd IIR Conference on Sustainability and the Cold Chain
29/05/2013 The 2nd IIR Conference on Sustainability and the Cold Chain (ICCC2013) took place in Paris on April 2-4, 2013. With 180 participants, 78 papers and three leading edge plenary presentations,...
