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2015.03.07

SustainCo Awarded Contracts for HVAC Upgrades, Cooling Tower

March 5, 2015 TORONTO - SustainCo Inc. announced that its SustainCo Solutions & Services unit, through its operating group VCI Controls Inc., has been awarded and has substantially completed a series of contracts and work orders worth over $550,000 by Defence Construction Canada-Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Borden and Public Works and Government Services of Canada-CFB Borden.   General cont...

2015.02.08

Review of the 2014 Global Air Conditioner Market Part II--Ch

Reported by Joaquin Gentzch, HVAC&R Consultant Economy   Politically and economically speaking, 2014 was a rather unsettling year in Chile.   The new government, a center-left coalition in which the communist and socialist parties play an important role together with the Christian Democrats, took office in March 2014. A new set of priorities and a new agenda were imposed on the count...

2015.02.21

Mighty Ducks grants helping replace Minnesota’s ageing ice a

18 February 2015 This is an edited version. Original article written by John Hamre, Let’s Play Hockey. Located on the border with Canada, just southeast of Lake of the Woods, Baudette, Minnesota, is ...

2015.01.20

Honeywell’s Low-Global-Warming Material Insulates Homes In C

01/21/2015 Elastochem Specialty Materials is using Honeywell’s low-global-warming insulating material to insulate homes in Canada. The Ontario-based company is the first to use Honeywell’s SolsticeR L...

2015.01.15

3m Euro to manufacture air conditioners

January 13, 2015 CANADA: An Ontario manufacturer of domestic heating appliances is to receive up to CAD$4,217,500 (?3m) to manufacture air conditioners.   The Government of Canada’s repayable con...

2015.01.01

Compressor control tests show 25% savings

Dec 30, 2014 CANADA: Tests using compressor optimisation technology on a refrigerated trailer is said to have achieved savings of up to 25%.   The recently completed tests by Vancouver-based Smar...

2014.12.31

New Seresco Headquarters Doubles Dehumidifier Production Cap

Dec 30, 2014 OTTAWA, Ontario -- Seresco Technologies, a leading manufacturer of indoor pool dehumidifier HVAC equipment, has doubled its space with an expansion into a new Ottawa-based manufacturing, warehousing, and office headquarters.   The expansion follows in the wake of Seresco’s 25 percent annual sales increases the last three years. The larger, automated manufacturing plant will help ...

2014.12.07

Canada announces HFC bans

Dec 11, 2014 CANADA: Canada’s “notice of intent” to follow the US and ban certain HFC refrigerants has now been published in the government’s official organ the Canada Gazette.   Environment mini...

2014.12.12

Canadian HVAC/R wholesaler sales up 5.7% in October

Dec 11, 2014 HVAC/R wholesaler sales were up 7.3% in October compared to October 2013, according to the Canadian Institute of Plumbing & Heating.   The October 2014 PHCP Wholesalers’ Sales Report showed that overall sales were up 6.1%. The report tracks HVAC/R, hydronics, plumbing, PVF, and waterworks.   Year-to-date HVAC/R wholesaler sales were up 5.7%. Source: http://www.appliancem...

2014.11.21

AHR Expo-Mexico 2014 Photo Report-- Continued from October I

Sanhua--is a world renowned refrigeration parts company based in China and celebrated the 30th anniversary of its establishment this October. Its major products include 4-way valve, electric expansion...