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EIA Applauds Newly Announced U.S. Bill to Tackle Global Defo
March 3, 2021 Washington DC— Senator Brian Schatz revealed plans today to introduce legislation that would put in place import requirements for agricultural commodities associated with illegal deforestation. The bill would oblige companies bringing commodities such as beef, leather, palm oil, soy, and cocoa into the U.S. to know where these goods originated and to ensure they were produced ...
Strong Residential Security System Trends Show New Growth Op
New ESA Forecast report offers Outlook for Residential Security and Add-On Devices March 4, 2021 The increase in time spent at home due to the pandemic can have a solid impact on home-au...
Johnson Controls: This Month in History: World's Largest Hot
March 3, 2021 March 11, 1981: MGM Grand Hotel gets Johnson Controls system The Milwaukee Journal reported on March 11, 1981 that Johnson Controls was designing and installing a $5 million co...
Emerson’s Solenoid Valves Enable More Compact Machine Design
ASCO™ Series 256/356 offers smaller footprint, up to 40% reduced power consumption and up to 30% higher pressure ratings The ASCO Series 256/356 solenoid valves set a new benchmark for fluid ...
NAM Board Reelects Lamach and Fitterling
March 2, 2021 The NAM Board of Directors has reelected Trane Technologies Chairman and CEO Mike Lamach as its chairman and Dow Chairman and CEO Jim Fitterling as vice chair. Lamach and Fitte...
BIFMA Announces Revised X5.5-2021, Desk and Table Products S
The recently revised ANSI/BIFMA X5.5-2021, Desk and Table Products standard introduces one new test and revisions to several tests. March 1, 2021 UL informs the commercial furniture industry that the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has recently approved revisions for the safety and performance standard: ANSI/BIFMA X5.5-2021, Desk and Table Products. The Scope of ANS...
New TYCO® RM-2 Riser Manifold includes Test and Drain Valve
March 02, 2021 All-inclusive, fully-assembled unit saves fire protection contractors time and labor Linear shut-off reduces leakage over time due to deb...
LG Has Innovative Solutions and Is Optimistic about Post-pan
JARN interviewed Steve Scarbrough, senior vice president, Air Conditioning Technologies, LG Electronics USA, to hear about the company’s wide range of air conditioning business. &...
HFC Alternative Refrigerants Update - California’s Regulatio
On December 10, 2020, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved rules on regulating HFCs with high GWP that are used as refrigerant (see the January 2021 regular issue of JARN). In the rules approved by CARB, the upper limits on the GWP of refrigerants used in key refrigeration equipment are as follows. In new refrigeration equipment using refrigerant in excess of 50 pounds (22.7 kg...
HFC Alternative Refrigerants Update - U.S. Rejoins the Paris
This January, almost immediately after Joseph Biden was inaugurated as the 46th U.S. president, he signed an executive order to rejoin the inter-national Paris Agreement on climate change that the pre...
