China
Guangdong to Boost Urban Rail Transportation
According to the recently released ‘12th Five-year Plan of Guangdong Province Hybrid Transportation System Development,’ the province is expected to have 189 key transportation projects during the 12th Five-year Plan period with a total investment of RMB 1.98 trillion. Firstly, RMB 1.07 trillion invested in the project. The focus of the plan is on urban and intercity rail transportation. Guangdong...
AC Manufacturers Agree on HCFC Elimination
On December 12, four air conditioner enterprises in industrial and commercial sectors including Gree signed an agreement on HCFC phase-out. Representatives from the Foreign Cooperation Center of Minis...
Shanghai Floor Heating Market Being Hot
Since 1996, countries taking the lead in floor heating application such as Korea, Germany and Italy have all built up factories in Shanghai to introduce floor heating projects. Specific state-run institutions and enterprises in floor heating manufacturing and installation have also been set up. Floor heating has gradually entered people’s life in terms of its impact and application. In 2001, 98% o...
Shandong Promotes Ground-source Heat Pump
Shandong has constructed an area of 330 million m2 for a solar energy application, and the completed building area for ground-source heat pump applications has reached over 30 million m2, leading the whole nation in technology research and industry development of recyclable energy applications. In terms of solar energy building integration application, Shandong has organized a technical so...
New Year’s Resolutions from Global Association Leaders -- CR
Zhang Zhaohui , secretary general of the China Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Industry Association (CRAA, China) Dear international friends, on the occasion of the coming New Year, I would ...
Seeking Central and Western Market in China
The new Chinese government has reiterated its support of financial policy designed to expand the economy and improve people’s lives. In 2012, China’s urbanization rate exceeded 50% for the first time....
Aseair Wins North Korean Project
Aseair Heat Pump has won the commercial hot water project for a government office building in North Korea. This project adopts an Aseair heat pump water heater and is now under installation and commis...
Disposal Method for Household Appliances to be Regulated
On December 17, 2012, the Ministry of Commerce released the ‘Regulation of recycling abandoned electrical appliances and electronic products (draft),’ and posted it for public opinion. According to the regulation, the state will keep records for the recycling abandoned electrical appliances and electronic products. Business owners must establish a tracking system for recycling and hand-over...
Bingxiong Develops Threetemperature Refrigeration Car
The three-temperature car developed by Henan Bingxiong put into operation at the end of 2012. This car is tailormade by the Bingxiong Group for UK chain store Tesco, and utilized in three temperature ...
AC&R Energy Saving New Technology Seminar
On December 5, 2012, the China Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Energy Saving New Technology Seminar was held in Xi’an. Representatives from Shaanxi Province, building energy saving experts and scholars from Tsinghua University, members of the National Development and Reform Committee and over 30 provinces and cities discussed the green building revolution along with the process of urbanization....
