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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...
DOE to Hold Public Meeting on Test Procedures for WICF Refri
10/02/2014 The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 22, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Washington, District of Columbia, to discuss a variety of issues related to the testing and calculation of the energy efficiency of refrigeration systems used in walk-in coolers and walk-in freezers (collectively, “walk-ins” or “WICFs”). In addition, DOE plans to broadcast the...
University of Industrial Distribution Changes Name
10/02/2014 ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- The University of Industrial Distribution (UID), an educational program focused on serving the wholesale distribution industry, announced that it has officially changed its name to the University of Innovative Distribution (UID). Founded in 1994, UID is sponsored and managed by 35 leading industry trade associations and has served over 9,000 attendees in its 21 year hi...
Honeywell Alarm Management Reaches Milestone; Makes 100 Oper
10/02/2014 Honeywell Process Solutions announced today that its DynAMo? alarm management technology is improving safety and productivity at more than 100 process plants and pipelines around the world ...
DOE Updates National Reference Standard For Commercial Build
Oct 2, 2014 ATLANTA - Following preliminary analysis that ASHRAE/IES’s 2013 energy efficiency standard contains energy savings over the 2010 standard - 8.5 percent source energy savings and 7.6 site e...
World Resources Institute and Johnson Controls launch new Bu
New partnership will advance global solutions for greater building efficiency in cities WASHINGTON, Oct. 2, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Johnson Controls, a global multi-industrial company, and the World Reso...
Ingersoll Rand Declares Quarterly Dividend
Swords, Ireland, October 2, 2014 - Ingersoll-Rand plc’s Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.25 cents per ordinary share, payable December 31, 2014, to shareholders of record on December 12, 2014. Ingersoll Rand (NYSE:IR), a world leader in creating comfortable, sustainable and efficient environments, has paid consecutive quarterly cash dividends on its common shares since...
Service Experts Acquires A-Plus AC of Maryland
2 October 2014 Service Experts currently offers service in the Richmond (Eveready Service Experts) and Salem, Virginia markets and in Gaithersburg, MD (Parker-Pearce Service Experts), but there is no overlap with the A-Plus service area, which includes Montgomery, Prince George’s and Charles counties in Maryland, as well as Fairfax, Arlington, Prince William and Loudoun counties in Virginia. ...
2014 Design/Build Awards: Pre-fab a Winner!
2 October 2014 Taking on the largest, most ambitious project in a company’s history from three states away, on a tight time frame would cause sufficient stress for most HVAC contractors. But to have t...
