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2014.09.29

Samsung Expanding AC Business in North America with Quietsid

Samsung has acquired Quietside, a U.S.-based company that specializes in distributing air conditioner units, to help grow its air conditioning business in North America. Quietside has been the ...

2014.09.29

Emerson to Address EPA Refrigerant Alternatives Public Rule

Emerson Climate Technologies is preparing an industry communication to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) recent Notice of Public Rule (NOPR) that will delist some refrigerants commonly used in supermarkets, condensing units and commercial refrigeration equipment. Emerson Climate Technologies will also work with industry organizations to draft comments to this NOPR in a timely manner. &nb...

2014.09.15

WEEC Attendees Learn from Trane How to'Hear' a Building and

Trane showcasing solutions to help customers optimize energy savings Washington, D.C., Sept. 26, 2014 - Trane, a leading global provider of indoor comfort solutions and services and a brand of ...

2014.09.30

Honeywell Materials Help Mobile Devices Stay Cool; Perform B

09/26/2014 Leading mobile electronics manufacturers are using Honeywell’s thermal interface materials (TIMs) to dissipate the intense heat produced by increasingly powerful chips at the heart of these...

2014.09.29

EcoFactor Appoints Matthew Plante as CEO

26 September 2014 REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- EcoFactorR, a provider of cloud-based home energy management services, has announced the appointment of Matthew Plante as chief executive officer. Plante joins EcoFactor from Bidgely, where he served as vice president of sales. The company said Plante will be responsible for accelerating market adoption of EcoFactor and setting the company’s vision as it m...

2014.09.28

DOE Denies AHRI’s Petition for Reconsideration of Walk-in Co

26 September 2014 WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a pre-publication Federal Register notice in response to the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute’s (AHRI’s) petition for reconsideration of DOE’s final rule on energy efficiency standards for walk-in coolers and freezers (WICFs). DOE announced it is denying the petition. AHRI sought reconsidera...

2014.09.28

PPC Launches Energy Management Services with Enerit Partner

September 25, 2014 McLEAN, Va. -- PPC has announced plans for a comprehensive suite of energy management services for industry and public sector clients, called EMneXus. As a part of these plans, PPC signed a partner agreement with energy management software company Enerit to offer clients an energy management-as-a-service model based on the ISO 50001 energy management system standard. PPC’...

2014.09.28

ABM Promotes Three Executives

September 25, 2014 NEW YORK -- ABM, a leading provider of facility solutions, has announced three executive promotions, two to executive vice president and one to senior vice president. Scott Salmirs has been promoted to executive vice president, ABM Industries, from his prior position as executive vice president, ABM Onsite Services - Northeast. Sarah Hlavinka McConnell, general counsel and cor...

2014.09.27

HVACR Associations Organize Global Refrigerant Management In

September 25, 2014 NEW YORK -- Three of the world’s leading HVACR associations, the Alliance for Responsible Atmospheric Policy, Air-Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI), and Brazilian Association for HVAC-R (ABRAVA), announced the formation of the Global Refrigerant Management Initiative at the United Nations Secretary-General’s Climate Summit. The organizations noted t...

2014.09.17