RAC/PAC
Mitsubishi Electric Wins Honorable Mention in Heating Catego
Mitsubishi Electric US, Cooling and Heating won Honorable Mention for Hyper-Heating inverter (H2i) MSZFH06 single-zone heat pump system in the Heating category. The new MSZ-FH family of hyper-h...
Sharp to Update Ductless Mini-Split Lineup in North America
Sharp will unveiled its updated lineup of ductless mini-splits for the 2016 North American market, with the new models capable of operating down to -4°F (-20℃). Sharp is also planning to add another l...
LG to Feature Cassette Grille and Temperature Sensor
At the AHR Expo 2016, LG will introduce a new 2 × 2 ft (about 60 × 60 cm) 4-way cassette grille that eliminates the typical 4-way cassette design problem of the indoor unit’s grille overlapping with t...
2016 AHR Expo to Showcase HVAC&R Industry’s Latest
The International Air-Conditioning, Heating, Refrigerating Exposition (AHR Expo) will be held from January 25 to 27, 2016, at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida, the United States...
DencoHappel Installs AHUs at Strasbourg Library
The National University Library in Strasbourg has been extensively renovated and is now equipped with DencoHappel air handling units (AHUs). The relative humidity inside France’s second largest library is maintained at 45 to 65% in order to optimally preserve the 3 million books and documents. Four geothermal heat pumps have been installed, and the water extracted from the ground is continu...
Rooftop Market Soars in EMEA
The Eurovent survey records total sales of rooftops in 2014 as 67,000 units - 12% more than the year before. The Middle Eastern countries are the main buyers at 80% of the total with Saudi Arabia being the principal destination followed by the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Growth in these two countries was 35% and 7%, respectively. For Europe, the largest markets are in France, Spain, Turkey, and It...
BIM - A Slow Take-off
Building Information Modelling (BIM) - hailed as the future computer- based design tool for coordinating mechanical and electrical services in building architecture - is not likely to meet the 2016 deadline set by the UK government for its use by heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) and electrical systems designers. A recent survey found that over half the industry was ‘not full...
Fujitsu General Do Brasil Exhibits Inverter AC Lineup at FEB
Fujitsu General Do Brasil, Fujitsu General’s sales company for the Latin American market, exhibited a wide range of inverter air conditioners from residential to commercial models at FEBRAVA 2015, hel...
AC Distributor System Breaking Down in China
Reported by Zhang Yanbin, All View Consulting Since the beginning of Chinese HVAC&R market growth, the industry has adopted a distributor system. The system, however, subsequently shifted to mass ...
Changing Marketing Channels for ACs
Large changes are underway in the marketing of home appliances and electronics. To give a few examples, companies are withdrawing from or spinning off businesses at the manufacturer level, the share o...
