RAC/PAC
Voltas Launches Air Coolers
Voltas, a leading room air conditioner brand in India, has launched Fresh-Air Coolers, with features such as honeycomb cooling pads, carbonized dust filters, and powerful airflow. Explaining the reason for introducing these products, Pradeep Bakshi, president and chief operating officer of the Unitary Products Business Group and Mining and Construction Equipment Division, said that the products wi...
When Will R290 RACs Be Available?
In the phase-out of R22 refrigerant in China, the room air conditioner (RAC) industry has chosen environmentally friendly R290 (propane) to replace R22. In recent months, JARN has reported that Chines...
Friedrich Air Conditioning Donation Benefits Chicago and Pie
Jul 16, 2015 Friedrich Air Conditioning, the San Antonio-based manufacturer of room air conditioners, announced it had made donations of air conditioning units to an historic Chicago theater and a San...
Electrolux in great ac give-away
July 15, 2015 USA: Electrolux is giving away hundreds of air conditioners to needy US inhabitants facing unrelenting heat. The company has announced the donation of nearly 1,000 room air condit...
Bookings open for ARBS 2016
14 Jul 2015 Seminar program to be finalised Bookings for ARBS 2016 opened to an unprecedented response this week. The show - Australia’s only international air conditioning, refrigeration and building services trade exhibition - will be held from May 17-19, 2016 at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre (MCEC). Interest from hundreds of previous ARBS exhibitors has once aga...
Carrier to Celebrate Environmental Milestone on Anniversary
July 14, 2015 Farmington, Conn. On the 113th anniversary of Dr. Willis H. Carrier’s invention of modern air conditioning, Carrier will celebrate another milestone: 175 million metric tons of avoided g...
2015 Quality Home Comfort Awards: From Ordinary to Exception
14 July 2015 Occasionally, “comfort” can be misunderstood to be a lifestyle perk that’s only available to a chosen few. But the reality is that quality home and building comfort, through the applicati...
The Pope is Wrong about Air Conditioning
14 July 2015 There was a time when Carrier Corp. would host energy efficiency conferences to which it would invite all of the major trade, housing and shelter magazines. That was when Rick Fedrizzi was still at Carrier. In fact, the U.S. Green Building Council was formed out of a discussion at one of the events at Lake Tahoe. Carrier would invite speakers such as Amory Lovins of the Rocky M...
2015 Quality Home Comfort Awards: Offering Options Brings in
14 July 2015 For the past 15 or so years, a 4-ton Trane XL1200 provided cooling and heating comfort toMr. and Mrs. Bruce Christopherson of Castroville, TX. When that unit’s days were over, he told Tim...
'CSR Report 2015' for the Daikin Group
13 July 2015 Daikin Industries, Ltd. has issued its Japanese edition of "CSR Report 2015" summarizing CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) activities in the Daikin Group from April 2014 to March 2015...
