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Electrolux Settles Dryer-Fire Class Action
Jul 1, 2014 Electrolux Home Products has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit regarding fires alleged to have started in some models of its clothes dryers. Electrolux denied that the dryers were de...
Are Smart Homes Ready for Prime Time in the HVAC Industry?
1 July 2014 Last month we published an editorial titled, “Connected Homes: The HVAC Contractor Connection," in which we postulated the potential future of that market and how it could change the industry. Since we published it, there has been an increase in consumer coverage of the same topic. Interestingly, The Wall Street Journal and Time Magazine (among others) have presented very stron...
Alfa Laval wins SEK 50 million oil and gas order in the UK
30 June 2014 Alfa Laval -- a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling ? has won an order to supply compact heat exchangers to an offshore platform in the UK. The order ...
Honeywell’s UOP Helping Meet Petrochemicals Demand in China
Jun 30, 2014 China’s Wison (Nanjing) Clean Energy Co. Ltd., a Honeywell’s UOP licensee, has produced more than 360 million pounds of light olefins at a plant in Nanjing, China, using UOP’s breakthroug...
Conference Opens in Cuba on Cooling Systems and Renewable En
Havana, June 26 (PL-RHC) -- The newest developments in the world of refrigeration, air conditioning and renewable energy are on the agenda at a conference on the subject that began Wednesday. ...
Cloud-Based Home Management Projected at 44.6 Million by 201
Jun 27, 2014 The installed base of cloud-based home management services is projected to grow from 5.6 million at the end of 2013, to 44.6 million at the end of 2018, according to research firm IHS. Cloud-based home management systems are aimed at mass market adoption. They let homeowners control their home devices even when away from the home, using a smartphone, tablet, or computer. Applic...
Residential Energy Generation, Storage to Reach $71.6 Billio
26 June 2014 Boulder, Colo. -- Solar photovoltaic (PV) panels, which enable customers to generate some of their own electricity and sell unneeded power back to their utility, are just the most visible form of distributed energy resources (DER), notes Navigant Research. The growing affordability of DER technologies is altering utilities’ traditional relationship with residential customers by giving...
MHI and Toyota Tsusho Jointly Receive Order for 3 Sets of 65
Tokyo, June 26, 2014 - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and Toyota Tsusho Corporation have jointly received an order from Upper Egypt Electricity Production Company (UEEPC) for 3 sets of 650 me...
Whirlpool Integrates Washer & Dryer with Nest
Jun 25, 2014 Whirlpool Corp. is integrating some appliances with Nest devices through the Nest Developer Program. As a participant in the "Works with Nest" Program, Whirlpool Corporation will leverage Nest application programming interfaces (APIs) to create a connected home. Whirlpool brand and Nest took their first step in their collaboration with a "Works with Nest" washer and dryer that integ...
Haier Expands in Philippines
Jun 25, 2014 Officials from Haier Philippines traveled to the company’s Davao City operation last week for the opening of an expanded administrative center and showroom. The Sun Star Davao described t...
