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In Västerås, Mälarenergi is building Europe’s largest hot water reservoir in a rock cavern. The reservoir will hold 300,000 cubic meters of water, which can cover the district heating requirements in the city for up to two weeks. FVB has been commissioned by Energiforsk to conduct a technical follow-up of the reservoir.  Clean-up The rock cavern was formerly an emergency reservoir for fuel oil but was shut down in 1985. It is being turned into a huge hot water reser...

Energy Solutions announced that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has completed its review of the License Termination request for the La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor (LACBWR) Decommissioning project located in Genoa, Wisconsin. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NRC has approved the request for Energy Solutions to finalize documentation for the plant’s license transfer back to Dairyland Power. NRC completes review of License Termination request “We appreciate the NRC’...

Following comments made in the Sunday Telegraph (26.2.2023), the Chief Executive of energy trade body, Energy and Utilities Alliance (EUA), has written to the Minister asking for urgent clarification of Government policy. In the newspaper article, Lord Callanan states, “Nobody’s going to be forced to ditch their boiler” and that forcing “Households to replace gas boilers with heat pumps would be against the British character.” Fossil fuel boilers While agreeing...

Danfoss’ EnVisioneering Exchange podcast series, now in its third season, continues to explore the megatrends shaping our future with a lineup of guests from all facets of the HVACR industry. February’s episodes feature discussions on heat pumps, their role in decarbonization, and how the industry and policymakers can encourage their adoption. The Role of Heat Pumps in Decarbonization In “The Role of Heat Pumps in Decarbonization,” released on February 2, Steve Nadel,...

EBRS government scheme will provide energy bill relief for all non-domestic customers in Great Britain, with discounts applying initially for the period between 1 October 2022 and 31 March 2023, after which further support will be subject to a review by HM Government. Eligibility Those eligible for the EBRS include: Businesses. Voluntary sector organizations, such as charities. Public sector organizations such as schools, hospitals, and care homes. Who are: On existing fixed price c...

Johnson Controls, the pioneer for smart, healthy and sustainable buildings, has been recognized by LexisNexis as one of the world's most innovative companies in its latest report, ‘Innovation Momentum 2023: The Global Top 100.’ Top 100 recognizes companies advancing innovative solutions to challenges and laying the intellectual property foundations for further breakthroughs. "We are accelerating our pace of innovation to achieve Johnson Controls' vision of smart, autonomous building...

Jobber, the provider of operations management software for home service businesses, announced the availability of three new YouTube Series: “Ask a Business Mentor,” “Shop Talk,” and “Jobber Academy” video series with episodes already available to stream on Jobber’s YouTube channel. Each series will continue to release episodes on a bi-weekly basis during their seasons, which will consist of 8-12 episodes. YouTube series Jobber’s YouTube vide...

Danfoss has announced it is accepting entries for its fourteenth annual EnVisioneer of the Year award competition. competition and participation criteria  Launched in 2010, the competition recognizes North American original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), building owners, municipalities, contractors, consulting engineers, system integrators, and end users that have introduced a new product, opened a new facility, or invested in a building or system upgrade in the past 18 months using Danf...

Interplay Learning, the provider of online and virtual reality training for the essential skilled trades, is partnering with Warren Central High School in Vicksburg, Mississippi, to enhance the school’s career technical education (CTE) academy program and fast-track students’ hands-on introduction to career pathways in the construction industry.  technical education Through the partnership, ninth-grade students in the WCHS Architecture, Construction, Mechatronics, and Engineer...

Petri Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Drain Cleaning, a family-owned home service company serving Brooklyn and Manhattan since 1906, has hired experienced installation and service manager Michael Blouin as its new HVAC manager to oversee the company’s heating and air division. professional experience “Mike brings years of professional experience in all aspects of the heating and air conditioning service industry to Petri, and we’re happy to have him on board,” said Mic...

Paschal Air, Plumbing & Electric, a provider of HVAC, plumbing and electrical home services, is proud to announce the expansion of their operations to the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex with the acquisition of Walker Air, Plumbing & Electric.  Headquartered in Arlington, and with locations in Dallas, Frisco and Denton, Walker Air, Plumbing & Electric has proudly served the DFW Metroplex since 1963 through the Metro Energy Savers, Big Bear Air Conditioning & Heating, and North...

Facilities can get a more complete picture of the life cycle stage of their AC drives with Danfoss’ DrivePro® Site Assessment. Part of the DrivePro® Life Cycle suite of services, site assessment provides facility owners and managers with the opportunity to plan for future maintenance, retrofits, and upgrades based on their exact needs. DrivePro® Site Assessment In order to optimize their maintenance strategy and improve uptime, facility managers need to plan ahead. DrivePro&...

With rising energy costs and gas boilers to be banned in all new homes by 2025, before being phased out completely by 2033, heat pumps are currently hot news for home owners looking to replace their heating and hot water systems. Information on this popular renewable technology is in demand and so Panasonic has launched a radio campaign with Bauer Media and talkSPORT to give home owners a simple way to learn more on how heat pumps can turn energy from outside into warmth inside. High demand fo...

The energy trade body, the Energy and Utilities Alliance (EUA) has called for the Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS) to end, likening it to a ‘sick dog that needs to be put down.’ EUA’s Chief Executive, Mike Foster, made this call following another poor take-up of subsidized heat pumps in January and after Parliament was told that any underspend on the scheme cannot be rolled forward to the following year, but will instead be clawed back by the Treasury. Policy flaws Mike Foster sa...

Danfoss is partnering with retail technology company - Lizard Monitoring to aid North American retailers with their Zero Food Waste (ZFW) goals. Lizard complements Danfoss’ Alsense monitoring suite to ensure continuous temperature monitoring, providing store managers and food safety executives with detailed data on refrigeration performance and environmental compliance. Globally, if food waste could be represented as its own country, it would be the third largest greenhouse gas emitter, b...

Franklin Electric Co., Inc. recently announced its planned expansion to its line of condensate pumps with the introduction of the VCMA-20-PRO series. With the slimmest footprint of all Little Giant condensate pumps, the VCMA-20-PRO Series offers the broadest range of installation flexibility, allowing for critical condensate removal from air conditioning, refrigeration, and dehumidification equipment even in tight spaces. The pump is also suitable for high efficiency oil and gas-fired condensi...

Carrier announces the availability of the lower global warming potential (GWP) 515B refrigerant in its award-winning AquaEdge® 19MV oil-free water-cooled chiller. Carrier is a part of Carrier Global Corporation, the global provider of healthy, safe, sustainable and intelligent building and cold chain solutions. “The AquaEdge 19MV is leading the industry in reliability, performance and best-in-segment efficiency for sustainable building applications in its category,” said Tom Fra...

Air Movement and Control Association (AMCA) International Inc. have announced the publication of ANSI/AMCA Standard 230-23, ‘Laboratory Methods of Testing Air Circulating Fans for Rating and Certification’. ANSI/AMCA Standard 230-23 Superseding the ANSI/AMCA Standard 230-15, the ANSI/AMCA Standard 230-23 establishes uniform methods of laboratory testing air-circulating fans to determine performance for rating or certification purposes. It applies to electrically-powered air-circul...

Interplay Learning, the provider of online and virtual reality training for the essential skilled trades, announces the availability of a technology-driven apprenticeship program for employers in the skilled trades.  Giving employers the opportunity to join Interplay Learning’s DOL Apprenticeship Program as a Participating Employer enables them to create a better-trained workforce and increase employee retention while eliminating the traditional complexities of managing their own for...

In less than four years, the movement to eliminate pollution from buildings has prompted societal-scale changes and technological innovations that have swept across the U.S., forever changing the spaces in which Americans live, work and play. That’s according to a new report published from the Building Decarbonization Coalition. Innovation Acceleration: How building decarbonization has transformed the U.S. building sector in just four years tells how a combination of bold policy actions...

Ideal Heating – Commercial Products is the proud sponsor of the Engineer of the Year Award at this year’s Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) Building Performance Awards. The CIBSE Building Performance Awards recognize the people, products and projects that demonstrate engineering excellence in the built environment. They are the only industry awards that focus on actual, measured performance outcomes, and not just design intent or performance specifications...

Johnson Controls-Hitachi has introduced airCore, the first line of precision air conditioner (PAC) heat pump systems in the U.S. to use R-32 refrigerant. R-32 is a refrigerant with low global warming potential that produces fewer greenhouse gas emissions than R-410A. Low-GWP refrigerants such as R-32 reduce the impact of heating and cooling equipment on the environment and can meet upcoming refrigerant regulations. Many states, such as California, have already established regulations that will...

Demand is growing for energy-efficient cooling technology. Danfoss is ramping up production to match the needs of the market. Danfoss is witnessing tremendous growth in demand for cooling technology from the United States market and is announcing the construction of a new compressor and sensor manufacturing facility in Apodaca, Mexico. New compressor and sensor manufacturing facility The new expansion will produce medium and large scroll compressors, pressure sensors for HVAC/R, and A2L leak...

Johnson Controls (JCI), the globally renowned company for smart, healthy, and sustainable buildings, is again named a global climate leader by the Climate Disclosure Project (CDP), an independent not-for-profit organization that drives sustainable global economic development through environmental disclosure for companies and governments. Johnson Controls is recognized at the leadership level for its environmental best practices. The company received an overall score of A- and an A score for gov...

Thermo King is a globally renowned company in developing future-focused technology for the transportation industry. Their commitment to developing innovative and sustainable solutions that helps allow for the safe transport of temperature-critical cargo extends to the environmental impacts of their people, operations, products and services to create a better planet for future generations. Thermo King’s Power and Energy team A strong workforce is the key to the continued development of s...

Aircuity, the globally renowned company in creating healthy and sustainable buildings announced a new partnership agreement with Faulkner Haynes & Associates, a premier HVAC solution provider in the Carolinas. The agreement positions Faulkner Haynes as an Aircuity representative, for all of North Carolina and South Carolina, providing energy, air quality and carbon reduction solutions for the region’s university, life science, K-12, healthcare and commercial office markets. Aircuity...

One method for improving the quality of indoor air in buildings is through better ventilation. Limiting the circulation of airborne pollutants indoors benefits the safety and health of building occupants. In fact, long before the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic, research proved the value of outdoor air ventilation and the related practice of air filtration. A recent review of state policy strategies to improve ventilation in schools highlights its importance. Several prescriptive services and...

As part of its global Planet Proposition sustainability initiative, Armstrong Fluid Technology announced that the company has now helped customers worldwide save more than 2.5 billion kWh of electricity with an estimated value of over $300 million since 2007. These energy-savings averted nearly 2.5 million tons of CO2 emissions, which is equivalent to taking 485,000 cars off the road for one year.  “Armstrong began projecting customers’ energy savings 15 years ago, as part of t...

At the beginning of the first UK Hydrogen Week, a heating and hot water solutions provider has called for the industry to respond to the Government’s pivotal Improving boiler standards and efficiency consultation. Setting out the next steps for home heating decarbonization, the consultation covers a range of topics around natural gas boiler installations, heating controls, the potential role for hybrid heat pumps in the future, and a proposal for mandating ‘hydrogen-ready’ boi...

Resideo Technologies, Inc., a renowned global provider of solutions for energy management, home comfort, security, and safety, announced a partnership with A. O. Smith, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of water heaters, in order to help customers reduce demand on the electric grid during peak times. Resideo Grid Services Resideo Grid Services manages ‘bring your own device’ demand response programs on behalf of more than 27 U.S. utilities, retail energy providers and...