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Isaac Heating and Air Conditioning are committed to training Isaac the best technicians in the business. To fulfill this commitment, Isaac is opening a brand new training and education facility. This new facility will provide hands-on experience with heating, A/C, electrical, and plumbing. “There isn’t a heating and air conditioning company in the country that’s doing what we’re doing,” said Ray Isaac, President. “The new Isaac Training & Education C...

Users are used to seeing Isaac’s red vans parked in the driveway or the driveways of the neighbors. But did they know that about half of Isaac’s business is supporting the heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration needs of commercial establishments? These are the stand-alone businesses, apartment buildings, restaurants, and warehouses you work in and drive by every day. Climate-conditioning services “Isaac offers expert climate-conditioning services from a new...

Sila Services LLC recently acquired Fahrenheit HVAC, adding Fahrenheit's commitment to reliably professional same-day HVAC repairs and installations to Sila's already impressive portfolio of companies. Fahrenheit has provided outstanding and affordable care to its customers for over three decades. Sila is an HVAC industry veteran, with an unwavering commitment to customer satisfaction, and has been delivering exceptional home comfort in heating, AC, plumbing and electrical services, throughout...

The Heating and Hotwater Industry Council (HHIC) is urging the government to consider the suitability of current UK domestic heating systems to facilitate the transition to Net-Zero. Retrofitting homes with low-carbon technologies, like heat pumps and hydrogen boilers, will be key to meeting the UK’s Net Zero targets. However, many of the different heating systems that circulate heat and hot water in properties are not currently appropriate for these emerging technologies, nor are they ad...

Johnson Controls, the global front-runner for smart, healthy, and sustainable buildings, announces that its industrial heat pump technology has supported Norwegian real estate company Entra ASA in securing top honors in the prestigious Heat Pump Award 2021.  Entra was awarded the accolade for a heat pump installation that has enabled its Powerhouse Brattørkaia commercial building in Trondheim, Norway, to be the first new building to achieve the Powerhouse plus energy standard, meani...

Frontier Service Partners (‘Frontier’), a newly launched residential services company is pleased to announce its partnership with Dean Fulton as founding Chief Executive Officer (‘CEO’). Dean is an industry veteran with over 30 years in the residential HVAC and plumbing industry, most recently at Hiller Plumbing, Heating and Cooling where he served as Chief Operating Officer & Vice President of Sales. Prior to Hiller, Dean was a General Manager for ~20 years at Servi...

Frontier Service Partners (‘Frontier’), a newly launched residential services company is pleased to announce its partnership with Tim O’Reilly as founding Chief Financial Officer ('CFO'). Tim is a Chartered Professional Accountant with experience in the residential HVAC and plumbing industry, most recently at Del-Air Heating and Air Conditioning where he served as CFO. “Frontier is pleased to welcome Tim O’Reilly to the team,” said Eugene Polevoy, Principal a...

Rising popularity of district heating developments across the UK as a means of decarbonizing heat in buildings has highlighted the importance of training across the supply chain, according to a polymer pipework specialist. This follows the release of the CP1 (2020) Heat Networks Code of Practice by the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) and the Association for Decentralised Energy (ADE). Guidance provided by the publication advocates the need for further training in th...

EDF Renewables is announcing that its onshore development pipeline in Ireland has now grown to almost 1GW, enough to power up to 600,000 homes. The number of projects has expanded rapidly over the past few months and the company plans to have up to 500MW of onshore wind and solar projects operational by 2030. This is in addition to its flagship Codling Wind Park project, a joint venture between EDF Renewables and Fred. Olsen Renewables off the coast of Wicklow, which will be one of Ireland's la...

Aggreko, the provider of mobile, modular power, temperature control, and energy services announces that it has exceeded a record of 2GW of live gas generation capacity. A key driver for achieving this milestone is increased demand for flare gas to power projects, as well as Aggreko’s innovative approach to monetizing stranded gas assets.  flare gas to power generation solutions With a global focus on flaring reduction spearheaded by initiatives such as the World Bank’s Global...

A machine works at its best, when it is running at most of its potential. It all boils down to its efficiency, reliability, and service. Typically, people tend to forgo the factors that help it functional hassle-freely. The maintenance factors are conducive to any system’s successful and lifelong functioning. Commercial Refrigeration Similarly, a commercial refrigeration system needs regular maintenance, in order to check premature system failure. Fortunately, the process is relatively q...

Commercial walk-in coolers are one of the most expensive kitchen equipment. As much as they are high-priced to purchase and install, they are costly to repair or replace as well. Therefore, it takes a great amount of thought into whether scrap this heavy investment. Reportedly, once this cooler turns ten years old, it ceases to perform efficiently. That’s when either the need to repair or completely replace it arises. But, both are not the correct options, simultaneously. Thus, the follow...

Jobber, the provider of home service management software, announces the recipients of its $150,000 grant program, Boost by Jobber. Thirty small businesses were selected from thousands of applications and received funds ranging between $1,500 to $20,000 USD. “From experienced entrepreneurs to those starting a new career in home service, all our Boost by Jobber recipients are unique—but the incredible impact they’re making on their local communities is something they all share,&...

Ofgem has appointed Shell Energy to take on supplying Green Supplier Limited’s (‘Green’) approximately 255,000 domestic customers, and a small number of non-domestic customers. This follows a competitive process run by Ofgem to get the best deal possible for customers. Outstanding credit balances, including money owed to both existing and former domestic customers of Green Supplier Limited, will also be honored. Domestic customers will also be protected by...

Did homeowners know that they could change the temperature on hot water heater? The maximum temperature on most water heaters is 140 degrees Fahrenheit. There’s some disagreement among experts on whether it’s best to set it at 140 degrees, or at 120 degrees. Ultimately, it will depend on what’s right for them and their family. In the meantime, let’s take a look at the arguments for both. 120 Degrees Because of the energy involved in heating water, setting the heater...

Ofgem has appointed Octopus Energy to take on supplying Avro Energy’s approximately 580,000 domestic customers. This follows a competitive process run by Ofgem to get the best deal possible for customers. Outstanding credit balances, including money owed to both existing and former domestic customers of Avro Energy, will also be honored. Domestic customers will also be protected by the energy price cap with their new supplier. continuous energy supplies For existing&...

Of the many benefits of improved building ventilation and filtration, cognitive functioning is among them. This is the finding of the COGfx Study 3: Global Buildings conducted by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Global Health. The school’s research on how IAQ affects occupants’ cognitive performance spans a decade. The most recent study found that green buildings lead to the higher cognitive performance of occupants. The test, conducted on 302 office workers in the US, UK,...

Heatmasters has been a service company since its beginning 45 years ago. With the new service model, they expand their scope of services beyond heat treatment to various kinds of other industrial services. Integrated process model Heatmasters service center in Turku, Finland, has piloted for a couple of years an integrated process model, where Heatmasters picks up the valve frames from a manufacturer, performs annealing to the frames at Heatmasters’ service center, then transports the g...

For more than two decades Heatmasters have been at the forefront regarding temperature control systems for metal’s heat treatment applications. Everyone in business is familiar with Heatmasters’ legendary Rigel26 controller and HM20/25 temperature control program. This technology has proven to be excellent in both accuracy and ease of use. Alongside Rigel/HM25, Heatmasters is working with various PLC (programmable logic) and industrial computer-based solutions for temperature contro...

There are different kinds of heaters and heating elements for different needs. Insulated VET-preheaters are suitable for the preheating of flat or round workpieces and are easy to use. The thermal insulation is part of the element. Fixing onto the workpiece is simple and fast using steel banding or clamping magnets. VHV-heating mats are suitable for preheating, post-weld, heat treatments process heating, etc. VHV-heating elements are used for flat or round workpieces. VHVP-heating mats are abou...

Johnson Controls, the global front-runner for smart, healthy, and sustainable buildings, announced it has signed a joint development agreement with Phylagen, a leading biotechnology company in the field of microbiome optimization of indoor environments. Through this agreement, which includes a strategic investment in Phylagen, the companies are developing cutting-edge technology that leverages the science of building microbiomes to advance the future of healthy buildings. Indoor health and saf...

Aggreko, the global pioneer in mobile and modular energy solutions, is partnering with TEDxGlasgow, the grassroots initiative created in the spirit of TED’s overall mission to research and discover ideas worth spreading.   net zero business Aggreko, which is Glasgow headquartered, is a Principal Partner for TEDxGlasgow which aims to put a spotlight on the best ideas across Scotland and amplify them to a global audience in the hope of bringing about systematic change. This is t...

Delta T Equipment announced its third appearance on the Houston Business Journal’s annual Fast 100 List. Published in September each year, the list ranks the fastest-growing companies in the Houston area. In 2010, the locally owned company made the list for the first time at #22. Then in 2018, it placed #32. In 2021, with 50.42% revenue growth over a two-year period, it came in at #65. Fast 100 List Houston Business Journal’s Fast 100 List honors businesses that have experienced o...

Schneider Electric™, the front-runner in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, has been awarded ‘Sustainable Infrastructure Vendor of the Year’ at the CRN Tech Impact Awards 2021. The award recognizes the company’s leadership in developing sustainable and energy-efficient technologies for data centers and edge computing environments, and its proven track record in helping partners and customers deliver solutions that address the crucial issues...

Carrier Global Corporation announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Nlyte Software (“Nlyte”), a front-runner in Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) software. Nlyte’s proven data center expertise will expand Carrier’s HVAC business’s access to the growing DCIM segment, complement its differentiated Automated Logic Controls business to create integrated customer solutions, and help fulfill its strategic focus on sustainable and intelligent solu...

In a joint statement, the Dutch company - Koelplan and the internationally active family business - Viessmann announced that both are entering into a strategic partnership in the Netherlands. The aim of the partnership is to expand Koelplans’ growth in the installation and service of air conditioning, heat pump, and air treatment installations. For Viessmann, headquartered in Germany, the collaboration will lead to better market access in the Netherlands and the expansion of its acti...

For the second time in 2021, the award ceremony of the Federal Award UMWELT & BAUEN (Federal Award Environment & Building) took place after the response was so enormous in 2020. Among the approximately 30 participants, the new building of the vocational school center in Mühldorf is Inn was chosen as the winner. Federal Award UMWELT & BAUEN At the beginning of September, the Federal Award UMWELT & BAUEN (Federal Award Environment & Building) was presented by the Federa...

Ecotricity began with a mission to replace electricity made by burning fossil fuels with green energy. It succeeded and aims to replace fossil fuel natural gas with sustainable green gas. Ecotricity launched its latest campaign with the Daily Express, it’s a campaign to save its gas boilers from the government. And they plan to replace them all with heat pumps. carbon zero for heating homes Ecotricity founder, Dale Vince, explains how users can go carbon zero for heating homes quicker a...

The German government has made the use of new oil heating systems considerably more difficult. In addition, oil – compared with other energy sources - has by far the highest CO2 emissions and thus, the highest CO2 tax burden. In many cases, gas is therefore currently the preferred energy source for the heating market because gas is more climate-friendly than other fossil fuels, and the required heating technology is proven and cost-effective. Gas solutions can be used directly with renewa...

A survey ordered by Vaisala, a measurement technology company, shows that people would feel safer with more data on Indoor Air Quality (IAQ). The survey, which included over 4,000 respondents in the USA, France, Germany, and Finland, was conducted in the summer of 2021, studying people’s concerns regarding indoor air during the COVID-19 pandemic. More than one-third of the respondents are concerned about the indoor air quality in their place of work, and more than half said that concerns...