Christmas Island HVAC News & Trends

Panasonic is delighted to be participating and sponsoring the Low Carbon Homes North East online #retrofit conference. The aim of the conference is to explore, discuss and develop local targets to help deliver climate and environmental initiatives within the North East and lower carbon emissions within the area. The event is a series of virtual sessions via the Remo platform on 28-30 September 2021, 09:00 – 11.30 am. Hostess and schedule Hosted by The North East England Climate Coalition...

The new ETS 175L and redesigned ETS 250L are the first models of the ETS L series for large chiller and heat pump applications. Designed to stand a higher minimum operating pressure drop than previous models, the two new valves offer high serviceability and are compatible with low and medium-density HFC and HFO refrigerant blends, including A2L options. Functionality The high serviceability concept makes it unnecessary to remove the valve body from the system, a...

A huge opportunity exists for installers to upskill, part-funded by the government, and provided by Panasonic in association with Optimum Energy. Take advantage of this incredible offer and book onto courses which normally cost £750 per person, for just £45 for dates throughout October. The drive to replace the huge number of fossil-fuel boilers (mains gas, oil, and LPG) currently installed in homes across the country and low carbon heating (and cooling) systems have never been mo...

Danfoss Drives., a front-runner in AC drive technology, has expanded its medium-voltage solutions portfolio with the new VACON® 1000 medium-voltage drive. Based on Danfoss’ unsurpassed experience in advanced AC drive technologies, the VACON® 1000 air-cooled MV drive is the preferred choice for industrial medium-voltage general purpose applications, especially for variable torque loads such as pumps and fans. Design and functions Available in voltages from 2.4 kV up...

Indoor air quality (IAQ) has become an area of emphasis among those in the HVAC industry and on a national level. Homes, offices, schools, and everything in between are being reevaluated with the ambition of having the best IAQ possible. Maintaining a high level of air quality is an important factor in encouraging a cleaner indoor breathing environment, which can lead to the better overall health and well-being of our families and communities. Clean air is especially important now with more wav...

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...

RectorSeal®, Houston, a manufacturer of quality HVAC/R and plumbing tools and accessories and a wholly-owned subsidiary of CSW Industrials, Inc., adds a new and improved 13-inch Big Foot® H-Frame kit to the company's expansive line of HVAC products. Big Foot 13-inch H-Frame kit The Big Foot 13-inch H-Frame kit is designed for ideal rooftop support of ancillary equipment, including ducts, pipes, and cable trays. Available in three sizes, Small, Large, and Mega, Big Foot H-Frame kits are...

A. O. Smith Corporation released details of a new analytical tool designed to help states, policymakers, utilities, installers, and consumers by analyzing energy use data to help attain achievable solutions to meet Greenhouse Gas (GHG) reduction goals for the future. The tool, as outlined in an A. O. Smith white paper entitled “Electrification of Water and Space Heating in Buildings,” provides a pragmatic roadmap to reducing GHG emissions resulting from water and space heating in bu...

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...

  Johnson Controls Chairman and CEO George Oliver will demonstrate the company’s commitment to sustainability by participating in various activities during Climate Week NYC and World Green Building Week. Oliver will join the World Economic Forum’s Agenda Dialogues on Sept. 20 at 6:30 a.m. Eastern Time to share his thoughts with a panel of business and public sector leaders. “Shaping an Equitable, Inclusive and Sustainable Recovery” is a virtual, interactive d...

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...

Carrier recently launched a new Toshiba Carrier touchscreen controller in North America for Variable Refrigerant Flow (VRF) systems, capable of connecting up to 128 indoor units to one easy-to-use interface. This new touchscreen controller allows building managers to access their entire VRF system from one central location, eliminating the need to monitor units individually. Carrier is a part of Carrier Global Corporation, the foremost global provider of healthy, safe, sustainable, and intel...

Carrier Transicold participated in the 13th annual Global Cold Chain Summit organized by the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing and the Global Cold Chain Alliance. Carrier Transicold is part of the Carrier Global Corporation, the pioneering global provider of healthy, safe, sustainable and intelligent building and cold chain solutions. More than 1,300 cold chain industry leaders gathered in Suzhou, China, to focus on the development of the cold chain and related industries, and to d...

To support the increased need for pharmaceutical transportation and e-commerce demand, Carrier Transicold launched two new products in the Citimax™ unit line. The new Citimax 1000 and Citimax 1100 units were developed to support heavy-duty refrigerated trucks with high-roof cabs. Carrier Transicold is part of the Carrier Global Corporation, the pioneering global provider of healthy, safe, sustainable and intelligent building and cold chain solutions. Since the start of the COVID-19 pand...

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...

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...

  Johnson Controls, the global pioneer for smart, healthy and sustainable buildings, will showcase its OpenBlue connected solutions that power smart, secure and sustainable buildings at the Global Security Exchange (GSX) 2021 in Orlando, FL, September 27 – 29. As part of an immersive visitor experience, attendees can interact with the leading integrated and data-powered security technologies in booth #1541. Johnson Controls experts will demonstrate how customers can deliver highly co...

The YORK® brand of Johnson Controls, the provider of smart, healthy and sustainable buildings, partners with Google Nest Pro to donate smart home products in mortgage-free homes gifted to veterans through the non-profit organization, Building Homes for Heroes. Building Homes for Heroes builds or renovates homes, and gifts them, mortgage-free, to severely wounded or disabled U.S. veterans and their families working closely with various corporate sponsors. Since 2014, YORK has partnered with...

New Baxi Multifit flue options are available as part of the Baxi Assure suite of products and services, designed to offer the complete solution for futureproof domestic hot water and heating project requirements. Developed using insight from developers, specifiers, contractors and householders, the new Baxi range of flues will help to provide solutions for different styles of housing. For high-rise buildings in particular, they will comply with the installation requirements of re...

As Statista research predicts the smart home sector will grow by 15.06% each year to a projected market volume of 9.249bn by 2025, a polymer specialist has upgraded its smart temperature control system to satisfy growing demand. To meet this demand amid the boom across residential, commercial, and mixed-use buildings, the latest upgrades to the NEA SMART 2.0 have been made to help contractors and developers deliver efficiency on each project. As building use and occupant habits...

An innovative air conditioning solution from Carrier is helping to ensure optimal ventilation and comfort in the historic Raphael Rooms. During a typical summer, the temperature in Rome can soar as high as 104°F/40°C, deciding to install air conditioning in the Raphael Rooms for the first time is an easy one. To meet the unique needs of the historic space, Carrier engineers developed and installed a custom solution utilizing a new system design that delivers heating and cooling in one-q...

Summertime is such an enjoyable moment because you get to enjoy the heat from the natural environment. The fall is here with the user but who says the party has to stop? A furnace will do the trick; it will keep them warm whenever needed. Before heating the house, the user needs to pay attention to a few things. This is in the interest of user safety and their loved ones. Relying on a poorly maintained furnace might lead to accidents that they’ll live to regret for the rest of their life....

Eurovent has published a Recommendation focusing on factors influencing the performance of Energy Recovery Components in Air Handling Units. This Code of Good Practice was developed in a joint effort by the participants of the Eurovent Product Group ‘Energy Recovery Components’ (PG-ERC). Addressing concerns The new Eurovent Recommendation 17/12 – 2021, titled ‘Factors influencing the performance of Energy Recovery Components embedded in Air Handling Units’, add...

Atos and Johnson Controls, the global front-runner for smart, healthy, and sustainable buildings, announced a global partnership. Atos and Johnson Controls will help private and public sector customers accelerate their journey to Net Zero by providing a unique set of end-to-end advisory services, digital and other key decarbonization capabilities which aims to help clients formulate and sustainably achieve their Net Zero strategy by reducing their commercial, industrial and office building car...

Hill Group scooped a prestigious 2021 Housing Design Award for its unique scheme, Knights Park in Cambridge.  The awards, which took place at Storey's Field in Eddington, are the longest-running award program in the country (1948) and the only one that sends a multidisciplinary set of judges to the shortlisted developments. Knights Park is the first-ever completed Housing Design Award entry to be recognized by Building with Nature for providing an outstanding habitat to support biodiversit...

Mitsubishi Electric Trane HVAC US (METUS), a supplier of ductless and ducted Mini-split and Variable Refrigerant Flow (VRF) heat-pump and air-conditioning systems, announces the launch of the expanded Building Connect+, a new version of the cloud-based controls and monitoring platform. Building Connect+ is a pre-engineered, cloud-based secure controls and monitoring platform for controlling and managing CITY MULTI® systems as well as third-party devices with BACnet® connectivity. Well-s...