Monaco HVAC News & Trends

In line with the timing of Big Energy Saving Week, Baxi has compiled its list of top tips for educating homeowners in managing their energy usage and minimizing utility costs. As homeowners crank up the heating and keep the lights on for longer during the winter season, these increases in usage can have a significant impact on monthly costs, which are only exacerbated as UK energy prices continue to soar. Following are the ten top tips: Boiler replacement If the boiler in a home is...

U.S.-based Dexwet Holdings (Dexwet), a global innovative air filtration and technology company, announced its new filter technology will be available in Nigeria due to a new partnership with Lumnar, a Nigerian company providing green solutions for healthy living. Dexwet Pure Air Filters are uniquely engineered and scientifically proven to trap dust, pollen, and airborne particles without reducing airflow on many types of air exchanges. Lumnar will serve as Dexwet’s territory partner...

Ruskin has announced the release of the new EME620DD and BLD723 louvers, which are wind-driven rain AMCA certified louvers, made for exceptional protection against water, air, and wind penetration. EME620DD louver The EME620DD louver from Ruskin is a newly designed, 6" deep, horizontally bladed louver, which is specially designed for building applications that require wind driven rain protections. BLD723 bold line drainable louver Ideal for architects, who want to make a design statement, th...

Viessmann, the renowned family-led business firm, is committed to creating excellent employee conditions and providing employees with the best possible support in their everyday endeavors.  After a three-month certification process, the Top Employers Institute has certified Viessmann as a Top Employer 2022 in Germany and therefore, as a highly attractive employer. Recognition criteria The Top Employers Institute examined the participating employers in six overarching HR dimensions and 20...

The Brick Consortium, Inc. (The Brick Consortium), the non-profit membership-led organization that sponsors and encourages the research and development (R&D) of the open source - Brick schema specifications for the built environment, has announced that five companies have joined on as inaugural members: Carrier Corporation (Carrier), Clockworks Analytics, Johnson Controls, Mapped, and Schneider Electric. These commercial members join academic members, who hail from Carnegie Mellon Universit...

The internationally active Viessmann Group has taken a majority stake in Pacifica Home Services Ltd. (PHS), simultaneously backing the reinvestment of the management team. The deal includes the acquisition of Oakes Energy Services Ltd (Oakes Energy), which will be integral to the development of the new business. Pacifica Home Services Ltd. (PHS) is based in Durham, United Kingdom and well known to end-customers within the UK, under the brand - 0800 Repair. The Management team from PHS will stay...

Thermon Group Holdings, (the "Company," "Thermon," "we" or "our") announced that Roberto Kuahara will join the Company as Senior Vice President, Operations, effective February, 14, 2022, concurrent with Rene van der Salm, the Company's Senior Vice President, Operations, stepping down from that role. Years of experience Mr. Kuahara joins the Company from SPM Oil & Gas, Inc., a subsidiary of Caterpillar, Inc., where he serves as the Vice President of Manufacturing and Supply Chain, Continuou...

Electric circulation heaters are very versatile and useful process heaters. Common applications will flow liquids or gasses through the heater and provide very stable reliable temperatures for these processes. The exchange of heat is dependent upon the liquid flowing, the flow rate, and the residence time or time through the heater. Many critical processes require heat to be created and passed to the process. Most of these are flowing, and the tried and true method of doing this is with a shell...

SPX Cooling Technologies, Inc., a full-line, full-service industry front-runner in the design and manufacture of evaporative cooling towers and air-cooled heat exchangers, announces the SGS PC Series Industrial Evaporator, an airside product for industrial refrigeration. SGS Refrigeration, Inc. was acquired by SPX Cooling Technologies in 2019. Features The PC Series Evaporator supports large freezers/coolers for penthouse and carcass chilling. The extensive product line offers over 100 models...

SPX Cooling Technologies, Inc., a full-line, full-service industry front-runner in the design and manufacture of specialized heat exchangers, introduces the SGS brand IEC evaporative condenser, a blow-through condensing unit for industrial refrigeration applications, specifically designed and built to simplify installation for contractors and provide robust componentry and extended life for operators. Speed installation Among the IEC Evaporative Condenser features that speed installation for c...

SPX Cooling Technologies Inc. has released details of its expanded MH Fluid Cooler line, designed to meet an even more diverse range of applications. The MH Fluid Cooler is now available with three coil materials, each delivering its own advantages. MH Element™ Fluid Cooler The most recent innovation, the MH Element™ Fluid Cooler, is equipped with copper coils. Copper offers superior corrosion resistance and improved heat transfer. Compared with traditional hot-dip...

Senseware has announced that Boston Properties, Inc. (BXP), the largest publicly traded developer, owner, and manager of Class A office properties in the United States, has selected Senseware’s technology solution to implement real-time Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) monitoring across BXP's portfolio as part of its healthy building strategy. Data-driven approach to operations Doug Linde, President of Boston Properties, Inc. (BXP), said “As a leader in sustainable and healthy property dev...

Marston Holdings, the United Kingdom’s renowned provider of integrated, technology-enabled transport solutions, has announced its acquisition of Vortex IoT Limited (Vortex), supplier of environmental sensors, networks and data solutions that support improved air quality and decarbonization initiatives. Marston Holdings supports government, utilities and private sector clients through the delivery of market renowned integrated technology-enabled solutions, from design through to implementa...

Environmental health technology company, CASPR Group is pleased to announce Jon Zucker as its President. Jon Zucker joined the CASPR Group in late 2021. Jon Zucker’s goal is to guide CASPR Group into a scalable, sustainable company, as it manages increased demand for its proprietary Natural Catalytic Conversion (NCC) technology. The company’s solutions provide healthier indoor air and surface environments, across industries, including healthcare, education, transportation, and comme...

Johnson Controls, the global pioneer for smart and sustainable buildings announced it has been named among the world's 100 most sustainable corporations in the 2022 Global 100 ranking by Corporate Knights. It is the eighth time Johnson Controls has received this honor. The company ranked first out of 26 in its Corporate Knights peer group for HVAC equipment manufacturing and first out of 74 in its industry group for Building Products. Johnson Controls jumped to 12th in the overall ran...

Johnson Controls, the global pioneer for smart, healthy, and sustainable buildings announced the launch of OpenBlue Indoor Air Quality as a service. The new offering is the first dedicated “as-a-service" Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) solution for buildings, delivering energy-efficient, turnkey clean air outcomes with an innovative financing model. Healthy building strategy “Johnson Controls believes the best healthy buildings strategy is a holistic one,” said Ganesh Ramaswamy, vic...

The digital humidity and temperature sensing element - HTE501 from E+E Elektronik offers an excellent measurement accuracy of up to ±1.8 % RH incl. hysteresis and ±0.2 °C. The proven E+E sensor coating and the integrated constant current heater ensure a high level of reliability and durability of the sensing element even in harsh, dirty and condensing environments. The DFN enclosure, which measures just 2.5 x 2.5 x 0.9 mm, and the I2C interface enable simple design-in. The sen...

RectorSeal®, Houston, a manufacturer of quality HVAC/R and plumbing tools and accessories and a wholly-owned subsidiary of CSW Industrials, Inc., adds Metacaulk® Cast-In-Place Device (CID) tub box kits to the extensive line of over 1,500 products. Available with 2- and 3-inch Metacaulk CID, the tub box kits are designed to prevent the spread of fire from bathtubs or jet-spa drains to the upper level. No concrete drilling is required. The maximum slab height with kit components is 10-inc...

ActivePure, the globally renowned company in 24/7 surface and air purification technology, will attend and exhibit at the 2022 International Air-Conditioning, Heating, Refrigerating Exposition - AHR Expo 2022, the essential event for HVACR. The AHR Expo 2022 event is co-sponsored by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) and the Air-Conditioning, Heating, & Refrigeration Institute (AHRI), and is held concurrently with ASHRAE’s Winter Con...

Polymer pipework specialist REHAU will showcase its polymer district heating solutions at Futurebuild 2022 from 1 to 3 March. Displaying from stand A18 in the District Energy Pavilion at ExCeL London, REHAU will be demonstrating how it can support designers, contractors, and clients in developing low carbon projects. Visitors with be given the opportunity to experience product solutions for challenges, including the drive to net zero and the need for easy-to-install flexible pipework to meet am...

Carrier Corporation will showcase the latest products and services from across its global HVAC product portfolio, including building automation, digital solutions and its Healthy Buildings Program, at AHR Expo 2022, taking place in Las Vegas from Jan. 31 to Feb. 2, 2022. Carrier at AHR Expo 2022 Carrier is a part of Carrier Global Corporation, the renowned global provider of healthy, safe, sustainable and intelligent building and cold chain solutions. “We are excited to display our inno...

Vendigo Finance has exchanged contracts on a proposed acquisition by Hassle Free Boilers in a deal that brings together two of the fastest growing names in home improvement services and trade finance. The deal brings Vendigo Finance into the Hassle Free Boilers family of brands, which also includes The Trade Toolbox, a provider of home finance solutions for installers, and the recently acquired Hiberapp. The acquisition, which is subject to regulatory approval, will enable Hiber and The Trade...

Environmental ventilation is an incredibly important element of any building. It uses the natural, external airflow through a building to make the internal climate healthier. When appropriate environmental control is implemented, the benefits include better air quality, reduced CO2 emissions, and lower overhead costs. However, it’s not all sunshine and roses. This presents some issues that must be addressed. Residential buildings often use centralized heating systems, boilers, and ho...

A new installation is using natural heat from groundwater to regulate the indoor climate of The Glen Mhor Hotel in Scotland. The groundwater is further heated by two electric heat pumps and distributed to guest rooms and apartments through a small heating district network. From the system, which is slated for completion this spring, the water will return to the sand and gravel layers in shallow ground around Inverness, and eventually back to the River Ness. The design, which replaces 20 gas-fir...

CIAT UK is rolling out its automated indoor air quality (IAQ) system Epure® Dynamics for use in hospitality venues, offering hotels, restaurants and pubs enhanced levels of protection as they welcome back customers. The Epure Dynamic IAQ control system is available on CIAT fan coil units and ducted units and is part of #CIAT4life, a campaign to increase awareness of CIAT’s range of advanced IAQ  solutions and services. CIAT is part of Carrier Global Corporation, the global provid...

Facilio, a renowned property operations software platform, announced that it has been recognized by Frost & Sullivan with the 2021 Best Practices Product Leadership Award for its IoT-based solution in the building operations and maintenance industry. Software platform approach "In a space dominated by hardware-centric incumbents, Facilio employs a differentiated software platform approach to address the challenges prevalent in the traditionally siloed and fragmented building operations mar...

Aggreko is proud to announce that they have completed commissioning of the largest flare gas to power project in the Middle East to date, with 165 MW capacity. The plant is situated nearby the Saqala Field, Garmain block, in South East Kurdistan. The 165 MW modular power plant has run at full capacity for 72 hours in the project’s final site acceptance test (SAT), marking successful on-time, on-budget delivery. Flare gas to power project The plant is run on approximately 40 million squa...

Trane, a residential HVAC brand, has been named America’s Most Trusted® HVAC Systems brand by Lifestory Research for the eighth year in a row since 2015. The 2022 ranking stems from Lifestory Research’s America’s Most Trusted® Study which surveyed 12,864 people in the United States on their opinions of HVAC brands. In addition to earning the #1 ranking in the study, Trane received the highest Net Trust Quotient score (118.8) among shoppers. Innovative HVAC solutions...

The second unit using China’s home-grown third-generation nuclear power technology 'HPR1000' has begun generating electricity. The major parts of the unit were developed by DEC. The 1,161 MW unit in the city of Fuqing, East China’s Fujian province, is expected to generate nearly 10 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity annually, equivalent to a reduction of 3.12 million tons of standard coal consumption and 8.16 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions.  

Bosch Thermotechnology, a renowned global source of high-quality heating, cooling, and hot water systems, has announced the line-up of products that will be featured at its 2022 AHR Expo booth #N9717. Debuting at the Bosch booth are two new versions within the IDS Family, IDS Premium Connected and IDS Light, and the third generation of the Climate 5000 ductless system mini-split heat pump. All three products are set to become available to the market in the first half of 2022. IDS Light, invert...