Portugal HVAC News & Trends

As the evidence around the health impacts of poor indoor air quality (IAQ) continues to build, experts from across the ventilation sector have come together to drive awareness amongst installers and the wider public that the Green Homes Grant can cover ventilation improvements alongside insulation installations. Green Homes Grant scheme The UK Government scheme, which launched back in September 2020, aims to support improvements to energy efficiency and indoor air quality (IAQ). The scheme hig...

Renowned boiler manufacturer, Baxi Heating UK and Ireland, part of BDR Thermea Group, has promised to revolutionize the way one heats their homes and buildings. The announcement coincides with the Prime Minister’s 10-point plan for a Green Industrial Revolution and places Baxi Heating at the heart of the ‘heating transformation’ that is required to achieve the UK’s climate targets. Karen Boswell OBE, recently appointed Managing Director of Baxi Heating, said: “Futu...

Demand for underfloor air conditioning systems, which are far more flexible and adaptable than ceiling-based systems, has risen as developers and landlords scramble to reconfigure office spaces in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Experts have predicted a 50% reduction in office occupancy, as millions embrace working from home. What is underfloor air conditioning? A zonal underfloor air conditioning system makes use of the raised floor void as a plenum for the distribution of air. Supply a...

Viessmann fully supports the Prime Minister’s ambitious Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution, announced recently. The plan outlines a set of initiatives designed to mobilize £12 billion of government investment to both create and support up to 250,000 highly-skilled green jobs. This level of focus and investment will be critical if the UK is to be successful in achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 and particularly in the run-up to the COP26 climate summit tak...

Adcock (Adcock Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Ltd.), globally renowned HVAC systems and equipment servicing and maintenance firm, announced that they are delighted about the fantastic achievement at the Sawston Community Fun Run & Walk, for which they were pleased to be an official sponsor. The Rotary Club of Cambridge Sawston have raised a little over £20,000 for local good causes from this fun community run event, which was organized in October, 2020. Sawston Community Fun Run...

Johnson Controls selected Ontotext's GraphDB to provide semantic data creation and management for their Metasys system - a Top-5 Integrated Building Management System. Johnson Controls Building Technologies & Solutions is making the world safer, smarter and more sustainable, one building at a time. Their technology portfolio integrates every aspect of a building, whether security systems, energy management, fire protection or HVACR, to ensure that they exceed customer expectations at all ti...

Jens Dallendoerfer, Senior Vice President Sales Region Emerging Markets of the Wilo Group, was elected as a new member of the board at the general meeting of the German Asia-Pacific Business Association. He will take over the office of Oliver Hermes, President and CEO of the Wilo Group, and thus continue the Wilo commitment. Authority Comments “The Wilo Group has already been represented for more than 20 years as a global premium supplier in the pump segment in the Asia-Pacific region wi...

Victaulic, a manufacturer of mechanical pipe joining systems announced various launches and upgrades for its suite of Autodesk® MEP software offerings. They are as follows: 1) Victaulic Tools for AutoCAD® (VTFA) VTFA is an all-new, free tool that provides AutoCAD® users the same classic routing features and drawing productivity gains that were previously only available in the Victaulic Tools for Revit® platform. This add-on provides toolsets engineered for civil, industrial, p...

Honeywell has announced expanding its holistic Healthy Buildings Air Quality offering to help improve and measure commercial building indoor air quality (IAQ) with the introduction of Honeywell Electronic Air Cleaners (EACs) with UV Systems and a new line of indoor air quality (IAQ) sensors. Honeywell Electronic Air Cleaners Honeywell EACs with UV help remove impurities from the air as well as provide filtration and disinfection, without significantly impeding air flow. The new IAQ sensors inc...

Aircuity, the globally renowned provider of measurably better environments, has introduced ‘Air Quality as a Service’ (AQaaS), a new indoor air quality (IAQ) solution that helps building owners create ‘healthy buildings’ that meet both COVID-19 re-entry and longer term air quality requirements. ‘Air Quality as a Service’ (AQaaS) As an operating expenditure, Aircuity's AQaaS requires no or low upfront capital, making it easier and faster to deploy in existing...

Millennials have been shaped by their experiences growing up with technology and by their heightened awareness of the environment. These facets of a consumer market dominated by millennials will guide the future of the HVAC market over the next several years. Each generation reshapes markets in their own image. In the case of millennials, trends and behaviors are influencing how companies design new solutions, including those in the world of HVAC. Sustainable solutions and personalized experie...

Plymovent Corp., the nation’s vehicle exhaust removal manufacturer, has launched its e-commerce website, webshop.plymovent.com. The site brings the reputable Plymovent name and products to the fingertips of its followers by offering a variety of vehicle exhaust extraction products online! Vehicle exhaust extractor The FumeCaddie™ is a compact, mobile vehicle exhaust extractor While the site features its notable hose reels and exhaust extractors, the new Plymovent vehicle exhaust...

Another step towards achieving Net Zero at home has been made by the Heating and Hotwater Industry Council (HHIC) as a definition of what is a Hydrogen-Ready boiler, ahead of a potential nationwide roll-out of hydrogen for heating. This comes on top of the Government’s own scientific advisers, the Council for Science and Technology, advocating hydrogen’s use in home heating. The technical definition has been developed by the heating industry to ensure safe products are made ready fo...

Registration is now open for HVAC Design and Operations training through ASHRAE Learning Institute (ALI). The training course will run from December 2020 through June 2021. HVAC Design training “As technology continues to change, the need for training that incorporates the latest building performance solutions will become critical,” said 2020-21 ASHRAE President Chuck E. Gulledge III, P.E., adding “ASHRAE’s HVAC Design training offers comprehensive professional developm...

Spring Power & Gas announces that it is now offering heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) protection to eligible new customers as part of its partnership with Cinch Home Services, the home management industry's foremost provider. Spring Guard Products HVAC Protected The HVAC protection will be included in the Spring Guard electric and gas product to provide homeowners the benefit of knowing that their heating and cooling systems and appliances are covered should any unanticipa...

Panasonic, a foremost provider of ventilation and indoor air solutions to the building industry, introduced the new WhisperWarmDC™ bathroom ventilation fan. To deliver healthy and warm air to chilly bathrooms while improving indoor air quality, the WhisperWarm DC fan has a powerful and intelligent ECM motor combined with SmartFlow™ and Pick-A-Flow™ technology. The 1600-watt heating element enables builders and remodelers to enjoy easy, code-compliant installations, while deli...

Pete Mills, Commercial Technical Operations Manager at Bosch Commercial & Industrial outlines how cities are using heat networks to achieve UK carbon emission targets. Heat networks, or district heating, are becoming an ever-greater part of our industry’s involvement in larger scale schemes. The ability to help the decarbonization of heat both now and in the future has made them an attractive solution to the new-build sector, as well as those undergoing deep renovation works. Net zer...

The 14th edition of Johnson Controls Energy Efficiency Indicator study surveyed 150 commercials, institutional, and industrial facility executives in the U.S. in September 2020. The COVID-19 pulse survey included questions on coronavirus-related improvements, investments, and impacts. Flexibility, Health, and Safety Drive With the pandemic, facility managers have new concerns about building health, changing their motivation for building investments. Increasing building flexibility to respond...

Panasonic has been active in Costa Rica for more than 50 years. Now it operates Costa Rica's first factory powered entirely by renewable energy. Thanks to a joint venture with the national government and state-run electric company, Panasonic and the country of Costa Rica are making great strides in reducing their environmental burden to reach their goals of net-zero CO2 emissions by 2050. Multi-Sector collaboration Costa Rica plans to achieve net-zero CO2 emissions by 2050, and it is already...

FREOR, a successfully growing export-oriented Baltics manufacturer of commercial refrigeration equipment, has completed the construction of a new modern 16 300 m2 production plant in Vilnius, Lithuania. Both company’s business headquarters and production is moving to a brand new FREOR building. The move was planned without stopping the manufacturing process so that the company could fulfill customers’ orders to the best of their abilities. The new manufacturing site has started oper...

For designers, installers and operators of heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems, energy efficiency is rightly the number one selection criteria. This applies particularly to fan motors. However, while EC fans - the popular solution that integrates a fan, motor and speed control – are regarded as something of a de-facto guarantee for efficiency, that is not always the case. When evaluating the efficiency of your fan, motor and speed control combination it is vital to c...

Axiom Solutions are a professional building consultancy and project managers offering high quality project work through to design and build construction solutions for clients. Adcock was tasked with a challenging project from a long-standing customer looking to install Air Conditioning, utilizing heat recovery VRF systems and Heat Recovery Ventilation systems for fresh air supply throughout a 5 story building in Hatton Garden, London. The project had a limited available footprint for condensers...

Ariston’s super slim Velis Evo electric storage water heaters have been designed with the leisure and holiday accommodation sectors in mind. Providing a perfect combination of comfort and design, the units are suitable for applications such as country cottages, mobile homes, glamping pods and cabins - which are all currently in high demand as UK residents look to enjoy a summer ‘staycation’. For owners and managers of park home, camping sites and other leisure facilities seeki...

Renowned water heating manufacturer, Ariston has a range of high quality, energy efficient products designed with landlords, HMOs and rental properties in mind. Ariston’s electric water heaters are reliable, robust and suitable for buy-to-let applications including apartments, family homes, bed sits and en-suite rooms as an alternative to traditional cylinders. UK landlords are legally responsible for ensuring their tenants have adequate hot water at all times. They are also responsible f...

Situated almost halfway between San Diego and Los Angeles, Perris was a place where sheep casually roamed the valley, and where people discovered what the land had to offer; a moderate climate with rich soil good for farming. But Perris’s sleepy image began to change in the spring of 1886, when it became a stop along the Transcontinental Route of the Santa Fe Railroad. Perris continues to thrive. With a current population of 45,000, and continued population growth over the last several de...

Accommodating significant fleet growth and modernization, one of North America’s renowned refrigerated trucking companies, KLLM Transport Services, is adding 1,400 new Utility trailers refrigerated by Carrier Transicold units, equipped with the eSolutions telematics platform and TRU-Mount solar charging systems. Carrier Transicold is a part of Carrier Global Corporation, a globally renowned provider of healthy, safe and sustainable building and cold chain solutions.  “Thanks to...

Elon Musk has proclaimed that HVAC is his ‘pet project’ and has even suggested a timeline: ‘Maybe we can start working on that.’ As a high-profile business magnate, industrial designer and engineer, Musk is CEO of automobile company Tesla, whose goal is to accelerate the use of sustainable energy. Tesla is on the cutting edge of technologies that can transform how we use energy, and Musk believes the benefit of that technology will translate well into home HVAC systems....

The Visual Arts Building (VAB) at the University of Iowa is a marvel of both aesthetic design and mechanical engineering. Six years in the making and completed in October 2016, the award-winning, 126,000 square-foot structure blends the artistry of the renowned Steven Holl Architects (New York) with an array of innovative mechanical systems that smoothly integrate with Holl’s aesthetics while meeting the numerous, industrial-like requirements of this challenging space. Thanks to these mec...

Sustainability is one of the key pillars of the Plymovent vision, mission and strategy. In the past years, they have taken several initiatives to comply with this principle. In 2019, Plymovent became a true energy neutral company by installing over 1600 solar panels on the roof of its Global Head Office and Logistics Center in Alkmaar, the Netherlands. The entire production location in Thailand was already equipped with solar panels earlier. Plymovent becoming an even greener company In Novem...

When it comes to winter seasons, the day-to-day comfort depends on the performance and quality of the furnace system. Furnaces are an essential part of the home that needs regular maintenance and upgrades to sustain the longevity of the system. Whether replacing a furnace, wondering how to maintain a furnace, or just simply curious about how a heating system works, this is the ultimate guide. Let’s take a look at everything a user needs to know about furnaces....