United States of America (USA) HVAC News & Trends

Even though users cannot see it, the home’s air is a part of the comfort and health. Maximizing the air quality in the home can lead to a healthier and more comfortable daily life. Air cleaners or purifiers can help boost the home’s air. Filters as part of the furnace is one way that users can improve the air quality. They can grab and hold bits of dust, dirt and other tiny floating things. UV-Light air purifiers take this air scrubbing to another level. Let’s look at how the...

Tippmann Innovation (Ti Cold), a nationally pioneer in the cold chain industry, is working with Investex, LTD and the Renna family to build a state-of-the-art cold storage facility in the heart of Central Texas – Triple Temp Cold Storage. The Rennas are longtime residents of the greater Austin community and are no strangers to the frozen foods industry, as Michael Renna founded Michael Angelo’s Gourmet Foods, Inc. over 30 years ago. Public refrigerated warehouse The Renna family h...

Industrial Combustion has announced its participation in the 2022 AHR Expo. The event, also known as the International Air-Conditioning, Heating, Refrigerating Exposition, will be held in Las Vegas from January 31 through February 2, 2022. Providing retrofit sales Located in Booth 4331 in the Las Vegas Convention Center, Industrial Combustion will display select items from its broad product offering, including its innovative SBR-30 Series Burner. Additional products on exhibit will include the...

The GLO UV-C disinfection upper-room fixture series from UV Resources now includes two new open-style luminaries designed to irradiate and inactivate airborne pathogens in occupied spaces with high ceilings (12-feet and taller). GLO ‘open’ fixtures The GLO ‘open’ fixtures for tall spaces direct UV energy upward and outward to create an intense zone of ultraviolet germicidal irradiation (UVGI) or UV-C in the upper air. At the same time, occupants can safely go about thei...

Industrial Combustion has announced that it will have three burner series on display at the AHR Expo 2022 event. The company’s booth will feature its SBR-30, V/LNV and Q Series burners with experienced representatives available for consultation, at the AHR Expo 2022 exhibition.   SBR-30 Series burner The SBR-30 Series burner can achieve less than 30 PPM NOx emissions without FGR and offers a natural gas fuel option from 16.8 to 54.6 MMBTU per hour. This low-NOx burner is also...

NIBCO Inc. has announced its Wrot Racer ‘Start Me Up’ promotion to celebrate its next generation of push fittings that it recently launched. The multi-faceted promotion centers on the Wrot Racer C8 Corvette will tour the U.S., making stops at distributor locations that have qualified. The ‘Start Me Up’ promotion provides a quick and easy way for distributors to take on immediate inventory of the new Wrot Racer copper push fittings. Distributors who meet the minimum stock...

The GLO UV-C disinfection upper-room fixture series from UV Resources now includes two new open-style luminaries designed to irradiate and inactivate airborne pathogens in occupied spaces with high ceilings (12-feet and taller). The GLO ‘open’ fixtures for tall spaces direct UV energy upward and outward to create an intense zone of ultraviolet germicidal irradiation (UVGI) or UV-C in the upper air. At the same time, occupants can safely go about their business in the lower portion o...

Rheem is connecting industry professionals with leading product lines and expert engineers across its family of brands, including the Rheem Air and Water Divisions, Ruud, Raypak, HTPG, and Eemax. Together they will showcase an array of innovative, reliable, sustainable, and efficient product solutions ideal for both commercial and residential applications.  Company leaders and knowledgeable product experts will share insights on Rheem’s ‘Greater Degree of Good’ sustainabi...

Samsung HVAC America (Samsung HVAC) has announced at the AHR Expo 2022 that it is working with Honeywell, in order to provide advanced control solutions. The control solutions are expected to launch in 2022 and will be powered by the Niagara Framework, with an emphasis on design, advanced monitoring points and service capabilities, including a Niagara driver, in order to communicate directly to Samsung heating and cooling equipment, using the Honeywell CIPer Model 50 controller. Notable feature...

Cleaver-Brooks Inc. offers a complete line of pre-engineered, skid-mounted boiler solutions for both hydronic and steam systems that deliver the lowest total cost of installation and ownership. All of the systems are pre-piped for ease of installation and start-up. Sean Lobdell, the Vice President of Sales for Packaged Boiler at Cleaver-Brooks Inc., said “Pre-engineered skid systems save installation time, because all the components are delivered at one time, pre-wired and factory tested....

SunEarth, Inc. of Fontana, California, has partnered with Nyle Water Heating Systems of Brewer, Maine to bring a scalable solar water series heat pump water heater to the multi-family/commercial sector. The unit is currently on display in booth #N10926 at the 2022 AHR Expo, being held at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Jan. 31-Feb. 2, 2022. Heat pumps are well known for being an eco-friendly way to provide heating and cool. Used in a commercial context, they not only save energy c...

NIBCO Inc. has announced the release of its PVC Termination Vent Screens (#4818-SCRN) for high efficiency appliance lines, in residential construction. The new vent screens prevent wildlife, leaves and debris from blocking PVC exhaust vent pipes. PVC Termination Vent Screens Available in 2", 3" and 4" diameter sizes, the vent screens are easy to install by push or interference fit with PVC or ABS sockets. No solvent cement or glue is required for installation. Marilyn Morgan, the Senior Produ...

Hudson Technologies, Inc., a provider of innovative and sustainable refrigerant products and services to the Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration industry – and one of the nation’s largest refrigerant reclaimers, and AprilAire, the provider of professional-grade healthy air solutions for homes, announces they will work together to meet the requirements of the recently finalized California Air Resources Board (CARB) Regulation Order for Reclaimed Refrigerant Use f...

Armstrong Fluid Technology has introduced a new size range of Design Envelope Permanent Magnet pumps that are engineered to deliver 20% lower operating costs than variable speed pumps with standard induction motors. The new pumps are available with motors ranging from15 hp to 50 hp and operate at NEMA Ultra-Premium Efficiency levels that exceed the efficiency targets of both the US Department of Energy and the European Union. New Design Envelope Permanent Magnet pumps These new pumps also fea...

Major global companies want to reduce their carbon footprint, in order to meet regulations or a company target. In the boiler room, they can achieve this by increasing the use of renewable fuels, by increasing energy efficiency, or by reducing NOx and CO emissions. Cleaver-Brooks Inc. designs boiler room equipment with the environment in mind and now its solutions that meet stringent sustainable criteria are readily identifiable by the Cleaver-Brooks sustainability seal. Cleaver-Brooks Sustain...

Fenwal Controls has introduced its new PIM commercial boiler system, a combined controller and gas ignition module that can be customized to original equipment manufacturer (OEM) specifications. The PIM commercial boiler system enables comprehensive, simultaneous control of ignition, temperature and fan speed across multiple boilers. Platform Ignition Module system The Platform Ignition Module (PIM) system is compatible with boilers of any size and most OEMs and includes industry-standard Mod...

To help consulting engineers make more objective and informed decisions about their chiller plant designs, Carrier Corporation has introduced PLV Pro, a new software tool to provide fast, easy life cycle cost analysis, at no charge for water-cooled chillers from different manufacturers. Carrier Corporation is a part of Carrier Global Corporation, the globally renowned provider of healthy, safe, sustainable and intelligent building and cold chain solutions. PLV Pro, new software tool “Ma...

Energy consumption continues to be one of the primary contributors to a building’s carbon emissions and its operational costs. Around 40% of this energy is used to power HVAC systems. To improve sustainability and reduce operating costs, it’s in a building owner’s best interest to find ways to make their building’s heating and cooling systems more efficient. Identifying areas that will make the biggest difference starts with knowing which systems consume the most energy...

West Midlands-based Accessible Hire & Refrigeration has delivered and installed its first two bespoke built, portable cold stores, each mounted with versatile and electric Carrier Transicold Vector® 1550 City units, to a food preparation facility in the southern UK. Carrier Transicold is a part of Carrier Global Corporation, the global provider of healthy, safe, sustainable, and intelligent building and cold chain solutions. Electric refrigeration units The Carrier Transicold Vector 1...

GE Current, a Daintree company, has signed a new reseller partnership agreement with Irrigation Design and Construction, LLC (IDC) for local sales and support of its full Arize® LED portfolio across central and coastal California. IDC has a long history of advising traditional agricultural, greenhouse, and cannabis growers on irrigation and climate control systems, from design and engineering to construction. Now, with Current’s broad portfolio at its disposal, the company will also b...

DRI-STEEM Corporation (DriSteem), a manufacturer of humidification, evaporative cooling, and water treatment systems, is pleased to announce the selection of Dan-Poltherm as the new manufacturers’ representative firm for DriSteem products in Poland. The new addition In addition to Dan-Poltherm’s own products, they are a direct importer and an exclusive distributor of devices of well-known HVAC system manufacturers covering the needs resulting from air ventilation, air conditioning,...

QM Power’s ongoing development of high-efficiency electric motors and controls has led to renewed research sponsorships, expanded office space at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte), and the opening of a satellite office in Albany, New York, USA. energy-efficient motors As part of its network of university alliances in the US and Europe, QM Power has housed employees in office and laboratory space at the UNC Charlotte campus for several years. Its research...

High-quality fats and oils are an important component of modern animal feed. An animal feed manufacturer uses palm stearin to produce high-energy dairy feed. The hard fat has a melting point of 58 °C and hardens as soon as its temperature drops below this point. Heated tanker trucks deliver the palm stearin. A Börger rotary lobe pump conveys the fat from the tanker truck into the production plant. pump Equipped with a steam heater cover During the pumping process, the temperature of...

Suffolk’s councils have joined together to establish Warm Homes Suffolk. The team will be on hand to offer expert advice on reducing energy bills, energy usage and identify benefits that residents may be entitled to, to help keep their homes warm. The work of Warm Homes Suffolk will also help the county towards its target of Net-Zero by 2030, as the project aims to better insulate homes and provide more efficient heating, meaning less carbon is released into the atmosphere. Offering valu...

A pioneering new energy storage technology is using BITZER open-drive screw compressors to generate high-efficiency cooling as an alternative, low-carbon power source. The patented EnergiVault, being developed by O-Hx Ltd, is designed to support decarbonization of industrial processes, and commercial and residential buildings using stored 'coolth' as a source of energy. EnergiVault was recently awarded government funding in the form of a Business Accelerator grant to commercialize the technolog...

GE Appliances (GEA), a Haier company, has once again achieved a perfect score on the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index (CEI), earning the designation as a ‘Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality’ five years in a row. In honor of earning a perfect score for the fifth consecutive year, GE Appliances is donating $5,000 to The Trevor Project, the world’s largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for LGBTQ youth. Domestic partner benefits...

Aircuity, the pioneer in creating healthy and sustainable buildings, releases a statement noting the increased urgency with which its customers are addressing their Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) requirements, and the rapid progress they are making toward stated goals, by tackling building emissions. In 2021 Aircuity helped several top-20 Life Sciences companies establish programs to reduce carbon and create healthier spaces for their occupants. Based on Aircuity’s two decades...

To offer greater flexibility to contractors in the supply and installation of district heating networks, polymer pipework specialist REHAU is launching a new range of modular tee fittings. With government figures projecting heat demand to rise by 11% between now and 2050, both expanding and decarbonizing the UK’s existing infrastructure will be necessary to meet future needs and net-zero goals. To address these challenges effectively, the Government has targeted growth in district he...

Sustainability technology company OVER launched CrossField, the most advanced sustainable filter-free air purification system, in the UK. Through CrossField technology businesses and homeowners will, for the first time, have access to the most effective and innovative air filtration system on the market, helping combat airborne viruses and bacteria, including COVID-19. 99.9% air purification effectiveness CrossField uses UV-light and electrostatic plates to capture and deactivate mi...

Is it known that the steel oil drum has been almost unchanged since its invention in 1901? Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman, also known as Nellie Bly, made the first usable and practical oil drum to carry crude oil. The universal 55-gallon drum is the storage container choice of industries worldwide for almost every liquid except crude oil. They are easy to fill, stack, store, and ship. But, sometimes, they aren’t so easy to empty. Barrels containing high viscosity liquids need a little hea...