Air Ventilation News & Trends

Redwood Services (“Redwood”), a home services firm focused on investing in residential HVAC, plumbing, and electrical services companies in growing U.S. markets announced that John Conway, a recognized pioneer in the industry, has joined Redwood as its Chief Operating Officer to help guide and direct Redwood’s strategy of identifying, acquiring and growing partner companies. Nexstar experience Mr. Conway was most recently a part of the member-owned Nexstar Network, one of the...

GrayWolf’s DirectSense® II probes will now connect via Bluetooth LE wireless to Apple and Android devices. Their highly reliable, adaptable DSII probes for Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) and Toxic Gas testing/monitoring will imminently have Apps for iOS and Android operating systems available (free) on the Apple and Google App stores. Use smartphone or tablet as a multi-parameter display, data-logger, and far more. Indoor air quality Choose from over 25 highly accurate, smart indoor air q...

The EME3625MD, a new, 3-inch deep, stationary Ruskin louver, approved by Miami-Dade, for its wind-driven rain resistance, is designed for structures in high-velocity hurricane zones that require louvers with basic impact protection. EME3625MD louver Mechanically fastened to add to its strength, the vertical louver also offers improved air and water performance over Ruskin’s previous Miami-Dade approved model, the EME3625DFLMD, and is AMCA 540 (Missile D) and 550 listed. We designed the...

With indoor air quality more essential than ever with the infectious COVID-19 still active worldwide, eradicating the virus while it's airborne is crucial to mitigating its transmission. Energy Cloud, a clean-tech company specializing in healthy buildings and energy-efficient environments has a solution: Hummingbird™ EQ, an air purification system that captures and deactivates airborne COVID-19 virus. Air Vaccine™ technology Hummingbird™'s EQ with Air Vaccine™ tec...

Secure I.T. Environments Ltd, one of the UK’s design and build companies for modular, containerized, and micro data centers, announces the completion of a new UPS room, Air Handling Unit (AHU), and air conditioning upgrade at Principality Building Society in Cardiff, Wales – A mutual building society with over 500,000 members and 160 years of experience. With existing AHU and sensing equipment approaching the end of life, Principality wanted to upgrade to equipment that would offer...

Carrier is honored to have three heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) units in three different subcategories selected as finalists in the 17th annual Product of the Year Awards conducted by Consulting-Specifying Engineer® magazine. Companies submitted their new and improved products introduced in North America between April 1, 2020, and March 31, 2021, to be judged for this distinguished award. Carrier is a part of Carrier Global Corporation, the pioneering global provider of...

Goodway Technologies, a known name in industrial HVAC maintenance products, is reminding facility managers how critical the cleaning and maintenance of an HVAC system is to Indoor Air Quality (IAQ). While many facility managers have long understood the importance of IAQ, the pandemic has brought an increased emphasis on the need to keep employees and occupants safe and healthy, and with 'back to work' activity increasing, now is the time to act. Quality of air post-pandemic “One of the...

Panasonic Heating & Cooling Solutions adds a new Air Handling Unit (AHU) Kit to its successful PACi NX Series designed for commercial applications. The powerful PACi NX range achieves outstanding SEER / SCOP efficiency values and energy labels up to A+++. The new AHU Kit (PAW-280PAH3M) provides a robust and reliable fresh air solution for the PACi NX Series with optimal control for users to ensure their ideal environment. Sturdy steel casing The kit combines air conditioning and fresh air...

Johnson Controls, the globally renowned company for smart, healthy, and sustainable building solutions, has significantly upgraded the testing lab facilities at its residential HVAC manufacturing plant in Wichita, Kan. upgrading HVAC testing facility The nearly US$ 15 million investment includes the addition of seven test chambers, automated testing and model shop equipment, and a new building, which adds 2,000 more square footage space, bringing the plant’s total testing facilities to 1...

Active air purification and HVAC specialists, Better Indoors, have formed a new strategic partnership with water and air quality providers, SMS Environmental, to help UK businesses, healthcare and education settings create safe indoor environments. Headquartered in Surrey, Better Indoors, is the sole UK distributor of RGF Environmental Group, manufacturers of innovative active air purification technology that instantly eliminates harmful viruses and bacteria, including SARS-CoV-2 at the point o...

HMS Networks launches a new IR-based Intesis® AC interface that enables integration of any Air Conditioning unit, regardless of brand, into Modbus or BACnet Building Automation Systems. controlling Air Conditioning systems HVAC systems are usually the largest energy consumers in a building. Therefore, building owners must monitor and control these systems to save costs and energy. Additionally, the COVID-19 pandemic has made it increasingly important to find new ways of installing and usin...

The Edmund Hatch Bennett Elementary School, a K-4 public school in Taunton, Mass., was constructed in the 1960’s with various upgrades and renovations performed over the past 40 years. However, an aging heating system, including wall unit heaters and cabinet heaters that were original to the building, required updating. The installation of modern, energy-efficient heating systems from Marley Engineered Products helped the school make the grade. Upgraded heating equipment “Staff at...

An experienced industry professional with extensive knowledge of data center services and solutions, Walzel has invested more than 20 years in the mission-critical industry. After launching her career with Honeywell, she has worked in progressively senior roles with Schneider Electric, Emerson Network Power, Stream Data Centers, and Vertiv. In her new role, Walzel will lead a global team of sales professionals serving customers directly and through an established partner network.“We&rsquo...

Nortek Global HVAC (NGH), a manufacturer of HVAC equipment, has named Winston Water Cooler, Lubbock, Texas, and Winsupply of Rio Grande Valley, Mission, Texas, as HVAC wholesale distributors of its residential unitary equipment brands. Winston Water Cooler now carries approximately 40 models of Maytag® unitary equipment and will also have several of NGH’s Gibson® models available for multi-housing projects. Winsupply will feature approximately 30 Maytag and Frigidaire® split a...

Pinder Cooling & Heating has completed a series of cooling and ventilation refurbishments as part of a new contract with popular fast-food chain, Mahmoods. The Bradford-based team of commercial refrigeration and air conditioning specialists has refurbished cold rooms within four of its restaurants between March and July. The Great Horton Road branch was the most recent to undergo the renovations, where Pinder also installed brand-new air conditioning units. Pinder’s founder, Andrew Pi...

For centuries the only cold used for food storage was represented by snow and ice. The compression refrigerators that take advantage of the gas ability to absorb heat from the environment when it evaporates were invented in 1875, but their use has spread only during the post-war period. Industrial, commercial, with secondary fluid or by direct expansion, ventilated, static, etc., the coldness has faced over the decades a development never seen before. High-quality standards Standard Tech...

Air purification specialist Rensair has been included in Newsweek's list of Best Infection Prevention Products 2021. Newsweek, in partnership with the Leapfrog Group, an independent nonprofit that evaluates health care quality, compiles and publishes an ongoing series of ratings for healthcare facilities and products. Criteria based evaluation The Rensair hospital-grade air purifier is included within the 'Lighting Disinfectants' category. To make the list, a selection committee evaluated the...

The air quality of our indoor spaces has seen renewed interest in the past 18-months as a strong relationship emerges between the quality or flow of air and the spread of coronavirus. In the rush to get workers back into their physical workplaces, we have seen a surge of office buildings improving and reconfiguring their HVAC systems to better protect employees from COVID, even monitoring systems that provide building occupants a real-time view of air quality throughout the building. Better air...

The family-owned company Viessmann has purchased 1,700 hectares of land in the north of Finland. Three quarters of the area is covered with trees, the remaining 28 percent consists largely of moorland. The seller is a fund. This was announced by the company. Commenting on the investment, Prof. Dr. Markus Pfuhl, Chief Representative of the company, said, "We are thus expanding our sustainability strategy by not only planting a tree for every kilometre walked worldwide as part of our ViMove physi...

Johnson Controls, the globally renowned company for smart, healthy and sustainable building solutions, has launched the Johnson Controls Community College Partnership Program. As part of the program, Johnson Controls will give US$ 15 million, over the next five years, to support academic scholarships at non-profit community colleges. Community college Program Starting in the 2021‒2022 academic year, Johnson Controls’ program will endow a total of US$ 1 million to ten community colleges a...

The National Air Duct Cleaners Association (NADCA) — also known as the HVAC Inspection, Cleaning, and Restoration Association announces that its highly anticipated Fall Technical Conference will take place September 16-18 at the Hilton Charlotte University Place in Charlotte, North Carolina. NADCA’s Fall Technical Conference is an annual event that is popular with air duct cleaning technicians throughout every stage of their careers. It features hands-on training in every aspect of...

GE Appliances (GEA), a Haier company, announced a new Vertical Terminal Air Conditioner (VTAC) poised to reinvent the design of Single Packaged Vertical Units (SPVU). The GE Zoneline Ultimate V10 was designed in collaboration with hotel and residential property owners and architects, to create a new way of installing the air conditioning chassis that makes installation 60% faster. GE Zoneline Ultimate V10 With additional features like ultra-quiet cooling, onboard diagnostics and SmartHQ WiFi c...

Hitachi Zosen Inova AG (HZI) has entered into an agreement with Viessmann Group to acquire the business activities of two entities of the Schmack Group (Schmack), Schmack Biogas Service GmbH and microbEnergy GmbH, on 09.07.2021. The final closing is expected after formal approval by the regulatory authorities. By this date, the business activities of the Schmack entities will be transferred to HZI and the entire workforce will become part of the HZI Group. Schmack specializes in the engineerin...

Filtration Group has welcomed Jason Clayton to its team of entrepreneurs. Clayton has assumed the critically important role of Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) for Filtration Group. “We are on a mission to make the world safer, healthier, and more productive while building a remarkable business that will long outlast us,” said Tim McCarty, President & CEO of Filtration Group. “We are excited that Jason is joining our team to help elevate our ability to attract and deve...

A new iOS and Android App from Heatcraft Refrigeration Products offers customers a simplified way to access new model nomenclature and product data as a new condensing unit, unit cooler, and self-contained models are introduced to comply with the Department of Energy (DOE) 2020 commercial refrigeration regulations. To ensure a smooth transition, the app features a set of tools to help navigate the move from legacy model numbers to new model numbers. One-stop-resource Heatcraft Refrigeration P...

The Conditioned Air Association of Georgia (CAAG) commends Governor Kemp for his exceptional selections to fill two vacant seats. CAAG President, Matthew Holtkamp, is one of the two appointees. He makes the second active CAAG member to serve on the distinguished board. James Martin Ford of Augusta, GA is the appointee to fill a vacant engineer position on the board. faulty construction installations The State Construction Industry Licensing Board protects the public against faulty constructi...

Eurovent Certita Certification (ECC) has released an updated website available at the companies website. The new website was designed to provide a better user experience to a wider audience (consultants, technical design offices, architects, and end-users) with quick and easy access to certified data. New Features The new website provides the following new features: An online search engine for third-party certified products, components, and systems in the HVACR fields with easy access to...

Don’t miss the Women in HVACR 18th Annual Conference as it explores: “Breaking the Surface” in St. Petersburg Florida on October 13 – 15, 2021. Join for this exciting event as users reconnect with old friends and network with other women leaders in the HVACR industry. Why Attend? Women in HVACR are a national organization of women throughout the HVACR industry. This event offers exceptional opportunities to grow the network and gain knowledge about the industry. Roundt...

The support pays homage to Daikin’s century of Japanese heritage and HVAC expertise, and brings together two organizations with a shared focus on building a greener, cleaner future for the planet. From Saturday 2 October to Sunday 31 October 2021, visitors to Kew Gardens will be invited to immerse themselves in the art, plants, and culture of Japan, and will be able to interact with the Daikin brand throughout their experience. Experts from Daikin will be on hand to educate visitors abou...

Ruskin announces the newest addition to the Critical Environment (CE) damper series; model CD60CE in 316 stainless steel construction. The CD60CE high level of corrosion resistance is great in marine (salt water) applications.The CD60CE is AMCA Class 1A leakage rated (3 cfm/ft2 at 1” w.g.). The CD60CE is designed for high performance in HVAC systems with velocity and pressures up to 4,000 fpm & 8 in. w.g. Features Corrosion-resistant, salt water Airfoil blades for low-pressure d...