Heating News & Trends

Eaton Awarded $26.6M In Federal Tax Credits Supporting U.S. Manufacturing And Workforce Training Programs

Intelligent power management company Eaton was awarded more than $26.6 million in investment tax credits from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service as part of the Qualifying Advanced Energy Project Tax Credit (48C) funded by the Inflation Reduction Act. The company was awarded tax credits for its manufacturing investments totaling more than $200 million to support clean energy projects and workforce training in Nacogdoches and El Paso, Texas, and Waukesha, Wisconsin. Heart of electrical...

Nat Keohane On Coal-Fired Power Plant Rules From The EPA

Statement on the newly released coal-fired power plant rules from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).  “The era of coal-fired power plants spewing unabated carbon pollution is over. The health of our local communities and our global climate demands it. Though power plant emissions have fallen nearly 41 percent since 2005, significant cuts are still needed to meet the nation’s 2030 emission goals. And with electricity demand projected to soar in the c...

Trane Technologies Recognized As One Of Europe’s Climate Pioneers By Financial Times

Trane Technologies, a global climate innovator, has been named to the Financial Times Europe’s Climate Pioneers list for the fourth consecutive year. The list, compiled by the Financial Times and market research company Statista, recognizes European businesses whose Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions intensity fell the most between 2017 and 2022. sustainability commitments “We’re extremely honored to be recognized by Financial Times as one of Europe’s climate pioneers for...

Atlas Butler Managing Heavy Rains And Flooding With Expert Plumbing Solutions

April showers bring May flowers, but they can also bring unwanted flooding to the yard. Yard flooding can occur for various reasons, but improper landscape grading and pipe positioning often play significant roles. When the yard is not correctly graded, water can accumulate and lead to flooding, which may damage property and outdoor living spaces. Let’s dive into how yard flooding, landscape grading, pipe positioning, and sump pump maintenance all play a crucial role in maintaining a heal...

Secure I.T. Environments Upgrades Data Center Cooling Infrastructure At Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Secure I.T. Environments Ltd (SITE), one of the UK’s design and build companies for modular, containerized, and micro data centers, has announced the completion of data center cooling upgrades at Royal Devon University Healthcare, NHS Foundation Trust, that will dramatically reduce energy costs, achieving ROI in under three years. free cooling solution The works, which are the latest in a series of projects SITE has conducted for the trust in recent years, replace existing cooling i...

Green Point UK Celebrates A Decade Of Growth And Outlines Its Vision For The Next 10 Years

Green Point UK, BITZER UK's compressor remanufacturing and services arm, is celebrating 10 years in business this April. The company, headquartered in Milton Keynes, has grown steadily since launching in 2014 and remains the UK's only compressor remanufacturer to operate alongside the original producer. Will Pribyl, General Manager since the launch, said: "We have a unique niche, working hand-in-glove with our UK colleagues and the global BITZER group, as well as being part of Green Point's int...

Mitsubishi Electric Welcomes New Code Of Conduct For Smart Appliances

Mitsubishi Electric has welcomed a new code of conduct on energy smart appliances which the European Union (EU) announced at the Hannover Fair in Germany. The announcement came on the second day of the five-day Exhibition, which is dedicated to the EU Energy Day under the title 'Clean, Affordable and Secure Energy'. President of Mitsubishi Electric Europe, Shunji Kurita, who attended the code’s launch and signed up to the code as a representative of the company’s Living Environment...

Aircuity Delivers Health, Productivity & Safety With Continually More Affordability

Aircuity (www.aircuity.com), a pioneering company in airflow optimization technology, is thrilled to announce continued innovation for their ‘CO2 Only’ clients; now enabling annual calibration cycles. Effective April 1, 2024, Aircuity transitioned to an annual calibration cycle for systems sensing and controlling using solely carbon dioxide. The change is supported by a three-year study of data from sensors returned to Aircuity for calibration using their new patent-pending calibrat...

Ashford Borough Council Chooses Cenergist’s Control Flow Technology To Unlock Nutrient Neutrality Issues On New 1,000 Home Development

Water and energy efficiency company Cenergist has been appointed by Ashford Borough Council to provide a nutrient neutrality solution for a new 1,000 home development using its patented Control Flow technologies. The site is within a nutrient-sensitive area that requires any new development to mitigate against increased localized waterway pollution.  Cenergist’s patented Control Flow products are pressure-independent flow controllers that provide long-term reductions i...

Electrification With Clean Power Is Key For A Growing, Competitive Industrial Sector

Investments in U.S. manufacturing surged by an impressive 63% in 2023, the most substantial industrial sector expansion in nearly 75 years. The industry is likely to become the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States if new manufacturing investments are not paired with rapid deployment of decarbonization solutions. Directly electrifying industrial process heat to avoid the combustion of fossil fuels is essential. Some green hydrogen and carbon capture and storage will be...

Dame Rose Winterton Unveils Doncaster's New Daikin Sustainable Home Center At Spinks Doncaster

Doncaster has welcomed the opening of a cutting-edge Sustainable Home Center from the UK’s heat pump manufacturer, Daikin, in conjunction with Spinks, located in Kelham Street, Doncaster.  Sustainable Home Center The center was officially opened on April 19th, as part of Daikin’s commitment to advancing sustainable home solutions; and is the sixth Sustainable Home Center launched by the business in 2024. With the nation’s momentum shifting from fossil fuels to renewable...

High 5 Plumbing Launches New HVAC Division

High 5 Plumbing, Heating & Cooling, a family-owned and operated home service company, serving residents in the greater Denver metropolitan area, announced the expansion of services, as the plumbing company in the area will begin offering HVAC services on April 29. plumbing and drain services “High 5 has been offering quality plumbing and drain services for more than a decade, and we’re always looking for ways to add value for our customers and our community,” said Levi To...

Trane® Honored With Environment+Energy Leader Award For Energy Innovation

Trane® - by Trane Technologies, a global climate innovator has received the 'Top Project of the Year Award for Energy Innovation' in the 2024 Environment+Energy Leader (E+E Leader) Award program for its decarbonization-focused program with the State of New Mexico, USA.  emissions reduction Trane played a crucial role in helping the State of New Mexico achieve its emissions reduction and resiliency goals through a comprehensive program supporting the modernization of state-owned buildi...

Johnson Controls 2024 Sustainability Report: 43.8% Reduction In Scope 1 & 2 Emissions

Johnson Controls, the global pioneer for smart, healthy, and sustainable buildings released its 2024 Sustainability Report, marking significant progress and unwavering focus on decarbonizing the built environment. Scope 3 emission reduced Notably, the company reduced absolute Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 43.8% since 2017, putting it ahead of schedule in achieving its 2030 science-based target of a 55% reduction. The company also reported a 27.1% reduction in Scope 3 emissions derived from its p...

Mitsubishi Electric Ecodan Heat Pumps And Water Cylinders To Be Stocked By The Boiler Shop

Mitsubishi Electric’s full range of Ecodan heat pumps and hot water cylinders are to be stocked by one of the north-west’s best-established independent merchants, The Boiler Shop. All Ecodan state-of-the-art products will now be available for The Boiler Shop’s customers, providing them with sustainable and energy-efficient heating solutions that also offer controllable home comfort. The Boiler Shop is a proud family business established in 2000 serving the profession...

New Eurovent Recommendation On AHU Life Cycle Cost

Eurovent has released an Industry Recommendation that provides a methodology to calculate life cycle energy consumption and costs of air handling units. It aims to support the environmental impact assessment of air handling units (AHUs). The ‘Eurovent Recommendation 6/19: Life cycle cost calculation for AHUs’ defines a standardized methodology for calculating the energy demand and the resulting life cycle costs (LCC) of air handling units to estimate the total costs of ownership of...

Bosch Home Comfort Launches Two New Series of Water Source Heat Pumps Designed for Seamless Installation

Bosch Home Comfort, a pioneering source of high-quality heating, cooling, and hot water systems, continues its commitment to high-quality green living with the addition of its latest HVAC solutions: Bosch CL and RL Series Water Source Heat Pumps (WSHP). The new CL and RL Series heat pumps feature a low global warming potential (GWP) refrigerant in accordance with the forthcoming AIM Act, which will go into effect in January 2025. CL and RL Series heat pumps The release of Bosch Home Comfort&r...

Ideal Heating Opens New Southern Training Center To Accelerate Industry Heat Pump Drive

Ideal Heating opened a new £1m training center to serve the south of England. The Training and Technology Center is strategically located close to the M1 north of London, meaning it is easily accessible for thousands of heating engineers across the South and much of the Midlands. The new facility is at Insignia Park in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, just a few minutes from Luton.  skills to fit, maintain, and service It will be used by the Expert Academy training team to equip ins...

Viessmann Partners With Shrewsbury College Group To Deliver Heat Pump Training

The Viessmann Academy, the training center of Telford-headquartered Viessmann Climate Solutions UK has partnered with Shrewsbury Colleges Group to offer a BPEC Level 3 Award in Installation & Maintenance of Air Source Heat Pumps. qualification route The partnership has been developed to offer Viessmann installers a qualification route for heat pumps and to help increase the number of qualified heat pump installers in the region, to meet growing market demand. The formal heat pump qualific...

FPT Industrial Expands Its Range Of Engines For Power Generation

FPT Industrial, the Iveco Group brand dedicated to the design, production, and sale of low-environmental impact powertrains, is widening its already extensive engine line-up for power generation with the launch of the new 4-cylinder G-Drive R24. With its unveiling alongside the C13 model planned for Middle East Energy in Dubai, the Middle East and Africa’s most comprehensive energy exhibition that was canceled due to exceptionally inclement weather, the new G-Drive R24 offers an effe...

DriSteem Welcomes Eric Skare As Senior Product Manager

DRI-STEEM Corporation (DriSteem), the pioneering manufacturer of humidity control, evaporative cooling, and water treatment products, is pleased to announce that Eric Skare has joined DriSteem as Senior Product Manager. Eric will oversee DriSteem’s Adiatec® evaporative cooling and humidification systems, which include high-pressure atomization and ultrasonic technologies. He will also manage DriSteem reverse osmosis water treatment systems and pre-treatment solutions. Compliance to t...

Carrier Updates AquaSnap 30MP Water-Cooled Scroll Chiller With Lower GWP Refrigerant And Controls

Carrier is updating one of its most compact, indoor chillers — the AquaSnap® 30MP water-cooled scroll chiller — to be more environmentally responsible and user-friendly. Carrier is a part of Carrier Global Corporation, the global pioneer in intelligent climate and energy solutions. The AquaSnap 30MP will now come with refrigerant R-32, which was chosen for its lower environmentally balanced impact, high energy efficiency, wide availability, and ease of use. In addition...

Trane Residential Introduces Tiering & Naming Process Alongside Roll Out Of New Low GWP Refrigerant Product Portfolio

Trane® Residential has announced that it is renaming certain products within its product portfolio in alignment with the company’s transition to low Global Warming Potential (GWP) refrigerants. new tiering approach Trane is also introducing a new tiering approach, grouping products within the traditional split systems and packaged unit categories based on shared platform characteristics and differentiating features. These changes are aimed at helping consumers better understand Tran...

90% Of DEVI Product Portfolio Has Environmental Product Declaration (EPD)

EPD (Environmental Product Declaration) is a report detailing the environmental footprint associated with a product. With EPD, DEVI brand ensures and comprehensively demonstrates the environmental impact of their products at various stages of their life cycle. DEVI Product Catalog Some of the products are already verified by the audit made by Bureau Veritas In DEVI Product Catalog, customers may see this sign marking many products for indoor and outdoor installation – heating cables, h...

Bell & Gossett Delivers Optimyze™ Modular Condition Monitoring Solution With Expanded Capabilities

As part of Xylem’s efforts to prioritize efficiency and connectivity, the company has made enhancements to its optimyze™ modular condition monitoring solution, including the addition of a new pressure monitoring feature to complement the existing vibration and temperature monitors. The optimyze package, which can be added to Bell & Gossett pumps, has simple-to-use smart features that utilize predictive analysis to identify potential equipment problems before they occur. precisi...

Mitsubishi Electric Hosts CIBSE Journal Webinar To Discuss Decarbonizing Large Commercial Buildings In The UK

Mitsubishi Electric will host a CIBSE Journal webinar on Wednesday, 24th April 2024 at 1 pm, to discuss the legislation and initiatives driving changes in the way needed to heat, cool, and ventilate large commercial buildings to reach net zero emissions in the United Kingdom (UK). decarbonization solutions With 80% of the buildings to be used in 2050 already built, decarbonizing the built environment is not just about designing new and greener buildings, but rather adopting innovative solution...

Hamworthy Heating Expands CIBSE Approved CPD Modules With New Hot Water Series

Hamworthy Heating, a technical expert in commercial heating and hot water products is pleased to announce it has expanded its pioneering CIBSE-approved Continuous Professional Development (CPD) portfolio with the launch of three new learning modules, as part of its latest hot water series on Domestic Hot Water (DHW) Best Practise. Designed for anyone involved in managing domestic hot water in commercial buildings, the new series of CIBSE-approved CPD modules enables consultants, contractors, an...

Honeywell And Bosch Collaborate For Low Global Warming Heating And Cooling Solutions

Honeywell announced that Bosch’s newest line of heat pumps will incorporate Honeywell’s energy-efficient Solstice low-global warming potential (GWP) refrigerant. As part of this collaboration, Bosch technicians will be trained in the safe maintenance and installation of these next-generation low-GWP solutions. The collaboration with Bosch also supports Honeywell’s recently announced plans to align its portfolio around three compelling megatrends, including the energy transitio...

Facilio’s New Refrigerant Tracking And Leak Detection Software Solution Sets Out To Save Retailers Hefty Compliance Fines

Property operations software firm Facilio announces the launch of its ready-to-deploy refrigerant tracking and leak detection software solution. This is meant for all grocery and convenience store operators who want to implement an automatic leak detection system to identify and mitigate potential refrigerant leaks to achieve 100% compliance. The new regulations under the proposed American Innovation and Manufacturing (AIM) Act will result in store operators facing hefty fines (up to $57,000 pe...

Cool Designs Continues Expansion With Spacious New Facility Alongside The M6

Cool Designs Ltd, the UK's major independent air conditioning distributor, has opened a major new branch at Holmes Chapel near Crewe, in the latest stage of the company's ongoing expansion plans.  new facility The new facility, located near the M6, includes a showroom, offices, workshop, and conference center, plus an additional 11,000 sq. ft. of warehouse space, enabling CDL to increase equipment stocks and further enhance support for its rapidly growing customer base in the Midlands and...

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