Variable Refrigerant Flow Systems (VRF or VRV) News & Trends

Teknotherm Acquires Bowman Refrigeration

Teknotherm Inc., proudly serving the fishing fleet in Seattle, WA since 1987, has acquired Bowman Refrigeration Inc. with effect from December 2021. This acquisition is the latest addition to the Dutch Heinen & Hopman Group, one of the fastest-growing HVAC&R suppliers, serving the marine fleet globally with more than 50 locations all over the world.  Products and services Bowman Refrigeration has been delivering high-quality services and products supporting the fishing industry i...

Sensitech Launches App-Enabled, Touchless Temperature Monitoring Solution For Enhanced Supply Chain Visibility

Sensitech, a provider of global supply chain visibility solutions launched the TempTale® Ultra BLE, the newest wireless addition to its industry-pioneering line of digital temperature monitoring solutions. Sensitech is part of Carrier Global Corporation, the global provider of healthy, safe, sustainable, and intelligent building and cold chain solutions. A Bluetooth temperature monitoring solution The TempTale Ultra BLE is a validated Bluetooth temperature monitoring solution capable of...

Friedrich Air Conditioning FreshAire PTAC Gets Recognized For Solving Major Challenges In Lodging Industry

From pathogens to airborne pollutants, one of the toughest challenges for the lodging industry is how best to ensure the comfort and safety of guests by improving Indoor Air Quality (IAQ). Friedrich Air Conditioning Co. is helping address these issues head-on with some of the most advanced, award-winning room-by-room IAQ solutions, specifically designed for lodging and multi-family properties. That includes the Friedrich FreshAire™ PTAC. Offering simple installation Most recently, this...

Friedrich Freshaire IAQ Tackles Airborne Pathogens And Pollutants Room By Room

At AHR Expo 2022, Friedrich Air Conditioning Co. is showcasing the latest suite of available indoor air quality (IAQ) options and added capabilities for the company’s wide range of room A/C products. Dubbed Friedrich FreshAire™ IAQ, these accessory offerings deliver healthier indoor air quality and tackle serious issues such as the removal of pathogens and pollutants from the air. Friedrich FreshAire IAQ With the launch of Friedrich FreshAire IAQ, Friedrich is the first company in...

Friedrich Introduces Filtration Capabilities For Kühl A/C Units at AHR Expo 2022

With the first-of-its-kind filtration capabilities, Friedrich Air Conditioning Co. is turning “old school” window A/C unit technology into a sophisticated IAQ solution of the future, especially for classrooms, health care facilities, and homes. Friedrich Kühl window units At the 2022 AHR Expo, Friedrich highlights a new MERV 13 filtration option for Kühl, one of the company’s most popular lines of room A/C units, as part of Friedrich’s new FreshAire™ IAQ...

Mitsubishi Electric Trane HVAC US Announces Heat2O Hot Water Heating System To Reduce Energy Consumption

Mitsubishi Electric Trane HVAC US (METUS), a supplier of energy-efficient, high-performance ductless and ducted variable-capacity heat pump systems and Variable Refrigerant Flow (VRF) heat-pump and air-conditioning systems, announces Heat2O™, an all-electric domestic hot water heating system designed to improve sustainability and reduce energy consumption in multifamily buildings and large-scale commercial facilities.  Domestic hot water (DHW) accounts for roughly 25% of annual energ...

Ruskin Announces New TDFi-RT Airflow And Temperature Measurement Device For Fan Inlet Applications

Ruskin is pleased to announce the launch of their newest addition to the airflow measuring product portfolio! Model TDFi-RT is designed to measure airflow & temperature at fan inlet applications using thermal dispersion technology. The TDFi-RT is built upon the successful and proven platform of the TDP05K and utilizes a cantilevered sensing design with daisy chain wiring to collect airflow and temperatures readings from up to 32 sensors on 16 fans! Achieving specified accuracy Features of...

AprilAire Announces A Strategic Partnership With Airthings To Enhance Indoor Air Quality Solutions

AprilAire, the nationwide pioneer in professional-grade healthy indoor air quality solutions for the home, announces a strategic partnership with Airthings, a global technology company that produces award-winning, best-selling indoor air quality monitors for radon and other dangerous airborne contaminants that impact overall health and wellness. The partnership is rooted in addressing a common issue for homeowners everywhere: people spend more than 90% of their time indoors, but most are unawar...

BrainBox AI And ABB Partner On Global Distribution Agreement

BrainBox AI, a pioneer in predictive and self-adaptive commercial building technology, is pleased to announce its global distribution agreement with ABB. ABB will offer BrainBox AI’s technology services with a co-branded customer User Interface (UI). This step confirms the next phase of the key relationship, following the October 28, 2021, Series A funding announcement, wherein ABB participated as a lead investor. ABB – BrainBox AI partnership This agreement demonstrates ABB&rsquo...

Eurovent PG-AC To Consider The Option Of Having A Single Energy Label For The Reversible Air Conditioners And Space Heaters

The EC has published the call for evidence for an impact assessment on the review of the Ecodesign and Energy Labelling regulations for air-to-air air conditioners, air-to-air heat pumps, and comfort fans. The consultation will last until 18 February 2022. The Impact Assessment will assess the following main aspects: Update the energy efficiency calculation method for air-to-air conditioners and air-to-air heat pumps to increase comparability between different product types and to achieve mo...

Van Drunen Explains How Do UV-Light Air Purifiers Work

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...

Ti Cold Works With Investex To Build A State-Of-The-Art Cold Storage Facility In Texas

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 To Showcase Their HVAC Products At The AHR Expo 2022

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...

UV Resources Unveils New Open-Style, Upper-Room UV-C Luminary For Enhanced Infection Control, Lower Costs In Tall Ceilings

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...

NIBCO Inc. Launches Wrot Racer ‘Start Me Up’ Distributor Promotion To Celebrate Its Next Generation Of Push Fittings

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...

UV Resources Release New Open-Style UV C Luminary, GLO UV-C Disinfection Upper-Room Fixture Series For Greater Infection Control

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...

Samsung HVAC America And Honeywell Collaborate To Provide Advanced Control Solutions

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...

Hudson Technologies And AprilAire To Work Together To Meet The Requirements Of The CARB Regulation Order

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...

Cleaver-Brooks Sustainability Seal Readily Identifies Boiler Room Equipment And Solutions That Meet Strict Criteria

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 Unveils New PIM Commercial Boiler System To Enable High Efficiency Operation And Heating Performance

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...

Carrier Corporation Unveils PLV Pro, New Cost Analysis Software Tool To Compare Chillers From Different Manufacturers

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...

Airedale To Announce The Launch Of Four Ground-Breaking Data Center Cooling Solutions At Cooling Innovation Day Event

Airedale, the critical cooling specialists, announces the forthcoming launch of four ground-breaking data center cooling solutions, all to be unveiled at their virtual Cooling Innovation Day event, to be held on 1st February 2022. During this free-to-attend online event, the four new cooling solutions will be exclusively revealed and senior members of the Airedale team will take part in a Q&A to discuss the offers. Prior to the unveiling, a high-profile industry panel discussion will take p...

Accessible Hire & Refrigeration’s New Portable Cold Stores Benefit from Carrier Transicold Electric Refrigeration Units

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...

ABB Announces The Acquisition Of InCharge Energy To Strengthen Their E-Mobility Division

ABB announces the acquisition of a controlling stake in electric vehicle (EV) commercial charging infrastructure solutions company InCharge Energy. The addition of InCharge Energy will strengthen ABB’s E-mobility Division in the North American market by broadening its customer base and expanding its fleet electrification software and digital services offering. The transaction is part of ABB E-mobility’s growth strategy and is intended to accelerate the expansion of its portfolio to...

QM Power Fortifies Partnership With University Of North Carolina At Charlotte, Expands U.S. Presence

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...

BITZER Provides EnergiVault With Their Open-Drive Screw Compressors To Generate High Efficiency Cooling

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...

Panasonic Expands Their CR Series Line-Up Of Cold Chain Condensing Units With The Addition Of 4HP Units

Panasonic Heating & Cooling Solutions has expanded its CR Series line-up of Cold Chain Condensing units with the addition of the medium- and low-temperature 4HP units. This growing range of high-quality refrigeration solutions, powered by the natural refrigerant CO2, now provides cooling capacities from 2kW to 16kW. The units are an ideal solution for a variety of refrigeration applications including chilled cabinets, cold-rooms, and freezers in food retail, hotels, convenience stores, gas...

GE Appliances Receives A Perfect Score On The Human Rights Campaign’s CEI And Gets Named As The Best Place To Work

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...

Eurovent Elects Maurizio Orlandi As Their Group Chairman And Jesus Beraza As The Vice-Chairman

The Eurovent Product Group ‘Commercial Refrigeration Equipment’ has elected its new Chairman and Vice-Chairman. Maurizio Orlandi has become the group Chairman. He will be supported by the re-elected Vice-Chairman Jesus Beraza. Maurizio Orlandi (Technical Compliance & Intellectual Property Manager, Epta) was elected as the new Chairman of the Product Group during its online meeting on 14 January 2022. He has extensive experience in Eurovent and within the refrigeration industry....

Aircuity Releases A Statement Noting The Urgency With Which Customers Are Addressing ESG Requirements

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...

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