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GE Appliances, a Haier company, announces that a significant portion of the products it makes over the next two weeks at its nine manufacturing sites in the United States will be donated to American heroes working across the country on the front lines of the fight against COVID-19.  “These men and women are working around the clock to keep us safe. We’re relying on them, and they are relying on us and the products we make to keep their families safe and fed,” said Kevin N...

Biasi UK Ltd are constantly monitoring government advice with reference to COVID-19. They are open as usual but have cancelled all training events and trade mornings due to the latest government advice regarding social distancing and non-essential gatherings. Coronavirus like symptoms Biasi would ask that anyone requiring an engineer for an in warranty call please inform them if any of the customers’ household are in isolation due to coronavirus like symptoms. If this is the case then p...

Amid concerns about the increasing scope of the coronavirus (COVID 19), International Institute of Ammonia Refrigeration (IIAR) has announced the cancellation of its 2020 IIAR Natural Refrigeration Conference & Heavy Equipment Expo, a major industry event focused on natural refrigerants in the industrial and commercial sectors. IIAR Conference cancelled IIAR joins a growing list of HVAC&R organizations worldwide that have cancelled trade gatherings over the coronavirus. The IIAR Confer...

The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) file a petition with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit challenging the validity of a Department of Energy (DOE) regulation on commercial packaged boilers. "AHRI is asking that the Court review the rule because of our belief that the Department overstepped its statutory authority by issuing a rule that will impose an undue and significant burden on boiler manufacturers and consumers," said AHRI President & CEO S...

Reliable Controls is pleased to announce the official release of the SETUP-Tool. The easy-to-use, handheld SETUP-Tool allows you to quickly calibrate airflow measurements on a MACH-ProAir™ or MACH-Air™ controller through the host controller’s SMART-Net port. Performing airflow calibration SETUP-Tool applications: The default configuration is a Flow tool that allows you to perform airflow calibration on MACH-ProAir and MACH-Air controllers. One can also configure the SETUP...

Thermo King has launched a new service agreement program. Performance Advantage™ provides customers with a set of maintenance programs designed to extend the efficient operational life of their transport refrigeration equipment, increase uptime, and reduce costs. “Proactive maintenance from trained and qualified refrigeration experts can minimize downtime and save money,” said Travis Lumpkin, services product manager for Thermo King North America. “A Thermo King Service...

GE Appliances (GEA), a Haier company, unveiled the completion of its $125 million investment at its refrigeration plant in Decatur, Alabama. The investment boosted production capacity by 25% and ensures early compliance with 2022 refrigerant changes, making the plant a super site for GE Appliances top-freezer refrigeration production. The expansion created 255 new jobs, bringing total employment to 1,300 at the plant. The investment allowed GE Appliances to increase production to meet growing d...

Reliable Controls is pleased to extend the list of products they manufacture that comply with the Recast RoHS 2 Directive 2011/65/EU. RoHS stands for Restriction of Hazardous Substances and restricts the use of certain hazardous materials in electrical and electronics products. Reliable Controls products In 2017 they announced RoHS 2 compliance for 10 core controller models. Effective today, this compliance extends to 14 Reliable Controls products: MACH-Pro1™ MACH-Pro2™ MACH-P...

EUCOLD is a system made up of evaporative coolers and represents the best solution for cooling industrial buildings, warehouses, and production laboratories in a healthy and natural way. simple ventilating device EUCOLD evaporative cooler refreshes the air in a natural way. EUCOLD uses a natural principle of “adiabatic transformation” that allows refreshing the air through a natural process: at the base of the operation of this system, in fact, t...

Sensaphone® introduces a new combination temperature, humidity and CO2 sensor that measures and provides real-time values to any Sensaphone monitoring device that accepts a 4-20 mA or MODBUS signal. When the sensor registers that a monitored condition falls outside of the programmed range, the system sends an alert with the current value to the operator. This convenient new sensor utilizes a highly accurate and reliable dual-channel non-dispersive infrared (NDIR) sensor to monitor CO2, a pr...

RenewAire®, a manufacturer of HVAC and IAQ products, has added a dedicated outdoor air system (DOAS) with integrated refrigeration to its DN Series of outdoor air equipment. The DX-based DN Series DOAS with Integrated Refrigeration (IR) is a modular, flexible design that’s customizable with thousands of configurations available to design engineers. The DN Series DOAS with IR’s renowned static-plate enthalpy cores feature a near-zero exhaust air transfer ratio (EATR) at balanced...

Mitsubishi Electric Trane HVAC US (METUS), the exclusive provider of Zoned Comfort Solutions® and a supplier of Variable Refrigerant Flow (VRF) heating and cooling systems, announces the expansion of the SUZ universal outdoor unit to include Hyper-Heating INVERTER® (H2i®) technology. The single zone outdoor unit is part of the M-Series product line from METUS, which includes indoor units, outdoor units and controls for residential and light commercial applications. Available in 9,00...

NevadaNano has announced the release of the Molecular Property Spectrometer - MPS A2L refrigerant gas sensors, available in two packaging options. The A2L IS sensor is safety certified and hardened for industrial applications, while the A2L Mini sensor has the same performance specifications of its bigger brother, but is specifically engineered for residential applications. Due to emerging state regulations, which require a phase-down of HFCs (Hydrofluorocarbons), more states are requiring cons...

The new Danfoss MBT 3310 bearing sensor is specially designed for measuring the temperature in the bearings on wind turbines. Aimed at applications where reliability, longevity, and accuracy are crucial, the bearing sensor helps collect data to improve turbine performance and optimize predictive maintenance. "The wind industry is focusing increasingly on climate, wind, and turbine performance data to optimize the energy output from individual turbines. Bearing temperature is one of the most cri...

GE Appliances is proud to announce that it has received a perfect score on the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index (CEI) for the third year in a row. This annual benchmarking tool assesses the equality of a company’s policies and practices related to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) employees. “The perfect score is a testament to our inclusive culture at GE Appliances,” said AJ Hubbard, Executive Director of Inclusion and Diversity. &ldq...

Environmental responsibility is at the very core of everything they do at Airedale. They invest heavily in research and development, and commit to constant improvement when it comes to the refrigerants that they use in their equipment. The result of many years of research and development, the Azure R32 range was launched earlier this year. The R32 units have been specifically developed for use with next generation R32 refrigerant; with both a low GWP and zero ODP, it has a significantly lower i...

Biasi will be exhibiting at the very popular HVAC industry event, Installer2020 exhibition, slated to take place at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, United Kingdom. The exhibition which was normally slated to run from the 12th to 14th May (now postponed to 1st Dec to 3rd Dec, 2020 in light of the global COVID-19 pandemic spread) will be showcasing Biasi’s latest range of products and Pro-Fit installer loyalty scheme. The company’s area sales managers will be on hand to meet both install...

The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) expressed strong support for legislation introduced in the House of Representatives by Representatives Paul Tonko (D-NY), Pete Olson (R-TX), Scott Peters (D-CA), and Elise Stefanik (R-NY) that would boost American manufacturing of next-generation refrigerant technologies, promote American technology, and create tens of thousands of new jobs. The American Innovation and Manufacturing Leadership Act, HR 5544, would bring about a ph...

Reliable Controls is pleased to announce the appointment of Levi Tully, LEED AP BD+C, PMP, CLCP, to the position of Executive Vice President, Sales. In January 2020, Levi will move from his current position as Manager of Application Engineering to take on new responsibilities as EVP of Sales, where he will inspire sales teams in their important goal of cultivating the excellence of Reliable Controls Authorized Dealer locations around the world. Building automation industry “I am honored...

Ingersoll-Rand plc introduces its pure-play climate company, announcing the new company name, strategy and executive leadership team. The climate company will be named Trane Technologies plc, elevating its Trane® brand and celebrating the power of technological innovation. Trane Technologies will be a pioneer in climate control and is expected to trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker ‘TT.’ Through its strategic brands, Trane® and Thermo King®, and portfol...

Reliable Controls Corporation is pleased to announce a distribution partnership with Ad Hoc Electronics, globally renowned manufacturer of Illumra controls. Ad Hoc Electronics is an innovative wireless control solutions provider with products that are very complementary to HVAC and lighting controls. Illumra wireless control peripherals Based on EnOcean technology, Illumra wireless control peripherals include light switches, relays, 0-10 V dimming drivers, temperature sensors, occupancy sensor...

AAON, Inc. a manufacturer of heating and cooling products, announces that it achieved Gold level in the 2019 Sustainable Tulsa Scor3card verification program. The company reported on cornerstone directives in the areas of Energy, Healthy Work Environment, Materials Management, Transportation, Water, Community Stewardship and Communications. AAON has focused on energy conservation and waste reduction. Advanced Lighting Control System One example of the company’s sustainability efforts is...

Advocates for newly introduced legislation to reduce hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerants will conduct a six-figure media campaign over the next week urging Senators to support the American Innovation and Manufacturing (AIM) Act (S. 2754). The campaign will be led by the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI), the HVACR industry's trade association, with support from the Alliance for Responsible Atmospheric Policy. The legislation, introduced in October by Sens. John Kenn...

Resideo, Inc. is set to redefine the smart-home industry at an event that they are holding on Wednesday, Dec. 4, in Austin, Texas, at the historic Austin City Limits Live at the Moody Theater. More than 750 of the company’s professionals, distributors, partners, local stakeholders and employees are slated to attend the event, where they will share their vision to simplify the smart home industry through a network of more than 110,000 plumbing, HVAC and electrical contractors, and professi...

Johnson Controls announces the YORK YZ Magnetic Bearing Centrifugal Chiller with R-1233zd (E) refrigerant was named a Top 10 Green Product for 2020 by BuildingGreen magazine. This marks one of numerous honors the YZ chiller has captured since its launch in 2018. Top 10 Green Products 2020 “It is a great honor for the YZ Chiller to be recognized for its contributions to help support a greener planet,” said Christine Detz, director, product management, centrifugal chillers, Building...

As outcome of the two-year Special Project ‘Evaporative Cooling 2030’, the Eurovent Association has published a set of documents including a new Eurovent Recommendation and a dedicated flyer, providing a clear overview of what the evaporative cooling industry saves in terms of CO2 emissions today and what it can save tomorrow. These documents are complemented by the first-ever European evaporative cooling industry monograph providing a clear indication on its size and scope. Euroven...

Airedale are delighted to announce that they have signed an agreement with CyrusOne, the global data center real estate investment trust (REIT). CyrusOne specializes in highly reliable enterprise-class, carrier-neutral data center properties, and Airedale have been selected to supply cooling solutions for several upcoming data center projects in Europe, including Amsterdam and Dublin. Airedale will supply complete cooling solutions for multiple CyrusOne data centers over an initial two-year per...

Through its ongoing support of U.S. military charities, Fresh-Aire UV donated its APCO-X system to K9s for Warriors, which is the latest technology in indoor air treatment. The advanced system dramatically improves air quality at the K9s for Warriors 17,000 square foot main campus in Ponte Vedra, Florida.  K9s for Warriors is the nation’s provider of service dogs to military veterans suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Traumatic Brain Injury and/or Military Sexual Trauma a...

Wednesday 13th – Thursday 14th November 2019 SALUS traveled to PHEX Chelsea 2019 to London’s prestigious – Stamford Bridge. There they joined with their merchant partners Wolseley and Plumbase.  On the day there were:  100s of top suppliers and manufacturers in the heating and plumbing industry  All the latest product innovations in the market  Updates from the Gas Safe Register  Great EXCLUSIVE show-only deals and discounts  It was...

Adcock Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Ltd. (Adcock) announced that they have recertified their REFCOM Elite membership, which allows the company to demonstrate the very best practices and also reaffirms the trust and standard that they deliver in competently installing, commissioning, decommissioning and maintaining HVAC systems containing refrigerants. This recertification assures that: They are licensed waste carriers. They handle refrigerants safely. They are compliant with all curre...