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Victaulic, the manufacturer of mechanical pipe-joining systems, continues to strengthen its Australian offer by opening a new 3,205 square meter branch facility in Eagle Farm, Brisbane, due to be open before April 2018. The new branch, the company’s third Australian site will support continued growth within the region, servicing territories stretching from the Hunter Valley to Far North Queensland, as well as inland to Industrial & Mining Regions as well as the Northern Territory. Tr...

EEBUS Initiative e.V. and BDH demonstration show networked energy management in the house and in the smart grid/lecture program on digital heating and sector coupling. Digital heating will play an important role at the IFH Intherm 2018 trade fair from April 10 to April 13, 2018, in Nuremberg, Germany. Heating in smart homes The EEBUS initiative e.V., together with the Federation of German Heating Industry (BDH), will be showing the possibilities that heating will offer in the smart home of the...

Founded by the father and son team of James E. Graves Sr. and James E. Graves Jr., American Coolair Corporation has been a globally renowned manufacturer of ventilation products for 90 years. The family-owned company, which began operation on October 29, 1928 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA, is currently run by Harry Graves Jr., Robert B. Graves and Sara Graves. They are the fourth generation from the Graves family to lead the company. Comprehensive product lines The company designs and builds...

Check-ups for the kids, any pets, and the car all have their purpose. You want to make sure everything is working as it should, and the preventative HVAC maintenance isn’t much different. Scheduling regular, preventative maintenance for HVAC equipment helps homeowners stay “in the know” on their system. Before the season's switch, make an appointment with the local HVAC company to make sure everything is okay with the cooling system. No one wants to wake up to a broken AC...

Victaulic’s VicFlex™ Series AH2-CC Braided Hose is now available in the EMEAI region. The new hose retains key qualities of the Series AH2, including its 100 percent kink resistance and bend radius (2” cULus listing). The Series AH2-CC utilizes patented captured coupling technology and provides a flexible connection from the branch line to the sprinkler head with a mechanical joint instead of a threaded union. In previous models, pipefitters had to tape or dope the threads of...

The Federation of German Heating Industry (BDH) has announced publishing its annual report. The 100 companies organized in the BDH generated total worldwide sales of 14.5 billion euros in 2017. This corresponds to an increase of around four percent when compared to the previous year. Research and development (R&D) costs of 608 million euros were slightly below the previous year's record of 640 million euros. High expenditure on R&D The high expenditure on research and development is p...

Increasingly demanding requirements on energy efficiency, as well as the latest EU (European Union) regulations have created a need for intelligent control engineering solutions in room air conditioning. TROX has combined its wide industry know-how from all divisions of air distribution technology and developed an energy-efficient overall system, with the X-AIRCONTROL. X-AIRCONTROL The system's main focus is on the individual, demand-based control of air volume flow rate The integration of t...

The Federal Association of the German Heating Industry, BDH, and the Federal Association of the Solar Industry, BSW-Solar, are calling on the federal government to significantly accelerate the energy transition in the heating sector. The heating sector is currently contributing far too little to reduce CO2 emissions in Germany. Germany is threatened with fines running into billions because the EU climate target is not met. Solar thermal energy "In combination with solar thermal energy, conden...

The wintertime weather can do a real number on the indoor comfort. Oftentimes, heating the home is only half of the solution. Dry air will continue to be a problem until spring rolls around. For the next couple of months, indoor humidity is what really counts for home comfort. Indiana homeowners tend to think that humidity is a bad thing. But don’t let the hot and extra-humid summers fool you. In reality, a little moisture can help make the air feel great—especially during the colde...

Victaulic, the manufacturer of mechanical pipe joining solutions, has made its home in the Easton community for more than 50 years. In 1967, Victaulic bought an iron casting supplier, Lehigh Inc., in West Easton, and in 1977, opened the Forks Township foundry. This week, Victaulic Finishing Processor Mario Nesci of Palmer Township hangs up his safety glasses, coat, hard hat, and gloves as he retires as the company’s longest-tenured manufacturing employee of 48 years. In 1969, Mario Nesci...

The Fuel Cell Initiative (IBZ) has given itself a new organizational structure, in order to take account of the further development of the market and the associated new tasks. This was shared by the Managing Director of the Federal Association of the German Heating Industry (BDH), Andreas Lücke and Dr. Timm Kehler, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Zukunft Erdgas (Future of Gas), who participated in the German Heat Conference in Berlin. In future, both will also act as spokespersons for...

Ingersoll Rand plc, a global company in creating comfortable, sustainable and efficient environments, and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, a globally renowned manufacturer of technologically advanced ductless and variable refrigerant flow (VRF) heating and air conditioning systems, are pleased to announce they have entered into an agreement to establish a 50 percent-50 percent joint venture (JV) pending global antitrust review. Marketing and sales of ductless and VRF systems The new joint vent...

Heat Pipe Technology, Inc. (HPT) is proud to announce that they have recently acquired ETL listing of their entire product line. The listing is as per UL Standard 207 and Canadian Standard CSA C22.2 #140.3 certifications. Certification on products' safety and performance This follows HPT’s recent announcement about their certification to AHRI 1060 air-to-air energy recovery standard. This makes HPT the only US heat pipe manufacturer that has the above certification and listing, uniquely...

The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) announced the launch of its upgraded Directory of Certified Product Performance, a real-time online directory that includes more than 7.2 million listings of all AHRI Certified® products. "AHRI's online directory was more than ten years old, and in need of an upgrade to support expanding reporting requirements as regulators at the federal, state, and local levels increasingly relied upon AHRI for accurate and unbiased data on...