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The Water Council and A. O. Smith Corporation announced the next round of the BREW Accelerator and BREW Corporate Accelerator powered by A. O. Smith Corporation. The program connects water technology startups with resources to validate and advance their business models and technologies. “The Water Council is excited to launch the seventh cohort opportunity with the BREW Accelerator,” stated Steve Glynn, Director of entrepreneurship at The Water Council. “If you're an entrepren...

By 2050, Panasonic will switch the electricity used globally in its operations to 100% renewable energy Corporation has joined RE100, The Climate Group's global initiative bringing together the world's most influential businesses committed to 100% renewable power. By 2050, Panasonic will switch the electricity used globally in its operations to 100% renewable energy, and aim for production that does not emit CO2. Amid growing global attention to social issues that focus on the environment and e...

On August 14, 2019, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) released five proposals intended to increase roadway safety and ease driving rules for truckers. The five key revisions by the FMCSA are: 30-minute break - Increase safety and flexibility for the 30-minute break rule by tying the break requirement to eight hours of driving time without an interruption for at least 30 minutes and allowing the break to be satisfied by a driver using on duty, not driving status, rather...

Europa was looking to refurbish their busy Minworth site and wanted to upgrade the climate control at the same time.  Adcock was appointed and recommended Mitsubishi Electric equipment which was both cost-effective and technically compliant for the application. Mitsubishi Electric Diamond Quality Status The extensive experience that Adcock has across all types of logistics businesses means they fully understand the importance of the need to keep the business operational. With a tight pr...

Panasonic has announced that they will be exhibiting at the CIBSE Build2Perform event this year, slated to be held at London Olympia on 26th and 27th of November 2019, on stand 226. For the second consecutive year, Panasonic will be demonstrating their latest product innovations and sharing their vast technical knowledge with building services professionals. CIBSE Build2Perform event James Chaplen, Specification Sales Manager for Panasonic, commented “This event is a great opportunity t...

Panasonic’s Aquarea Smart Cloud CZ-TAW1 will soon be compatible with IFTTT, the advanced technology which stands for the simple process of ‘If This, Then That’. Offering a new intuitive user interface, IFTTT is a helpful addition to an already progressive control system. Aquarea Smart Cloud CZ-TAW1 web-based service The Aquarea Smart Cloud CZ-TAW1 web-based service can be used to create chains of simple conditional statements, which are called applets. These are often pre-ins...

IFA 2019 will be the European launching pad for LG Electronics’ (LG) innovative AI-infused customer service solution, Proactive Customer Care. The service leverages the company’s advanced ThinQ AI to provide personalized support, alerting users to issues with their LG appliance and offering helpful tips and solutions to maximize performance and long product life. The service will initially support LG’s newest front-load washing machines and bottom-freezer refrigerators in Fra...

Trane, globally renowned provider of indoor comfort solutions and services and a brand of the international HVAC solutions and equipment firm, Ingersoll Rand, announced hosting a celebration marking significant expansion to its Columbia, South Carolina facility, and ongoing efforts in environmental, social and business sustainability. Trane Columbia facility South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster, local and statewide public officials, and other esteemed members of the community joined Trane bu...

Residential ultraviolet duct disinfection systems arrived on the market about 1995. These are the standard ‘UV stick lights’ that most contractors are familiar with. They operate on the 253.7-nanometer germicidal C-band wavelength and are very effective for destroying germ carrying microbes and bacteria in the ductwork. “Everyone’s using UV-C. It’s a very effective wavelength for disinfection,” noted Aaron Engel, vice president, business development for Fresh...

LG Electronics (LG) is bringing voice recognition to customers via its ThinQ (formerly SmartThinQ) mobile app, giving users maximum convenience to connect to their LG ThinQ appliances from anywhere at any time. Smart home appliance management The first mobile application for smart home appliance management to support English leverages the Google Assistant’s voice recognition technology to manage all Wi-Fi enabled LG appliances including washing machines, dryers, refrigerators, ovens, dis...

Johnson Controls has announced a partnership with Capital Dynamics to increase the amount of capital available for customers in North America working on solar or battery storage projects. The agreement will grant easier access to funding for Johnson Controls customers utilizing a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for projects of varying sizes, starting at US$ 1 million, by aggregating them into a larger portfolio of projects. Battery storage and energy solutions systems Battery storage and energ...

Proper vaccine storage and handling practices play a very important role in protecting individuals and communities from vaccine-preventable diseases, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The Sentinel monitoring system helps health care providers and professionals maintain vaccine quality and meet the CDC’s cold storage temperature guidelines. The system is ideal for hospitals, biopharmaceutical companies, research labs, health care clinics, blood and tis...

Section 179: Major Tax Break For Commercial HVAC Equipment Congress passed a bill known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) stating “a taxpayer may elect to treat the cost of any section 179 property as an expense which is not chargeable to capital account. Any cost so treated shall be allowed as Qualified Real Property applicable includes heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning property.” Section 179 Deduction is a compelling financial incentive for commercial clients to replac...

Johnson Controls announced the YORK Mission Critical Direct Evaporative Cooling Air Handling Unit has been named Sustainability Product of the Year in the business services industry by The Business Intelligence Group in the 2019 Sustainability Awards. The awards honor those who have made sustainability an integral part of their business practice. The YORK Mission Critical Direct Evaporative Cooling (DEC) Air Handling Units (AHUs) from Johnson Controls are specifically designed to meet the chall...

Airxchange has installed 1000 solar panels at its corporate headquarters in Rockland, MA, expanding its green energy impact and reducing electric consumption up to 90%. By investing in solar technology, Airxchange has significantly reduced its offsite energy requirements, generating enough clean energy to maintain monthly operations. Airxchange has generated 336 MWH of energy to date!

The Prospects Trust at Snakehall Farm's open-plan office was getting unbearable to work in during the hot summer months so to improve their working environment and support them, Adcock installed a Panasonic air conditioning system at cost. Rhian Cornell, the Executive Officer, said “Having an air conditioning unit has made such a difference at Snakehall Farm. We have 9 poly-tunnels on-site to grow our organic produce which all need harvesting no matter what the weather, so having somewher...

LG Electronics (LG) and LUMI United Technology, an Internet of Things (IoT) and smart home solution provider, have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop an ecosystem that goes beyond basic appliance management to deliver a more complete IoT solution for the home. The partnership will focus on developing innovations using AI and advanced sensors that can detect changes in indoor environments such as humidity level, temperature and movement of doors. Aqara sensor technology LG product...

Greenheck, a globally renowned company in manufacturing and distributing air movement, conditioning and control equipment, has announced that now they offer an option for its ceiling exhaust fan and ceiling radiation damper to be combined at the factory into one unit shipped ready to install. Model CRD-310WT ceiling radiation damper Model CRD-310WT, a UL Classified ceiling radiation damper for wood truss applications, can be factory-mounted to one of six Greenheck ultra-quiet SP-A fan models (...

Argo is please to introduce the Universal Zone Control, one solution for controlling your hydronic system. This new Argo device can control your zone pumps, zone valves or both. It is a perfect companion for condensing boilers with three (3) programmable end switches – allowing users to configure a condensing boiler that has multiple inputs such as central heating, DHW and low temperature zone. The Universal Zone Control is available in three models; UZ3, UZ4 and UZ6 with 3, 4 and 6 zone...

Nortek™ Air Solutions introduces the CDU1200, a 1,200-kW coolant distribution unit (CDU) that’s the single most powerful, compact CDU on the planet, and the newest addition to its ServerCool™ data center liquid cooling product line. The CDU1200’s small 58 (d) x 35 (w)-inch (1,475 x 900-mm) footprint supplies an industry-first 1.2-MW of cooling capacity in a density of 14.6-ft2 (1.3-m2) that helps attain optimum power usage effectiveness (PUE). The CDU1200 is a perfect ne...

The 2019 ASHRAE Student Design Competition and Applied Engineering Challenge winners have been announced. The competition recognizes outstanding student design projects, encourages undergraduate students to apply their knowledge of practical design of energy-efficient HVAC systems and promote teamwork. Forty two teams competed and 26 were judged at Society level. This year’s Design Competition focused on a new small hospital in Budapest, Hungary. The project involved building a new four-s...

Viessmann has extended its sponsorship of Huddersfield Town Football Club for the 2019/20 season. As an official heating partner and global partner to the club for the third year running, and team sheet sponsor for four years, the maker of award-winning environmentally-friendly heating systems will continue as team sheet sponsor and exclusive title sponsor of ‘Club Town’, an exclusive area of 64 executive heated seats situated behind both home and away dugouts. Viessmann branding a...

The number of Danfoss solutions receiving the exclusive Efficient Solutions Label from the Solar Impulse Foundation is growing. The VLT AQUA Drive FC 202 is the fifth to join the world’s 1,000 most clean and profitable solutions to protect the environment. Danfoss’ dedicated AC drive is designed to provide the highest level of controllability and enables energy neutrality across the whole water sector.  The VLT AQUA Drive delivers performance of AC-motor-driven w...

The Vaillant GmbH Supervisory Board has appointed Ralph Jakobs as a managing director of the company with effect from November 2019. Ralph Jakobs will be succeeding Dr.-Ing. Norbert Schiedeck as Managing Director Technology. Dr.-Ing. Norbert Schiedeck has been Managing Director Technology since April 2014 and has held this position in addition to his appointment as Chief Executive Officer in May last year. Internationally Experienced Manager Ralph Jakobs is an internationally experienced mana...

ASHRAE Learning Institute (ALI) has opened registration for its 2019 Fall Online Instructor-led Course Series. Courses will begin September 10 and conclude on November 13, with 12 three-hour courses and new one-hour courses scheduled. “ASHRAE Learning Institute fall online courses provide professional development through in-depth information that is timely, practical and targeted,” said Darryl K. Boyce, 2019-20 ASHRAE President. “These courses provide engineers in consulting p...

The Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) announces that pioneering home improvement financing company, Dividend Finance of San Francisco, California has joined ACCA’s corporate sponsor program. ACCA’s corporate sponsor program enables HVACR industry suppliers and manufacturers to demonstrate an extraordinary commitment to ACCA members and the contracting industry through year-round support of the association's activities. The corporate membership program also provides manu...

Marley Engineered Products’ help in keeping gymnasiums, factories, outdoor malls and industrial buildings. The range also helps create better airflow during the stuffy winter months. Marley Engineered Products’ provides a line of ceiling fans. With a durable, contoured blade design, the fans are built for optimal temperature control, providing economic solutions for air distribution. Boasting the large and powerful motors in the industry, the fans provide maximum velocity coverage up...

The Heating and Hotwater Industry Council (HHIC) warn that the proposals in the Government consultation for the Energy Company Obligation (ECO3) threaten the livelihoods of thousands of heating and plumbing businesses. The consultation is seeking views on proposed changes to the current ECO3 scheme. This includes: Incorporating the TrustMark Government Endorsed Quality scheme (a result of Each Home Counts) into ECO3, as a route to demonstrating compliance with the most up-to-date relevant PA...

Reliable Controls® announces the release of the MACH-ProAir™ (MPA) version 8 controller. Engineered to exceed the specifications for a wide variety of Variable Air Volume (VAV) applications, the Reliable Controls MACH-ProAir is a fully programmable BACnet® Building Controller (B-BC) with numerous downloadable standard codes and flexible I/O options, all priced to meet a modest budget. The new revision F hardware for the MACH-ProAir and version 8 firmware, adds significantly more...

When it is published later this quarter, the 2019 edition of ASHRAE/IES 90.1, Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings, will be the first standard, code, or regulation to use the new fan energy index (FEI) as the metric for efficiency provisions for commercial and industrial fans and blowers, Air Movement and Control Association (AMCA) International Inc., the developer of FEI, announces. Determined in accordance with ANSI/AMCA Standard 208-18, Calculation of the Fan E...