According to a new study released by The Freedonia Group, demand in the United States for HVAC equipment is projected to increase 5.1 percent annually to $16.8 billion in 2015. Advances will be stimulated by growth in residential and many types of nonresidential construction spending from a low 2010 base.
ABB announced that it has completed delivery and set up of 15 new motor drives and programmable logic controller (PLC) interface systems donated to Milwaukee Area Technical College’s (MATC’s) Industrial Automation Laboratory.
Serious Energy Inc., a leader in energy efficiency solutions, announced that it is a founding Financial Ally of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Better Buildings Challenge, an initiative to make America’s buildings 20 percent more efficient over the next decade.
CO2Meter.com has introduced its new CO2 Storage Safety Alarm, which detects the presence of high levels of carbon dioxide, and if present, warns people to evacuate the area immediately.
According to a new report by IMS Research, the building automation controllers, software, and sensors market in the Americas totaled $1.7 billion last year. The report finds that companies are increasingly improving the energy efficiency of their buildings by using building automation systems.
The Dwyer Group has been named one of the Best Companies to Work for in Texas for the fifth consecutive year. Dina Dwyer-Owens, chairwoman and CEO of The Dwyer Group, called it a crowning moment as the company celebrated its 30th anniversary this year.
The International Society of Automation (ISA) has announced the formation of a new Building Automation Systems Division. The new technical division will launch January 2012.
The Army has installed a fuel cell system at its Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland to supply the facility with emergency backup power. The four-stack system is one of the first of 18 fuel cells to be installed and operated at military bases across the country under an interagency partnership between DOE and DOD.
Autodesk Inc. announced that it has brought the power of cloud computing, mobile computing, and building information modeling (BIM) together. The company introduced a BIM solution that it said will significantly improve how architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) project team members connect, collaborate, and communicate.
Two new research home facilities at the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) will serve as a test bed for studying energy efficient and smart home technology.