Articles Tagged with ''Climate Change and HVACR''

Sept. 24, 2014: Ingersoll Rand Commits to Cutting Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Half by 2020

Company to Invest $500 Million in Product R&D to Fund Long-Term Reduction in Emissions

September 24, 2014

Ingersoll Rand announced that it is committing at the 2014 Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting and United Nations Climate Summit to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by half by 2020. The company said its commitment will avoid the same amount of CO2 emissions that can result from powering nearly 2 million homes for a year.

HFCs Enable 83 Percent Reduction in Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Rajiv Banavali William F. Walter

August 12, 2014

Hydrochlorofluorcarbons, or HFCs, have enabled an 83 percent reduction in U.S. direct greenhouse gas emissions since 1990 as a substitute for ozone depleting substances that were also very potent contributors to climate change.

Will Climate Change Declaration Change HVAC?

January 29, 2014

President Barack Obama declared climate change a fact in his State of the Union address. What could that and other elements from his speech mean for the HVAC industry?

Survey: Climate Change is Real

83 Percent of Respondents Believe Climate Change is Happening

August 5, 2013

A survey re-vealed 83 percent of respondents believe climate change is happening.

Survey Examines Clean Energy

January 21, 2013

Many Americans believe clean-energy development and addressing climate change should be priorities for President Obama and Congress, according to a survey conducted by researchers from Yale University and George Mason University.

Emerson Launches Blog

November 12, 2012

Emerson Climate Technologies Inc. has introduced its “Climate Conversations” blog, an informational forum that will provide a home for Emerson to share its expertise and market insights as they relate to key topics and technology in the industry including energy scarcity, safeguarding food, and human comfort.

Stand-Alone R-32 Catches Interest at Purdue Conferences

Peter Powell

September 3, 2012

The concurrent 21st International Compressor Engineering Conference, 14th International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference, and 2nd International High Performance Buildings Conference showed how dramatically the issue of global warming is impacting the refrigerant aspect of the HVACR industry and how complex the issue is.

Herb Woerpel

August 27, 2012

Despite the success of the Montreal Protocol — and increased efficiency standards — a recent New York Times article centered on a group of “leading scientists” who believe that if planetary potential is maxed out, 27 percent of all global warming effects to 2050 can be attributed to the gasses utilized in air conditioners.

Experts on HVACR-Environmental Issues Don’t Chime in on Weather

Peter Powell

August 20, 2012

As this is being written temperatures are near 100°F here on the Illinois/Wisconsin border and a drought is in full force. The hue and cry is, “See, see, global warming! Told you it was real!” But folks from Europe were telling me that the Old World was experiencing one the coolest and wettest summers on record.

Aug. 7, 2012: Report Says Generation X Is Unconcerned About Climate Change

August 7, 2012

A new report from the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research finds that Generation X is largely unconcerned about climate change. Generation X encompasses those adults born between 1961 and 1981, and are now between 32 and 52 years of age.

On Demand As AI workloads and high-density computing push traditional cooling methods to their limits, the data center industry is accelerating the adoption of next-generation HVAC technologies.

In this session, we will cover how to design VRF systems for the U.S. market using new A2L refrigerants. These systems provide an advanced zoning solution by using inverter technology to deliver precise heating and cooling control across multiple zones and spaces.