Articles Tagged with ''EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)''

The EPA recognized 17 apartment and condo buildings across the country for their energy use reduction, increased affordability, public health protection, and efforts in combatting climate change.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the launch of its Energy Star Home Advisor, an online tool designed to help Americans save energy and money by improving the energy efficiency of their homes through recommended, customized and prioritized home-improvement projects.

In building its case for GHPs, GEO emphasized the impact the technology’s efficiency can have on the EPA’s expected mandates and benefits of more widespread use by reducing fossil-fuel consumption, leveling utility loads, and cutting carbon emissions from existing power plants across the U.S.

Under a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Bozzuto’s Inc., which operates a cold storage warehouse in North Haven, Connecticut, is updating its operations so that public safety is enhanced. The company has also agreed to pay $124,181 to settle claims it violated the federal Clean Air Act.

Now that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized its R-22 phaseout plan, announcing a large drop in 2015, do you think there will be an adequate supply next year?

With the phaseout of R-22, many food retailers are adapting to future R-22 supply constraints by transitioning away from this refrigerant. Because many of the substitute refrigerants are potent greenhouse gases, it is important that food retailers use the retrofitting process as an opportunity to tighten system leaks.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the first existing multifamily housing properties to earn the new Energy Star multifamily certification for superior energy performance. EPA recognized 17 apartment and condo buildings across the country.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released new guidance to help school districts protect IAQ while increasing energy efficiency during school renovations. 

Contractors who have found virgin hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC)-22 readily available at their local supply houses had best prepare for a drastic drop-off in such supplies very soon.

Today, recovering refrigerant from a system during major repairs is a routine practice for technicians and contractors.