Articles Tagged with ''innovation and HVACR''

On the heels of brand-new air conditioning product launches, LG Electronics is reinforcing its deep commitment to the future of the HVAC industry by introducing the “LG Technology Roadshow” — a unique LG mobile showroom on wheels — providing customers across the U.S. an opportunity for a hands-on experience with LG’s latest air conditioning technologies.

Residential and commercial sectors, coupled with rising disposable income, are augmenting demand for air conditioners across the globe. Growing acceptance of air conditioners as a utility product, rather than a luxury product, is anticipated to boost growth in the global air conditioners market during the forecast period.

The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) recently announced that 74 project teams have attracted more than $1.8 billion in private-sector follow-on funding since the agency’s founding in 2009. The announcement was made at the eighth annual ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland.

As part of the Manufacturing USA initiative, the Department of Energy announced its new Reducing Embodied-energy and Decreasing Emissions (REMADE) Institute, which will be headquartered in Rochester, New York and led by the Sustainable Manufacturing Innovation Alliance. 

Heat Pipe Technology (HPT), a division of MiTek^® Industries, announced that it has opened a new laboratory at its Tampa location. This will allow HPT to expand its ability to research, develop, and test new products while expediting the time-to-market for such products.

Belimo Americas has announced an Innovation Contest regarding zone valves. Internal leakage in zone valves can cause significant loss of energy and money, noted the company. The contest involves finding a simple method for detecting and measuring zone valve internal leakage.