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Siemens Joins Building Technology Crowdsourcing Community

Company to collaborate with DOE to explore new ideas in smarter buildings and energy efficiency

August 17, 2016

Siemens has announced an open-technology challenge with JUMP, a joint initiative between the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and five national laboratories. The online crowdsourcing community focuses on bridging the gap between cutting-edge building technology ideas and the marketplace.

First Ever CHP Plant at a US Army Installation Opens

Combined heat and power generates on-site electric power and useful thermal energy

August 16, 2016

The U.S. Army has debuted a new combined heat and power (CHP) plant at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Aberdeen, Maryland. This new CHP plant is the first of its kind at an Army installation, and represents an innovative public-private partnership.

DOE Announces $15M to Protect Critical Infrastructure

Money will enhance the culture of security within DOE’s utility members’ organizations

August 15, 2016

Over the next three years, DOE funding will be used by APPA and NRECA to develop security tools, educational resources, updated guidelines, and training on common strategies that can be used to cultivate an improved cyber and physical security culture.

Appeals Court Denies AHRI Petition Regarding Commercial Refrigeration Standards

August 9, 2016

The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) responded to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruling in favor of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on its lawsuit, filed in 2014 with AHRI member company and Midwest manufacturer Zero Zone, which challenged DOE’s 2014 efficiency standard and test procedure rulemakings for commercial refrigeration equipment.

DOE Invests $16M in Innovation

Funds will help businesses move promising energy technologies to the marketplace

August 1, 2016

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced nearly $16 million in funding to help businesses move promising energy technologies from the DOE’s National Laboratories to the marketplace.

DOE Publishes a Final Rule Pertaining to the Enforcement of Regional Standards for Central Air Conditioners

July 15, 2016

The effective date of this rule is Aug. 15.

Bo Erickson, vice president of sales and commercial distribution, Manitowoc Ice

Efficiency on the Rocks

Products being redesigned in light of new efficiency standards, refrigerant changes

Ron Rajecki

July 4, 2016

The most commonly heard three-letter term in the ice machine business used to be “ice.” Now, it has been joined by “EPA” and “DOE,” which both are garnering as much attention as the actual end products.

Portable Rules Spark Confusion

Manufacturers uncertain about the impact of pending DOE regulations

Kimberly Schwartz

June 27, 2016

In addition to the final determination stating that the DOE will now regulate portable air conditioners, the agency also issued new rules for test procedures for portable air conditioners and is currently developing energy conservation standards for these units.

JP Sullivan, vice president of J.J. Sullivan Oil & Propane Inc., installs a Taco 007e circulator on an existing hydronic system. The DOE is currently developing regulations designed to improve the performance of HVAC circulators.

DOE Prepares to Regulate Circulator Pumps

Stakeholders working to negotiate energy conservation guidelines

Jen Anesi

June 27, 2016

The Circulator Pumps Working Group is an offshoot of the Commercial/Industrial Pumps Working Group, which convened two years ago to set standards on larger pumps.

ACCA CEO Promotes HVAC Installations

President Paul Stalknecht lobbies energy secretary for quality installations

June 27, 2016

Stalknecht noted the quote as a way to introduce quality installations as a viable solution to the problem. He also pointed out that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released a study in 2014 that examined energy penalties due to poor installations in residential HVAC units.