Articles Tagged with ''heating and cooling systems''

Balfour Beatty Construction has been selected to design and construct a new $100.5 million addition to the Kern County Justice Facility in Bakersfield, California. The project is expected to create 350-400 jobs for the local community, including a contractual target goal to subcontract 25 percent of design and construction services to local businesses.

Heating and Cooling Essentials, 4th edition, is now available from career and technical education publisher Goodheart-Willcox. The newly revised text is designed to be an introductory learning tool for students pursuing HVACR careers.

DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) Delivering Efficient Local Thermal Amenities (DELTA) program is developing localized heating and cooling systems and devices to expand the temperature range within buildings. Syracuse University will develop a near-range micro-environmental control system.

Carrier Corp. announced that it has made a minority equity investment in ecobee Inc., marking an expansion in the parties’ strategic relationship following their collaboration to create the new Wi-Fi-enabled Carrier® Côr™ thermostat.

Mitsubishi Electric celebrated at the AHR Expo in style Monday night at The Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. More than 600 people registered for the event, well above average attendance for previous years, according to Kevin Miskewicz, senior manager, commercial marketing, Mitsubishi Electric US Cooling & Heating Division.

ClimaCool hosted a training session followed by a reception at the Trump Tower Chicago on Sunday, Jan. 25, before the start of the AHR Expo. The training session, which focused on simultaneous heating and cooling systems, drew 150 attendees — about three times what was expected. Nearly double that number attended the reception.

ONEnergy Inc. has announced that Claire Vella has joined ONEnergy as vice president, home services. In her new role, Vella assumes leadership of ONEnergy’s Sunwave Home Comfort (SHC) business with responsibility for accelerating SHC’s growth in Canada and the United States.

The Massachusetts House of Representatives has passed a comprehensive renewable thermal energy bill that will promote the use of clean renewable fuels and technologies for heating and cooling. Passed earlier by the Massachusetts Senate, the bill is expected to be signed by Gov. Deval Patrick and go into effect on Jan. 1, 2015.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has announced it is offering up to $30 million in funding for a new program to develop localized thermal management systems that can cut the energy needed for building heating and cooling.

Orange County contractor Service Champions has aided the Villa Center with complimentary installation of two new heating and air conditioning systems provided by Lennox. The Villa Center is a home specifically for women recovering from alcoholism and has been in service since 1963.