Articles Tagged with ''safety and HVAC''

Among other things, they also committed the industry to educating itself through continuous learning, advocating for effective land use policies, responding to disasters alongside first responders, and planning for future events with a strategy for fast recovery.

Chas Roberts Air Conditioning & Plumbing recently received the Liberty Mutual Gold Safety Award for 2013. The company also received the award in 2010, 2011, and 2012. 

Nest Labs Inc. has issued a consumer safety notice for its Nest Protect smoke and carbon monoxide detector after recent laboratory testing showed the Nest Wave feature could be unintentionally activated.

The 2013 editions of ASHRAE’s major refrigerants-related standards, incorporating 41 new addenda, have been published.

ASHRAE has announced that the 2013 editions of its refrigerant safety standards, incorporating 41 new addenda, have been published.

As the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) ratchets up its scrutiny on temp workers, employers must understand and comply with their duties regarding training and safety, before accidents occur.

TPC Training Systems has announced the addition of six PowerPoint presentations to its library of HVACR instructor materials. TPC now offers over 100 presentations designed to help students visualize the key technical concepts of air conditioning and refrigeration, including ammonia refrigeration.

One issue concerning counterfeit refrigerants is the possibility of contamination in such systems. A major report on this has been published by the AHRI under the title: “Reports of R-134a Contaminated with R-40 and Other Refrigerants.”

ACCA awarded three companies with the 2013 Safety Excellence award, sponsored by Federated Insurance, a company that provides businesses with risk management tools and resources.

Relief valves are used to release abnormally high pressure inside a vessel before that pressure causes the vessel to erupt.