The OpenADR Alliance, which advocates for adoption of the Open Automated Demand Response (OpenADR) smart grid standard, announced that California investor owned utilities plan to require the OpenADR 2.0 standard for new customers in their Demand Response (DR) Enabling Technology programs in 2013.
Arlene Sarkoyan, CEO and co-founder of S3H Inc., has been honored as a 2011/2012 Professional Woman of the Year by the National Association of Professional Women (NAPW). Sarkoyan has been responsible for helping establish her company as a leading HVAC mechanical subcontractor on the West Coast, said NAPW.
The EnOcean Alliance announced the availability of a new line of energy harvesting wireless modules communicating on the 902 MHz band for the North American market. The line increases effective radio frequency range, enhances resistance to interference, and simplifies product development due to shorter antenna lengths.
Stem, a provider of energy optimization combining cloud analytics and intelligent energy storage to reduce commercial building electricity costs, announced its first customer deployment at two InterContinental hotels in San Francisco.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded grants to 45 college teams in phase I of its People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) annual student design competition. Each grant, totaling up to $15,000 per team, allows the student teams to develop and design their proposed technologies.
ClearEdge Power, a manufacturer of fuel cell systems, announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire UTC Power, a unit of United Technologies Corp., which also develops and manufactures fuel cells.
The North American Insulation Manufacturers Association (NAIMA) has produced an instructional three-part video series along with pictorial guides to assist insulation contractors and home insulation installers in meeting RESNET Grade I criteria with fiberglass and rock and slag wool batt insulation.
Due to this year’s schedule, The NEWS is not publishing a Dec. 31 issue. The 2013 HVACR Directory will be published Jan. 7 and the next regularly scheduled issue will be published Jan. 14.
The market for building energy management systems (BEMS) is expected to grow substantially over the rest of the decade. According to a new report from Pike Research, global spending on building energy management systems will total $41 million in 2012 and is forecast to reach $319 million worldwide by 2020.
Constellation, a business unit of Exelon, has announced the nationwide launch of VirtuWatt™ Link, a web service application to facilitate automated load response program participation.