The use of CO2 as a refrigerant in transcritical refrigeration applications has received Underwriters Laboratory (UL) listing. Hillphoenix Inc. announced that its Advansor by Hillphoenix CO2 booster refrigeration system has received UL listing in both the United States and Canada.
Although residential electricity consumption is increasing, a national survey finds Americans blame their utilities or their inefficient homes for their rising energy bills rather than putting the blame on themselves for using more power.
Fluke Corp. has announced the “My First Fluke” program, which allows students actively enrolled in technical or vocational schools, colleges, universities, apprenticeship programs or high schools in the United States to purchase one Fluke tool at a 25 percent discount.
Representatives from the Hemet Unified School District, Tioga Energy, Johnson Controls, De Lage Landen, and Wells Fargo & Co. gathered in Hemet, Calif., to celebrate the completion of 17 solar electric systems for district schools that are expected to save the district approximately $300,000 in utility costs annually.
FuelCell Energy Inc. has announced an order from its South Korean partner, POSCO Energy, for 121.8 megawatts (MW) of fuel cell kits and services from its FuelCell Energy production facility in Torrington, Conn. The estimated value of the multi-year contract is approximately $181 million.
ecobee Inc., producer of Wi-Fi enabled smart thermostats, announced that it has formed a strategic partnership with Austin Energy to launch the Texas utility’s 2013 Power Partner Thermostat Program Pilot.
Enertech Global announced that it has acquired the assets and intellectual property of GeoSystems LLC, Maple Grove, Minn., from Research Products Corp., Madison, Wis. GeoSystems is the manufacturer of ECONAR, GeoSource, and HydroHeat geothermal products.
Onset, a leading supplier of data loggers, announced that the company will be hosting a one-hour online training course, “Economizer Diagnostics Using Data Loggers,” on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012 at 2 p.m. EST.
“Energy is what keeps the United States, and the world, going,” said Colin Powell, retired four-star general, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and secretary of state for President George W. Bush. “And what I see is demand for energy is getting greater and greater and greater.”
The election has come and gone. And while HVACR contractors held on to hope that November’s ballots would provide a bit of clarity, looming legislative gridlock and unstable economic conditions continue to provide a much murkier forecast.
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