Autodesk Inc. announced that it has acquired Micro Application Packages Limited (MAP Software), a United Kingdom-based provider of CAD, CAM, and estimating software that supports fabrication and construction for the mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) industry.
A variety of market conditions will continue to drive growth in the worldwide distributed solar energy market, which Pike Research forecasts will increase from approximately $66 billion in 2010 to more than $154 billion annually by 2015.
Engineers at the University of Washington in Seattle and Kettering University in Flint, Mich., are working to cut the amount of energy used by refrigerated display cases. Results published in the journal Applied Thermal Engineering show that tweaking the physics can reduce the energy used for refrigeration by as much as 15 percent.
Carrier has formed a joint venture with Midea Group of China for the manufacture and distribution of HVAC products in Brazil, Argentina, and Chile. Midea will own 51 percent of the joint venture and Carrier 49 percent.
Echelon Corp. announced that Ron Sege has been elected chairman of the board in addition to his current role as president and chief executive officer. Sege follows M. Kenneth Oshman, who passed away in August 2011, as Echelon’s chairman.
Aeroseal, a technology used for sealing leaky ductwork, has been selected as one of the year’s best new home products in This Old House magazine’s Top 100 Best New Products for 2011 awards.
For the third year in a row, ecobee has been named a winner of the Deloitte Technology Green 15™ Award, which was created in 2007 to showcase 15 Canadian companies that Deloitte says are leading the way in the field of green technology.
Source Refrigeration & HVAC has announced further expansion into the southeast United States. Source will now service customers throughout the greater-Atlanta area from a new office in Norcross, Ga.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced the launch of the city of New Orleans’ NOLA Wise program, one of DOE’s Better Buildings Neighborhood projects. The initiative will allow participants to increase the comfort and affordability of their homes through energy-saving home improvements.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced the availability of a report — Hybrid Ground-Source Heat Pump Installations: Experiences, Improvements and Tools — that DOE says demonstrates hybrid ground-source heat pumps (GSHP) as a viable solution to reduce energy use in commercial buildings.