HVAC Breaking News

RSS

Carrier, a leading provider of rental HVAC equipment, announced that it is now providing rental cooling, heating, dehumidification, and power generation equipment to the food processing industry to decrease the loss of food and livestock.

A new study finds that utilities aren’t rewarded for adopting energy efficiency programs, and that reforms are needed to make energy efficiency as attractive as renewable energy.

The Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) announced that its Contractor Comfort Index (CCI) for June was 77, the same score as May, remaining at the highest level in the three years that ACCA has been tracking HVAC contractors’ opinions on short-term business growth.

Utilizing input from Daimler, SAE International initiated additional safety research looking at R-1234yf, a new low global warming potential (GWP) refrigerant that can be used in automotive applications. SAE said its original risk assessment is still valid: risks are well below the risks commonly viewed as acceptable.

Santa Clara University (SCU) engineering students are holding monthly Google+ Hangouts On Air with elementary schoolers in Irvine, Calif., using the live video chats to teach the children about what goes into designing and building a solar home.

Verizon has announced an agreement to install Bloom Energy fuel cell systems at three of its California-based locations: two call-switching centers in Los Angeles and San Francisco and a data center in San Jose. The solid oxide fuel cells are expected to generate more than 16 million kWh of clean electricity each year.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has launched the new Buildings Performance Database, the largest free, publicly available database of residential and commercial building energy performance information.

A coalition that includes the United States federal government and over 200 major commercial building sector partners has issued a challenge to U.S. manufacturers: if you can build wireless sub-meters that cost less than $100 apiece and enable us to identify opportunities to save money by saving energy, we will buy them. 

S.A. Armstrong Ltd. has announced a global rebranding which will unite the entire group of Armstrong companies under a single name — Armstrong Fluid Technology. The company said the new name will be used by the group’s businesses around the world, creating a unified brand.

In an effort to aid the next generation of HVACR technicians, hilmor announced its Retool Your Future program, which includes sponsoring a contest that will offer a $10,000 scholarship to three current or future HVACR students.