Heating & Cooling
HVAC (Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning) includes stories about HVAC systems to make them more energy efficient and environmentally friendly. Newer heating and cooling systems can lead to reduced energy consumption and put fewer greenhouse gases and other emissions into the air. Stories cover the implementation of the new HVAC systems as well as retrofits and upgrades of existing heating and cooling systems.
TVA Power Savings Could Come from Energy Efficient Appliances
The mass installation of such energy efficiency measures as compact fluorescent lighting and heating and cooling systems could effectively flatten Tennessee's power demand for the ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: CARB Diesel Vehicles, China vs. EU ETS, Mexico Climate Law
California's On-Road Heavy-Duty Diesel Vehicles (In-Use) Regulation has shifted the reporting date to March 30, 2012, for most privately and federally owned diesel fueled trucks ...
Retrofit to Give Tarlton $1m in Rebates
Progressive Lighting & Energy Solutions is to undertake an energy efficiency improvement project for Tarlton Properties, located in Menlo Park, Calif.
The project includes the installation ...
LG Launches Efficient HVAC Products
LG Electronics has announced energy efficiency improvements to to its HVAC products at the International Air Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Expo in Chicago.
The Multi V ...
EnTouch Launches Energy Monitor with Remote Access
EnTouch Controls has launched the GM8 Universal Energy Monitor, which works with its EnTouch Energy Management System (pictured) to provide facility energy data for small ...
GeoSystems Launches New Geothermal Heat Pumps
GeoSystems LLC has released GeoSource, a new generation of geothermal heat pumps.
GeoSource was designed to meet and exceed Energy Star Tier 3 performance requirements making ...
Annual Electric Efficiency Budgets Jump 25%
U.S. ratepayer-funded electric efficiency budgets increased from $5.4 billion in 2010 to $6.8 billion in 2011, according to a report by The Edison Foundation's Institute ...
Smart Fog Humidifier ’90% More Efficient Than Steam’
Smart Fog Inc.'s ES100 commercial and industrial humidifier is 90 percent more energy efficient that steam for building and duct-mount applications, according to its ...
Calif. DMV Retrofit Set for Summer Completion
A $130 million retrofit of the California Department of Motor Vehicles' headquarters (pictured) in downtown Sacramento is set to conclude this summer, reports Government Technology.
The ...
Creative Solutions for Cooling Revealed
Groundwater cooling and recycling water from a decorative fountain are two examples of creative ways to save money and energy on a facility's cooling, ...
Honeywell Wins State Department ESPCs
The U.S. Department of State has awarded Honeywell an energy savings performance contract for a project at two of its facilities in the Washington, D.C., ...
Stimulus Funding for Georgia Convenience Stores Lighting Retrofit Project
The Georgia Association of Convenience Stores (GACS) lighting retrofit fund has retrofitted more than 30 convenience store locations across the state. The group is one ...
National Landmark Building, U.S. Treasury Building, Earns LEED Gold
The 19th-century U.S. Treasury Building – a National Historic Landmark neighboring the White House – was awarded LEED Gold certification. The USGBC believes that the ...
Minnesota Retrofits to Save $3m a Year
Energy efficiency improvements across 36 facilities in Minnesota will generate more than $3 million in permanent, ongoing energy savings every year for the foreseeable future, ...
Trane Launches GE Software-Based Data Center Management Tool
Heating and cooling product manufacturer Trane has launched an intelligent building automation platform that uses GE software.
Tracer XT was developed in response to data center customer ...
Calif. State Publisher Buys Munters Dry Evaporation Units
Four indirect evaporative cooling units built by Munters Corporation were recently installed at the California Department of General Services, Office of State Publishing in Sacramento, Calif., ...
Texas Children’s Hospital Installs Aircuity’s OptiNet
Texas Children's Hospital has installed Aircuity's ventilation efficiency system OptiNet in its Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute building.
The installation helped the building achieve silver-level ...
Office Tower Gains 20% Efficiency; Seattle U. Installs Fabric Ductwork
A Seattle University library and 17-floor Dallas office tower have installed systems to dramatically improve efficiency of their heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems....
Efficiency Company BlueStar Buys TruBrite
BlueStar Energy Solutions, a provider of energy efficiency and demand response services, has acquired TruBrite Energy Management. Financial terms were not disclosed.
The acquisition builds upon ...
Flow Meters: ‘Essential’ Energy Efficiency Tools
Access to accurate flow-metering technology has become vital for facility managers trying to reduce the energy consumption of their buildings, according to Marisa Fedele ...
