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Keep Your Facility’s AC Cool This Summer

August 14, 2015 by Karen Henry

To keep your facility’s air conditioning in tip-top shape during the dog days of summer, the Facility Dude website offers the following tips: When you encounter a problem during regular inspections of your buildings, address the issue right away regardless of how insignificant it seems. Deferred maintenance issues can be ... Read more »

Johnson Controls Opens Variable Refrigerant Flow (VRF) Training Center

July 16, 2015 by Linda Hardesty

Johnson Controls recently unveiled its new variable refrigerant flow training facility in Dallas, Texas. The 12,600-sq-foot education center helps contractors and sales professionals deliver VRF services through a multi-day training program. Training center participants will learn how to design, install and service the Johnson Controls VRF systems, which were unveiled ... Read more »

Johnson Controls Acquires 60% of Hitachi Air Conditioning Business

January 23, 2015 by Linda Hardesty

Johnson Controls, Hitachi and Hitachi Appliances entered into a definitive agreement for their global joint venture in the heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration industry. Through the agreement, Johnson Controls will obtain a 60 percent ownership stake in Hitachi Appliances’ global air conditioning business, excluding sales and service operations in ... Read more »

Retrofitting with VRF

January 21, 2015 by Karen Henry

A variable refrigerant flow (VRF) system with heat recovery may be an energy efficient alternative for buildings with inefficient fans and leaky ductwork. Variable frequency drive motors allow a VRF system to adjust to a variety of loads. The refrigerant serves as both the heating and cooling medium that can ... Read more »

Trane Adds Water-Source VRF Systems

November 10, 2014 by Linda Hardesty

Trane expanded its ductless portfolio with its new Water-Source variable refrigerant flow (VRF) Ductless Systems, providing energy-efficient HVAC for multi-tenant and diversely occupied buildings. Trane water-source VRF uses water as the energy exchange medium to heat and cool the system’s condenser. Using adjacent water or geothermal sources, water-source VRF can ... Read more »

Johnson Controls Boosts Air Handling Unit Manufacturing Capacity

April 8, 2013April 5, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Johnson Controls expanded its Guangzhou, China, factory to meet the increasing demand for energy efficient building technologies. The factory will house a fully-automated air handling unit assembly line and four additional variable refrigerant flow (VRF) production lines to meet Asian and global demand. Read more at Energy Manager Today.

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