World News
Samsung to open aircon hq in Amsterdam
KOREA: In an expansion of its European air conditioning business, Samsung is to establish a European sales hq in Amsterdam….
UTC invests in Ciat r&d centre
FRANCE: UTC has invested over €7m in a new r&d centre at the Culoz site of Ciat, the French manufacturer it acquired…
“Green” data centres receive r&d funding
UK/MALAYSIA: A joint UK and Malaysian consortium has been awarded a Newton Fund grant to develop the next generation of green data…
EPA to explain new leak management rule
USA: The US EPA is to host a webinar on Tuesday (Nov 2) to explain the new revisions to the Section 608…
Eurovent forms Middle East group
BELGIUM: The Eurovent association has announced the launch of a Middle East group to represent Eurovent members in the region….
Compressor conference call for papers
UK: Authors of potential papers for the next International Conference on Compressors and their Systems are invited to submit abstracts by December…
ASHRAE updates energy standard
USA: Numerous energy savings measures resulting from industry input are contained in the newly published energy efficiency standard from ASHRAE and IES….
Safety alert follows ac “explosions”
AUSTRALIA: A spate of incidents resulting in air conditioning engineers being seriously burned has prompted a safety alert from Australian health and…
Green buildings bring worker benefits
USA: Workers in green-certified buildings have higher cognitive functions, fewer sick building symptoms and higher sleep-quality scores, according to a new study….
Industry calls to strengthen ecodesign
BELGIUM: Leading European industry bodies have called on the European Commission to strengthen its ecodesign and energy labelling policies….