Air Conditioning News for 03/08/2008



Local Happenings
The Bedminster School's eighth-grade class will offer a Pancake Breakfast on Saturday from 8 to 11 a.m. at the school at 234 Somerville Road...

Two killed as storms sweep through state
A tornado ripped through this north Florida city on Friday, turning homes on their sides, scattering debris everywhere, and killing two people, officials said...

Basin Electric Power Cooperative Donates Green Tags from Waste Heat.
MADISON, WI - March 6, 2008 - Basin Electric Power Cooperative, Bismarck, N.D., has donated 5,000,000 kilowatt hours of green tags to Leonardo Academy to help offset the emissions of several events that ...

eCycle, Inc. Announces Low Voltage Air-conditioning for Mobile Platforms (PRWeb)
eCycle announced today plans to offer two air-conditioning units (LVAC) that operate on low voltage (12 - 24VDC) and produce up to 24,000 BTU's. (PRWeb Mar 5, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/low-voltage/air-condtioning/prweb743784.htm..

Cabs with no air-conditioning
Are rising fuel prices influencing cabbies to turn the air-conditioning off, and just wind the windows down? It seems like a common phenomenon now (Ive been extensively using taxis this week) to have the wind blowing into your face. ...

School board ponders EURunsightly' addition
Mount Airy News - DOBSON - EURIt looks like a giant spider has consumed the gym.EUR That was Surry County Schools assistant superintendent Chuck Graham's assessment Monday night of the new gym air conditioning unit at Surry Central High School. New units were ...

Chase Field gains notice as landmark for visitors (The Arizona Republic)
It features a retractable roof, air conditioning and a grass field. All in all, Chase Field in downtown Phoenix is a pretty wonderful place, says Avondale resident Maureen Wilson, who nominated the site to become a Phoenix Point of Pride...

DST actually COSTS energy
They conclude that the reduced cost of lighting in afternoons during daylight-saving time is more than offset by the higher air-conditioning costs on hot afternoons and increased heating costs on cool mornings. Why, then, in the past, ...

Awnings Reduce Homeowners' Carbon Footprints
Forbes - This is key because solar radiation through glass accounts for nearly 20 percent of the load on an air conditioner, according to the American Society of Heating and Air Conditioning Engineers...

Courtesy J. C. Aunos
Egypt Today - BRIEFLY CLOSED DUE to problems with the air-conditioning system, 35 has re-opened its doors and is finding its stride. Although 35 is, at its heart, a bar, it offers an interesting menu of fusion cuisine. Stepping into the entrance to the side of the ...

Thirteen air conditioning compressors stolen this weekend - Beaumont Enterprise

Thirteen air conditioning compressors stolen this weekend
Beaumont Enterprise, TX - Mar 3, 2008
By PAUL S. MARTINEZ, The Enterprise The final one of a trifecta of thefts was reported to police Sunday after five air-conditioning compressor units worth .
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Interior inspiration
House chosen for fundraiser The historic Ellwanger estate at 625 Mt. Hope Ave. will be transformed by 35 interior designers, artists and craftsmen from across the region as part of the fifth biennial Rochester ...

DENSO to Establish Joint Venture to Produce Bus Air Conditioning Systems in Jiangsu, China (ThomasNet)
February 25, 2008 KARIYA (Japan) DENSO Corporation and GAC Corporation, a subsidiary of DENSO, have agreed with Yangzhou Jiexin Auto Air-Conditioner Co., Ltd. located in Jiangsu, China to establish a joint venture to produce bus air conditioning systems. The DENSO Group and Yangzhou Jiexin Auto Air-Conditioner will form the new company, Yangzhou Jiexin DENSO Air-Conditioner Co., Ltd. (tentative ...

Wine Cellar Cooling Unit = Air Conditioning for Your Favorite Vintages
If you're building a wine cellar in the basement, the fact that it's underground may not be enough to keep your bottles cool enough, especially in hot climates...

Awnings Reduce Homeowners' Carbon Footprints
Reducing carbon footprints is a growing trend among eco-minded homeowners. However, according to statistics from the United Nations, every American is responsible for an average of 22 tons of carbon dioxide ...

ICC Acts on ASHRAE Proposals
International building codes soon might incorporate requirements from a new load-calculation standard from the American Society of Heating Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers and the Air Conditioning ...

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Nissan Goes Green in New US Headquarters
Newsday - Air conditioning and heat are controlled through outlets at each work station. "You heat the people and not the space," said Rob Traynham, the company's director of corporate services...

Fixit: New furnace's air supply duct brings in the cold - Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription)

Fixit: New furnace's air supply duct brings in the cold
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription), MN - 21 hours ago
(Also, if you have a central air conditioning system, connecting the combustion air to the return air will make the system less effective. .
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Honeywell to Deliver Landmark Demand Response Program to Baltimore Gas .
MSN MoneyCentral - The new Honeywell UtilityPRO(TM) thermostat also will be a key incentive for the program, which will help cut energy costs for participating customers and give the utility greater control of peak consumption on hot days when air conditioning use ...

Firm touts system for turning sun's heat into cool air - Business Green

Firm touts system for turning sun's heat into cool air
Business Green, UK - Mar 7, 2008
But now a Turkish company called Solitem claims it can tackle air conditioning's huge environmental footprint by harnessing the heat of the sun itself to .
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Details of energy legislation outlined
TOPEKA, Kan. - Details of the energy bill approved Thursday by the Senate and sent to Gov...

My Slides From FITC Amsterdam Now Available
You can download a PDF of my slides from the AIR Conditioning presentation which includes all the code snippets that can be easily copied and pasted. For those in Amsterdam who will be coming to the AIR tour, dont worry as I will have ...

India: Tata lines up another air conditioner supplier for Nano - Automotive World (subscription)

India: Tata lines up another air conditioner supplier for Nano
Automotive World (subscription), UK - Mar 6, 2008
By Megan Lampinen German supplier Behr has announced that its Indian joint venture with Anand Group, Behr India, will supply air conditioning systems for .
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Change those clocks - phillyBurbs.com

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Change those clocks
phillyBurbs.com, PA - 6 hours ago
When daylight time first appeared during World War I and became more and more widespread in the years following, air conditioning was not a major energy .
Its time to save . . . daylight Buffalo News
Does daylight time save or use more energy? CTV.ca
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ICC Takes Action on ASHRAE Proposals
International building codes may soon incorporate requirements from a new load calculation standard from the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) and the Air Conditioning Contractors of ...

Announcing our NEXT 3 SHOWS
We'll be performing in Wicker Park next year! Our next three productions will play at The Chopin Theatre at 1543 W. Division...

Do Regular and Synthetic Oils Mix?
Wall Street Journal - Q: Does the air-conditioning system of hybrid engine vehicles work less effectively than gasoline engines? Friends have rented hybrids and complained about the air conditioning not working as well as in normal cars...

How well-built is your home? - Toronto Star

How well-built is your home?
Toronto Star,  Canada - 9 hours ago
"In July you may know that the air conditioning works well. But if you buy it in December you're not even going to know if the air conditioning is hooked up .
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Builder didn't pay bills; homeowners left with tab (Merced Sun-Star)
A year after Juan Reyes bought a new house in Dunmore Homes' Country Villas subdivision in Livingston, he thought his only headaches were an overflowing air conditioning valve and a bathroom door that won't close...

Now showing
Daily Record - The theater, which has air conditioning, surround-sound and seats 76 people on its main level and 15 more in a loge area upstairs, features first-run films with two screenings each day and a matinee on Sundays...

Home for Sale in Lake Luzerne, New York
Address: 659 Lake Ave, Lake Luzerne, NY 12846, United States Residential Features: Gas Range, Dish Washer, Hardwood Floors, Ceiling Fans, Fireplace, Home Alarm, Central A/C, Microwave Oven Commercial Features: ...

eCycle announced today plans to offer two air-conditioning units . - PR Web (press release)

PR Web (press release)

eCycle announced today plans to offer two air-conditioning units .
PR Web (press release), WA - Mar 5, 2008
The LVAC offers users powerful and reliable air-conditioning that operates directly from batteries or in conjunction with an auxiliary power unit (APU). .
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GeekDads@TED: My BlimpBot Foiled by Air Conditioning! - Wired News

GeekDads@TED: My BlimpBot Foiled by Air Conditioning!
Wired News - Mar 1, 2008
All that body heat had raised the temperature of the room, kicking in the air conditioning, which came out of huge ducts right over the stage. .
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More NY Times/Fed Stupidity
Few seem to care whether green buildings can be a nightmare for those having to work inside high-rise structures lacking heat or air conditioning. The new Thomas Mayne designed Federal Building at 7th and Mission Streets in San ...

Business Briefs
Gas prices experience steepest price climb since November The cost for a gallon of gas increased by 13 cents over the past week, the biggest increase in 16 weeks, according to AAA Arizona...

Thirteen air conditioning compressors stolen this weekend (Beaumont Enterprise)
The final one of a trifecta of thefts was reported to police Sunday after five air-conditioning compressor units worth about $12,500 were stolen from Fulbright Family Partnership, a business office in the 5300 block of Washington Boulevard...

December 19, 2005 - Guidelines an Alternative for State, Local 'Green' Mandates
Guidelines an Alternative for State, Local 'Green' Mandates As policy makers increasingly consider mandating green home building techniques through regulation and legislation, state and local home builders ...

The Last Doughboy
While architectural describe the buildings EURsense of airinessEUR as EURmagical,EUR employees view working in this heat and air-conditioning free building with the wavy concrete floors and ceilings as a nightmare. ...

Of Cannon Fire and Daylight Saving Time
New York Times - Those Indiana residents used more power, but for heat and air conditioning EUR something far beyond the capabilities of 18th-century tallow. The researchers found that the power used for lighting declined significantly in every month but October...

The Green Facts About Your Cars Air Conditioner - Daily Green

The Green Facts About Your Cars Air Conditioner
Daily Green - Mar 5, 2008
By TDG Community Your cars air conditioning system uses a chemical refrigerant under pressure to make the interior cool. MACS Worldwide wants you to know .
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Awnings Reduce Homeowners Carbon Footprints - Business Wire (press release)

Business Wire (press release)

Awnings Reduce Homeowners Carbon Footprints
Business Wire (press release), CA - Mar 7, 2008
EURAwnings are a proven means for reducing heat gain and air conditioning loads typically resulting in a reduced carbon footprint.EUR
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eCycle, Inc. Announces Low Voltage Air-conditioning for Mobile Platforms (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
eCycle announced today plans to offer two air-conditioning units (LVAC) that operate on low voltage (12 - 24VDC) and produce up to 24,000 BTU's...

Not Exactly Move-In Condition
US News and World Report - These renovations will be dirty and dusty: the replacement of air conditioning and heating systems, most wiring, and the fire and safety systems; and new fiber optic IT installations...

Integrated Flight Systems relocates to Fort Worth (Fort Worth Business Press)
Helicopter parts company Integrated Flight Systems Inc. EUR the worlds largest manufacturer of air conditioning and video systems for civilian and military helicopters EUR is relocating to Fort Worth from Reno, Nev...

BlimpBot Foiled by Air Conditioning
All that body heat had raised the temperature of the room, kicking in the air conditioning, which came out of huge ducts right over the stage. Basically I was under a raging waterfall of cold air, and the poor blimp sank right to the ...

Early Daylight Savings: Conserving Energy? Maybe Not.
Perhaps the worst effect of the long daylight savings time is that, in addition to more light being used, people will get home from work one hour earlier, and on hot days, they will be likely to turn on the air conditioning one hour ...

Lawmakers try to tackle immigration at state level
State lawmakers around the country are proposing hundreds of bills this year aimed at curbing illegal immigration, but experts say the cost and public opposition will keep many from becoming law...

The Investment Column: International Power shares look fired up
The Independent - No matter how bad the downturn in the UK economy, workers will still demand air conditioning at work, computers will need electricity and household goods will continue to use energy. This is good news for International Power, which posted results ...

U.S. Residential Cooling, Heating Equipment Shipments Steady
U.S. factory shipments of residential cooling and heating equipment for January 2008 look very similar to the totals for the same month a year ago, with a slight rise reported this year for central ...

Continue reading "M&A Supply will invest $3.5 million in move to Daniel Payne Industrial Park"
BUSINESS TODAY'S NEWSPAPER The Birmingham News The Huntsville Times Press-Register Change local edition >> BREAKING NEWS Statewide The Birmingham News The Huntsville Times Browse by day posted: Browse by week ...

Kudos: Doing the 'right thing' pays
It is not often you find people going out of their way to do the right thing. My son was recently at a place of business, and there was a truck from JD's Air Conditioning there, doing work...

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Behr to supply air-conditioning systems for Tata Nano (Automotive Business Review)
Behr India, a joint venture between the automotive suppliers Behr and the Anand Group, has announced that it will provide air-conditioning systems for the Tata Nano starting in June 2008...

Heart of Stonetown
In this one, we shelled out for a room with air conditioning, hot water and a tv The ac worked but there was no hot water and the tv had no sound. The next morning, I spoke to the manager, politely pointing out the problems, ...

Firm touts system for turning sun's heat into cool air (vnunet.com)
James Murray, BusinessGreen , Friday 7 March 2008 at 00:00:00 Fresh from inking a distribution deal with German technology giant MAN Ferrostaal, Solitem is committed to scaling up its innovative solar cooling technology The stifling heat often experienced in desert regions may have resulted in soaring energy demand and carbon emissions over the past few decades as air conditioning ...

Boy's underdeveloped lungs limit access where smoking allowed
Flynn McQuillen, right, a second-grader at St. John's Elementary School, sings in his Spanish class next to classmate Nicholas Malovrh on Tuesday...

How They Made the Nonprofit Jump
Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, July 22, 2007; Page K01 One of the most common questions that readers ask is how they can get a job with a nonprofit group...

Fixit: New furnace's air supply duct brings in the cold (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
QWe had to put a new furnace in our home and they put in a flexible tube from the outside to the furnace. It was to supply fresh air for the furnace, but it seems to me like having an open window in the house. It brings in lots of frigid air, especially this winter. I can't believe it's efficient...

March 7, 2008: New High-Performance Building Design Certification Offered
The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers is offering a new high-performance building design professional certification program, and registration is now open...



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