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Firm Opens a Research Laboratory to Test Transcritical CO2 refrigeration Systems

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Japanese firm boasts ‘world’s first’ CO2 research laboratory r744.com, November 29, 2017 To push the development of CO2 technology forward – especially in the food-manufacturing sector – Food Techno Engineering Co., Ltd. (FTE), an engineering and contracting company headquartered in Osaka, Japan, has opened a research laboratory to demonstrate and test cutting-edge transcritical CO2 refrigeration systems. The CO2 research … Read more

Motor Manufacturers Seek Additional Time to Comply With Energy Norms

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Motor makers seek time to meet energy norms No suitable raw material, infra in place, say manufacturers thehundu.com, December 2, 2017 Manufacturers of electric motors have sought additional time to comply with the energy efficiency norms stipulated by the government earlier this year. According to them, the appropriate raw materials should be available in adequate … Read more

Bannister Urges for OEMs to Build With Future Energy Efficiency Requirements Now

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Motor efficiency: aiming high Control Engineering Europe, October 30, 2017 Brian Bannister argues that it is better for OEMs to build in compliance to electric motor energy efficiency requirements now, to avoid the need for future product redesigns, and to provide customers with immediate energy saving benefits. New European statutory efficiency requirements for electric motors, which … Read more

Yokohama Reito Co., Ltd., Updates It’s Refrigeration System With NewTon

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Japanese warehouse installs NewTon Ammonia 21, October 31, 2017 Yokohama Reito Co., Ltd., one of Japan’s leading food distribution and cold storage companies, has installed Mayekawa’s NewTon NH3/CO2 packaged refrigeration system at its most technologically advanced facility. The Satte Logistics Facility, opened in June, is located in Saitama, Japan, about two hours north of Tokyo. Yokohama … Read more

Hook & Ladder Plans to Build Two Seemingly Identical Buildings

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Look-alike apartment buildings in northeast Minneapolis showcase new ideas in energy efficiency Star Tribune, November 27, 2017 At first glance a pair of side-by-side apartment buildings slated to be built on an industrial site in northeast Minneapolis look nearly identical. They are not. One building will be built to conventional construction specifications. The other will … Read more

Researchers Develop New Facade That Significantly Reduce Energy Usage

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New facades enhance energy efficiency of buildings phys.org, November 13, 2017 Recently, two researchers from UPM have developed a ventilated façade with a double chamber and flow control device that significantly saves energy in buildings. This sustainable, efficient solution can be applied in both renovations and new buildings due to its simplicity. The facade is the main … Read more

Largest Horticultural LED Job in History Is Boosting Food Supply in Russia

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Russian project is ‘largest horticultural LED job in history’ A MASSIVE installation of LED lighting designed to boost food supply in Russia will be the largest horticultural LED lighting project in history. Over 120,000 luminaires will illuminate a greenhouse growing area of 25 hectares, equivalent in size to about 40 soccer pitches. It will significantly … Read more

Valeo Presents C02 Refrigeration System for Heating and Cooling Buses

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Valeo launches CO2 heat pump for buses at Busworld r744.com, October 24, 2017 Valeo, a company based in France that works primarily in the automotive sector, has launched a CO2 heat pump for cooling and heating buses at Busworld Europe 2017 in Kortrijk, Belgium (20-25 October). The system is a modular, reversible, environmentally friendly heat pump that … Read more

LED Lighting Efficiency Improvements Are Lowering the Electricity Demand

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LED lighting leads region’s energy efficiency improvements KTVZ.com news source, October 17, 2017 PORTLAND, Ore. – Lighting efficiency improvements, especially the growing market for LED lights, helped Northwest utilities reduce electricity demand in 2016. The efficiency improvements totaled 275 average megawatts, the average power demand of 184,000 Northwest homes, according to the Northwest Power and … Read more

OEM Makes NXTCOLD Ultra-low-charge Ammonia Become More Available

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Hillphoenix adds NXTCOLD to portfolio Ammonia 21, September 27, 2017 Conyers, Ga.-based OEM Hillphoenix announced Tuesday the addition of NXTCOLD ultra-low-charge ammonia systems to its industrial refrigeration portfolio, making the patented technology available to customers in North America and Latin America for cooler, freezer and blast freezer applications. Hillphoenix also offers transcritical CO2 to industrial and … Read more