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Building technology industries veteran Mike Fischer has joined Armstrong Fluid Technology as Commercial Director and Country Leader, USA. In this role he will be responsible for all sales and sales support functions for the United States and will report directly to Joachim Schulz, Global Commercial Director, Building Business. Executive management positions Fischer brings more than 30 years of experience working with the organizations focused on building technology. In his 29 years with Honey...

Metro United Way (MUW) proudly announces Kevin Nolan, President and CEO of GE Appliances, a Haier company, as the 2020 Community Investment Chair. As such, Nolan will lead the organization’s efforts to create equitable, meaningful and lasting change throughout Greater Louisville. Amidst the recent events unfolding in the city and across the nation, Metro United Way remains committed to creating equitable outcomes for all. For decades, the organization has prioritized addressing the gaps t...

Honeywell and Dimer LLC announced a partnership to bring an ultraviolet cleaning (UVC) system to airlines that, when properly applied, significantly reduces certain viruses and bacteria on airplane cabin surfaces. The Honeywell UV Cabin System can treat an aircraft cabin in less than 10 minutes for just a few dollars per flight for midsize to large airline fleets. "This offering is a big win for our airline customers, which are seeking affordable ways to clean their cabins effectively and quick...

NearU HVAC Services, announced the successful completion of the acquisition of Carolina Heating Services in Greenville, SC. With this acquisition, NearU has established a multi-state footprint and tripled its employee base within the first four months of its inaugural acquisition. "Carolina Heating Services has established itself as the market leader in Greenville since the late 1980's and has built a strong local brand. The company's dedicated focus on customer experience and employee training...

Creative Realities, Inc., a renowned provider of digital marketing solutions, announced a reseller program to support broader distribution of its Thermal Mirror solution. CRI moved quickly to anticipate and meet the growing need for thermal screening solutions as businesses resume normal operations following the COVID-19 shutdown. Since introducing its Thermal Mirror solution several weeks ago, CRI has expanded its partner program to make its thermal screening solution more broadly available. T...

Johnson Controls, announced a series of acquisitions, namely of East Lancashire Refrigeration Ltd, H&C Contracts Ltd and McDowall Air Conditioning Ltd. These acquisitions form part of Johnson Controls’ ongoing strategic growth plan within the HVAC sector, allowing the company to diversify its product portfolio and fill geographical service gaps across the United Kingdom and Ireland. Johnson Controls offers a large portfolio of HVAC equipment and controls in the world, and these acquis...

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announces that it will acquire buildings and land from Sharp Fukuyama Semiconductor Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sharp Corporation located in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. The acquired properties will serve as a new site where Mitsubishi Electric's Power Device Works will process wafers for the manufacture of power semiconductors. New production facilities scheduled to start up in November of next year will enable Mitsubishi Electric to expand...

The Eurovent Product Groups ‘Air Conditioners’ (PG-AC) and ‘Liquid Chilling Packages and Heat Pumps’ (PG-LCP-HP) elected new Chairmen and Vice Chairmen, with a clear scope and timeline of activities. Mr. Henk Kranenberg was separately elected Chairman of both Products Groups. He is joined by Vice Chairman, Mr. Stefano Vit (De'Longhi Group) in the Air Conditioners Group and Vice Chairman, Mr. Mariano Covolo (Mitsubishi Electric Hydronics & IT Cooling Systems S.p.A.) i...

Armstrong Fluid Technology is sponsoring a Virtual Summit June 10th, designed to help building owners and operators create and maintain healthy indoor spaces in this challenging environment. Entitled Healthier Buildings for a Greener Future – Improving Air Quality in Buildings Post-COVID, the discussions will focus on indoor air quality, sustainability, energy savings and occupant comfort. Addressing health challenges The first session of the virtual summit, Risk Reduction in the MUSH S...

WILO SE has published its current group-wide Sustainability Report 2019. “With our Sustainability Report 2019, we document the responsibility assumed by the Wilo Group towards our customers, our employees, society as a whole, and the environment,” explains Oliver Hermes, President & CEO of the Wilo Group. “With this report, we want to highlight what we’ve achieved to date and what we’ve got planned for the future, while at the same time inviting dialogue and di...

DrivingDigital transformation has been part of everyday lives for some time now. In addition to processes and products, services are also moving into the virtual space with increasing frequency, in the construction industry, too. Wilo, the Dortmund-based technology specialist, is going online with its new Building Information Modelling (BIM) Portal, in order to virtually design projects in building services and water management. Functional and technical properties Building Information Modelli...

Electrolux announces a plan to replace all high-impact greenhouse gases in all of its appliances by 2023 at the latest, as part of its commitments to the United Nations global Cool Coalition initiative. The plan, which helps Electrolux deliver on its objective to significantly reduce its climate footprint over the coming decades, is one of the actions taken under the company's Better Living Program. As global temperatures rise, the transformation of cooling technology will make a big contributi...

ABB is collaborating with its global strategic partner, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), on jointly developed technology to significantly reduce the energy consumption of high-performance supercomputers, while at the same time increasing their computing capacity and reliability. Answers to some of society’s most pressing challenges are buried in massive amounts of data. The world’s top research centers use supercomputers to find answers to some of the most complicated problems such...

With the increased use of Nest Thermostat technology, the Applied Comfort engineers prove compatibility with the Robertshaw PAC‐840000 Series electronic board used in the PTAC/PTHP products with the NEST Model T3007EF, 3rd Generation Learning Thermostat.

GE Appliances (GEA) will negotiate a new collective bargaining agreement in 2020 with approximately 3,800 production and boiler house workers at Appliance Park in Louisville, Kentucky. Negotiations will take place in Louisville. The union representing Appliance Park production employees is the IUE-CWA, and the union representing boiler house employees is SEIU-32BJ. The year 2020’s contract negotiations have been delayed due to the COVID-19 situation and subsequent travel and meeting...

At Baxi Heating, they are doing whatever they can to continue to provide the very highest level of customer care and support that they can during this difficult period. The company’s highest priority is the safety of all their valued customers and colleagues. They recognize the uncertainty that coronavirus has caused, and they also know that the heating industry has an important role to play - people still need heating and hot water. The company’s thoughts are with everyone who has...

Interxion, a European provider of carrier- and cloud-neutral colocation data center services and a Digital Realty company, announces it has reduced its cooling system energy consumption by 20% during the first year of an ongoing project with data center optimization specialist, EkkoSense. The project – which commenced last February – has been designed to focus on thermal monitoring and airflow optimization, increasing cooling capacity and reducing the energy cost of cooling equipmen...

Airedale International is pleased to welcome new hire Clayton D’Souza to the UK sales team, where he will work alongside the existing account managers to strengthen ties with consultants, contractor and end-users in the Midlands area. Clayton is an experienced engineer, specializing in technical sales in the data center and infrastructure industries. He graduated from Cranfield University in 2011, completing an MSc in Engineering Management of Manufacturing Systems. Significant growth pl...

Smart buildings innovator Igor announces the general availability of Nexos Intelligent Disinfection. The solution pairs ultraviolet (UV-C) lighting with Internet of Things (IoT) controls to enable widespread, automated disinfection of surfaces. According to Igor Founder and Chief Technology Officer Dwight Stewart, the patent-pending solution was inspired by the need for confidence in this time of uncertainty and risk. "As more spaces reopen, intelligent disinfection becomes even more crucial,"...

Las Vegas entrepreneur & casino veteran, Bryan Lindsey, and other business industry veterans have partnered with Palm Beach, Florida-based RGF Environmental Group to create Environ Safety LLC., (‘Environ Safety’) a Nevada Corporation. After a complete shutdown of Las Vegas casinos, resorts, conference centers, restaurants and arenas due to COVID-19 pandemic, the welfare and safety of both patrons and workers is one of the great concerns that has delayed the reopening of these bu...

Las Vegas entrepreneur & casino veteran, Bryan Lindsey, and other businesses have partnered with Palm Beach, Florida based RGF Environmental Group to create Environ Safety LLC., ("Environ Safety") a Nevada Corporation. After a complete shutdown of Las Vegas casinos, resorts, conference centers, restaurants and arenas due to COVID-19, the welfare and safety of both patrons and workers is one of the greatest concerns delaying the reopening of these businesses. Environ entered into an exclusiv...

The recent COVID-19 pandemic has given an important impact on people’s alimentary behavior, since it affected significantly the food industry. On one hand, the HoReCa employers mainly paid the price due to the enormous restrictions for hotels, canteens, and restaurants, but on the other hand, an important increment in food purchases in supermarkets and large-scale distribution. prepackaged meals The prepackaged meals took a forward step in the industry: placed in refrigerated counters,...

Resideo Technologies, Inc., a globally renowned provider of home comfort and security solutions, has announced that Phillip Theodore will join the company as Chief Transformation Officer, effective June 1, 2020. Operations and transformation Theodore brings more than 30 years of operational and transformation experience working across a broad array of industries. He will work closely with Resideo’s leadership team and its Board to advance Resideo’s Financial and Operational (F&...

Aaon, Inc., announced that its Board of Directors has authorized the company to make up purchases of shares of the company’s common stock. This is in accordance with a pre-arranged stock repurchase plan adopted by the company and also in accordance with the guidelines specified under Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as well as from time to time in the open market or through privately negotiated transactions at prevailing market prices, depending on market con...

Johnson Controls is honored to be ranked #18 among the 100 Best Corporate Citizens for 2020, for environmental, social and governance (ESG) transparency and performance. The 100 Best Corporate Citizens ranking is based on 141 ESG transparency and performance factors in eight pillars: climate change, employee relations, environment, finance, governance, human rights, stakeholders and society, and ESG performance among the 1,000 largest, U.S. public companies. George Oliver, Chairman and CEO said...

Daikin Industries, Ltd. added new content entitled “Expert Ventilation Methods for Offices and Stores” on their company website that summarizes useful information in English on ventilation of offices and stores in Japan. Because of the epidemic caused by the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), ventilation has been gaining attention. In the “Ventilation Awareness Survey” conducted by Daikin, approximately 80% of the respondents said that their “Interest in ventila...

Reliable Controls announced that Michael Osborne, the company’s Firmware Manager, accepted the appointment of BACnet Chair. Developed under the auspices of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), BACnet is an American national standard, a European standard, a national standard in more than 30 countries, and an ISO global standard. BACnet has been an international standard since 2003, and has 877 listed products from 180 manufacturers, with o...

During these unprecedented times, Sensaphone remains committed to helping stop the spread of COVID-19. The health and well-being of the company’s employees, customers, suppliers and partners are of the utmost importance right now, and the company has taken aggressive measures to ensure everyone they work with stays healthy and protected as possible. Sensaphone products are used in countless hospitals and clinics to monitor blood, vaccines, tissue samples, and medicines to ensure that they...

The BDH sees the billion-dollar Corona reconstruction package presented by the EU as a great opportunity for climate protection. "There is no doubt that this EU recovery plan is a big step towards the economic reconstruction of Europe," said Uwe Glock, President of the Federal Association of the German Heating Industry, BDH. “But let's take the great opportunity to link the Recovery Plan and the European Green Deal with one another from the outset,” demands the BDH President. Promo...

Resideo Technologies, Inc., a globally renowned provider of home comfort and security solutions, has announced that it has selected Anthony L. (Tony) Trunzo to serve as its new Chief Financial Officer, effective June 8, 2020. restructuring programs "Tony's skills are a perfect match at this critical time in Resideo's transformation," said Jay Geldmacher, President and CEO of Resideo Technologies, adding "Tony has the ability to combine strong operational excellence and financial discipline fro...