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A machine works at its best, when it is running at most of its potential. It all boils down to its efficiency, reliability, and service. Typically, people tend to forgo the factors that help it functional hassle-freely. The maintenance factors are conducive to any system’s successful and lifelong functioning. Commercial Refrigeration Similarly, a commercial refrigeration system needs regular maintenance, in order to check premature system failure. Fortunately, the process is relatively q...

Commercial walk-in coolers are one of the most expensive kitchen equipment. As much as they are high-priced to purchase and install, they are costly to repair or replace as well. Therefore, it takes a great amount of thought into whether scrap this heavy investment. Reportedly, once this cooler turns ten years old, it ceases to perform efficiently. That’s when either the need to repair or completely replace it arises. But, both are not the correct options, simultaneously. Thus, the follow...

Applied Comfort Products Carver Inc. is delighted to have been awarded the ISO 9001:2015 certification, an internationally recognized standard that demonstrates the ability to consistently provide products and services that meet both customer and regulatory requirements through the use of an effective quality management system. The standard is based on several quality management principles including a strong customer focus from throughout the whole organization as well as a demonstrating a comm...

Jobber, the provider of home service management software, announces the recipients of its $150,000 grant program, Boost by Jobber. Thirty small businesses were selected from thousands of applications and received funds ranging between $1,500 to $20,000 USD. “From experienced entrepreneurs to those starting a new career in home service, all our Boost by Jobber recipients are unique—but the incredible impact they’re making on their local communities is something they all share,&...

Ofgem has appointed Shell Energy to take on supplying Green Supplier Limited’s (‘Green’) approximately 255,000 domestic customers, and a small number of non-domestic customers. This follows a competitive process run by Ofgem to get the best deal possible for customers. Outstanding credit balances, including money owed to both existing and former domestic customers of Green Supplier Limited, will also be honored. Domestic customers will also be protected by...

Did homeowners know that they could change the temperature on hot water heater? The maximum temperature on most water heaters is 140 degrees Fahrenheit. There’s some disagreement among experts on whether it’s best to set it at 140 degrees, or at 120 degrees. Ultimately, it will depend on what’s right for them and their family. In the meantime, let’s take a look at the arguments for both. 120 Degrees Because of the energy involved in heating water, setting the heater...

Ofgem has appointed Octopus Energy to take on supplying Avro Energy’s approximately 580,000 domestic customers. This follows a competitive process run by Ofgem to get the best deal possible for customers. Outstanding credit balances, including money owed to both existing and former domestic customers of Avro Energy, will also be honored. Domestic customers will also be protected by the energy price cap with their new supplier. continuous energy supplies For existing&...

Of the many benefits of improved building ventilation and filtration, cognitive functioning is among them. This is the finding of the COGfx Study 3: Global Buildings conducted by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Global Health. The school’s research on how IAQ affects occupants’ cognitive performance spans a decade. The most recent study found that green buildings lead to the higher cognitive performance of occupants. The test, conducted on 302 office workers in the US, UK,...

Heatmasters has been a service company since its beginning 45 years ago. With the new service model, they expand their scope of services beyond heat treatment to various kinds of other industrial services. Integrated process model Heatmasters service center in Turku, Finland, has piloted for a couple of years an integrated process model, where Heatmasters picks up the valve frames from a manufacturer, performs annealing to the frames at Heatmasters’ service center, then transports the g...

For more than two decades Heatmasters have been at the forefront regarding temperature control systems for metal’s heat treatment applications. Everyone in business is familiar with Heatmasters’ legendary Rigel26 controller and HM20/25 temperature control program. This technology has proven to be excellent in both accuracy and ease of use. Alongside Rigel/HM25, Heatmasters is working with various PLC (programmable logic) and industrial computer-based solutions for temperature contro...

There are different kinds of heaters and heating elements for different needs. Insulated VET-preheaters are suitable for the preheating of flat or round workpieces and are easy to use. The thermal insulation is part of the element. Fixing onto the workpiece is simple and fast using steel banding or clamping magnets. VHV-heating mats are suitable for preheating, post-weld, heat treatments process heating, etc. VHV-heating elements are used for flat or round workpieces. VHVP-heating mats are abou...

Johnson Controls, the global front-runner for smart, healthy, and sustainable buildings, announced it has signed a joint development agreement with Phylagen, a leading biotechnology company in the field of microbiome optimization of indoor environments. Through this agreement, which includes a strategic investment in Phylagen, the companies are developing cutting-edge technology that leverages the science of building microbiomes to advance the future of healthy buildings. Indoor health and saf...

Aggreko, the global pioneer in mobile and modular energy solutions, is partnering with TEDxGlasgow, the grassroots initiative created in the spirit of TED’s overall mission to research and discover ideas worth spreading.   net zero business Aggreko, which is Glasgow headquartered, is a Principal Partner for TEDxGlasgow which aims to put a spotlight on the best ideas across Scotland and amplify them to a global audience in the hope of bringing about systematic change. This is t...

Delta T Equipment announced its third appearance on the Houston Business Journal’s annual Fast 100 List. Published in September each year, the list ranks the fastest-growing companies in the Houston area. In 2010, the locally owned company made the list for the first time at #22. Then in 2018, it placed #32. In 2021, with 50.42% revenue growth over a two-year period, it came in at #65. Fast 100 List Houston Business Journal’s Fast 100 List honors businesses that have experienced o...

Schneider Electric™, the front-runner in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, has been awarded ‘Sustainable Infrastructure Vendor of the Year’ at the CRN Tech Impact Awards 2021. The award recognizes the company’s leadership in developing sustainable and energy-efficient technologies for data centers and edge computing environments, and its proven track record in helping partners and customers deliver solutions that address the crucial issues...

Carrier Global Corporation announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Nlyte Software (“Nlyte”), a front-runner in Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) software. Nlyte’s proven data center expertise will expand Carrier’s HVAC business’s access to the growing DCIM segment, complement its differentiated Automated Logic Controls business to create integrated customer solutions, and help fulfill its strategic focus on sustainable and intelligent solu...

For the second time in 2021, the award ceremony of the Federal Award UMWELT & BAUEN (Federal Award Environment & Building) took place after the response was so enormous in 2020. Among the approximately 30 participants, the new building of the vocational school center in Mühldorf is Inn was chosen as the winner. Federal Award UMWELT & BAUEN At the beginning of September, the Federal Award UMWELT & BAUEN (Federal Award Environment & Building) was presented by the Federa...

Ecotricity began with a mission to replace electricity made by burning fossil fuels with green energy. It succeeded and aims to replace fossil fuel natural gas with sustainable green gas. Ecotricity launched its latest campaign with the Daily Express, it’s a campaign to save its gas boilers from the government. And they plan to replace them all with heat pumps. carbon zero for heating homes Ecotricity founder, Dale Vince, explains how users can go carbon zero for heating homes quicker a...

The German government has made the use of new oil heating systems considerably more difficult. In addition, oil – compared with other energy sources - has by far the highest CO2 emissions and thus, the highest CO2 tax burden. In many cases, gas is therefore currently the preferred energy source for the heating market because gas is more climate-friendly than other fossil fuels, and the required heating technology is proven and cost-effective. Gas solutions can be used directly with renewa...

A survey ordered by Vaisala, a measurement technology company, shows that people would feel safer with more data on Indoor Air Quality (IAQ). The survey, which included over 4,000 respondents in the USA, France, Germany, and Finland, was conducted in the summer of 2021, studying people’s concerns regarding indoor air during the COVID-19 pandemic. More than one-third of the respondents are concerned about the indoor air quality in their place of work, and more than half said that concerns...

Summertime is such an enjoyable moment because you get to enjoy the heat from the natural environment. The fall is here with the user but who says the party has to stop? A furnace will do the trick; it will keep them warm whenever needed. Before heating the house, the user needs to pay attention to a few things. This is in the interest of user safety and their loved ones. Relying on a poorly maintained furnace might lead to accidents that they’ll live to regret for the rest of their life....

Eurovent has published a Recommendation focusing on factors influencing the performance of Energy Recovery Components in Air Handling Units. This Code of Good Practice was developed in a joint effort by the participants of the Eurovent Product Group ‘Energy Recovery Components’ (PG-ERC). Addressing concerns The new Eurovent Recommendation 17/12 – 2021, titled ‘Factors influencing the performance of Energy Recovery Components embedded in Air Handling Units’, add...

Atos and Johnson Controls, the global front-runner for smart, healthy, and sustainable buildings, announced a global partnership. Atos and Johnson Controls will help private and public sector customers accelerate their journey to Net Zero by providing a unique set of end-to-end advisory services, digital and other key decarbonization capabilities which aims to help clients formulate and sustainably achieve their Net Zero strategy by reducing their commercial, industrial and office building car...

Hill Group scooped a prestigious 2021 Housing Design Award for its unique scheme, Knights Park in Cambridge.  The awards, which took place at Storey's Field in Eddington, are the longest-running award program in the country (1948) and the only one that sends a multidisciplinary set of judges to the shortlisted developments. Knights Park is the first-ever completed Housing Design Award entry to be recognized by Building with Nature for providing an outstanding habitat to support biodiversit...

Johnson Controls-Hitachi announces the addition of five regional companies to its roster of North American distributors for the Hitachi Variable Refrigerant Flow (VRF) systems and SmartFlex Mini-Split systems. The new distributors strengthen the North American distribution footprint for these popular Johnson Controls-Hitachi products. Sustainable heat pump The new distributors are: Johnstone Supply of Waltham, Massachusetts, serving Massachusetts, and New Hampshire Engineered Building Sys...

Producing green hydrogen calls for efficient water electrolysis. Reduced current ripple and grid harmonics increase water electrolysis efficiency; however, this often requires flexibility from power electronics. SEMIKRON offers extensive expertise to support power supply development for efficient green hydrogen production Key Take-Aways Following are the Key Take-Aways: What are different topologies and practical assemblies for green hydrogen generation? How do power electronics impact th...

Ofgem has appointed EDF to take on supplying Utility Point’s approximately 220,000 domestic customers. This follows a competitive process run by Ofgem to get the best deal possible for customers. EDF is offering customers a competitive tariff. Outstanding credit balances, including money owed to both existing and former customers of Utility Point, will also be honored. For existing Utility Point customers, energy supplies will continue as normal as they switch over to EDF on 18 Septe...

EDF has stepped in to help customers left without a supplier after Utility Point ceased trading on 14 September 2021. EDF will take on approximately 220,000 Utility Point domestic customers. EDF has agreed to protect any money a customer may be owed and existing customers’ credit on their accounts will be transferred to their new account with EDF. Energy supply Customers will be matched to standard variable prices to provide a guaranteed rate through winter and protection against the ex...

Tanks are a vital part of so many processes and many of them need to be heated. There are almost as many ways to heat a tank as there are types of tanks. Steam coils, heat transfer systems, direct immersion, tank wraps or heat trace; the list goes on and on. Knowing that there are many different types of heat that can be effectively applied would drastically improve the best selection for the application. Tank heating systems What are the different types of tank heaters? They are going to dis...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed a contract with Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) for communications services from Lunar Pathfinder, due to launch in 2024. Commercial Lunar Mission Support Services The Commercial Lunar Mission Support Services contract was signed between ESA’s Director of Human and Robotic Exploration, Dave Parker, and SSTL’s Managing Director, Phil Brownnett, on 15 September 2021 at The Royal Society in London. Amanda Solloway, UK Government Scien...