Economizers News & Trends

Filtration Group Corporation has announced that Tim McCarty will assume the role of President and Chief Executive Officer effective January 2019. McCarty joined Filtration Group in 2012 as CFO and played a critical role in growing the company to more than $1.5 billion in revenue. He has been instrumental in shaping Filtration Group’s mission to make the world safer, healthier and more productive. Filtration solutions expert George Nolen, CEO of Filtration Group since 2016, said, “T...

Air Movement and Control Association (AMCA) International Inc. announced the revision of ANSI/AMCA Standard 500-D, Laboratory Methods of Testing Dampers for Rating. AMCA Standard 500-D-18 Designated AMCA Standard 500-D-18, the newly revised standard establishes uniform laboratory test methods for dampers. Included are methods for determining, as appropriate, air leakage, pressure drop, dynamic closure, and operational torque. Changes to the standard include: The addition of the use of orif...

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has appointed the Institute of Gas Engineers and Managers (IGEM) to develop hydrogen standards for ‘Hy4Heat’. ‘Hy4Heat’ is a range of inter-related work packages that will form a feasibility study to establish whether it is safe, practical and technically possible to employ hydrogen as a zero-carbon replacement for the natural gas that we currently use. Alternative fuel source feasibility study Martyn B...

Siemens has strengthened its strategic partnership with Knauf Insulation, the UK’s renowned provider of high performance, sustainable glass and rock mineral wool insulation solutions. The next phase of the partnership will focus on enhancing efficiency at Knauf Insulation’s glass mineral wool plant in Cwmbran, South Wales. This builds on the work begun in 2015 at the company’s St Helens plant, which has already significantly improved the plant’s energy efficiency. Across...

Adcock Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (Adcock) has announced that they have recently completed a design and build project, working with Apex Contractors, at St Johns Street, in London, United Kingdom. Apex Contractors provide professional refurbishment and fit out services to Commercial, Health, Residential, Educational and Leisure sectors. Structural alterations and fit out works This particular London project included structural alterations and fit out works to the ground and lower grou...

July 5th, 2018 marks 70 years of the National Health Service (NHS), a national celebration day to appreciate the vital role that the health service plays in citizens’ lives and to recognize the NHS staff, those everyday heroes who are there for everyone 24/7. Partnership with National Health Service Adcock Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Ltd. (Adcock) is extremely proud to play a part in the delivery of NHS services. Adcock’s cooling, heating, and ventilation can be found in ove...

AET Flexible Space announced that they have completed a full upgrade of the underfloor air conditioning system on the first floor of 16-18 Kirby Street, occupied by creative agency - 7Fold, in London, United Kingdom. The 26,000 sq. ft., 1960’s post war building was fully refurbished in 2006, enlarged and re-modeled by Architect, Buckley Gray Yeoman, with underfloor air conditioning and raised access flooring installed throughout the seven floors. The existing system at Kirby Street is a C...

The dog days of summer are here, and Lennox, a renowned provider of innovative home comfort products, is looking for some cool ideas for saving energy. Most American homeowners believe they deserve a passing grade when it comes to energy efficiency, according to the annual Lennox ‘Home Energy Report Card’ survey, but many also recognize that there is room for improvement. Lennox is giving U.S. homeowners a chance to demonstrate their efficiency I.Q. by sharing their best energy-savi...

Johnson Controls has announced that it has acquired the assets of Triatek, a renowned manufacturer of innovative airflow solutions for critical environments across the globe. With the purchase of the Norcross, the Georgia-based company’s portfolio, Johnson Controls is expanding and adding to its already extensive offering, which includes a wide range of HVAC airflow control systems that help healthcare and other critical research facilities reduce the spread of airborne contaminants and c...

Ingersoll-Rand plc, a world pioneer in creating comfortable, sustainable, and efficient environments, has acquired the technology assets and intellectual property of Raleigh, N.C.-based Agilis Energy, LLC, an energy data analytics company.  Chief Executive Officer (CEO), co-founder, and chief technology officer of Agilis Energy, Joseph (Joe) Hirl, joins Ingersoll Rand as the new vice president of energy services and controls for the company’s commercial heating, ventilating, and air-...

The Fuel Cell Initiative (IBZ) has given itself a new organizational structure, in order to take account of the further development of the market and the associated new tasks. This was shared by the Managing Director of the Federal Association of the German Heating Industry (BDH), Andreas Lücke and Dr. Timm Kehler, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Zukunft Erdgas (Future of Gas), who participated in the German Heat Conference in Berlin. In future, both will also act as spokespersons for...

Heat Pipe Technology, Inc. (HPT) is proud to announce that they have recently acquired ETL listing of their entire product line. The listing is as per UL Standard 207 and Canadian Standard CSA C22.2 #140.3 certifications. Certification on products' safety and performance This follows HPT’s recent announcement about their certification to AHRI 1060 air-to-air energy recovery standard. This makes HPT the only US heat pipe manufacturer that has the above certification and listing, uniquely...