A new Director and a member of the Executive Committee were appointed to the Indoor Air Quality Association (IAQA) Board of Directors during the organization’s recent 20th Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Michael Bowdoin, a cu ...

Engineers at the University of Colorado have developed a thin, artificially structured ‘metamaterial’ that can cool objects without water or an external energy source. The glass-polymer hybrid material works to lower the temperatu ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and NASA on January 18 both announced that the Earth reached its highest temperature on record in 2016.
It marked the third consecutive year the warmest global temperature was ...

The updated version of Germany’s refrigeration and air conditioning directive, which entered into force on 1 January, will subsidise the installation of refrigeration systems based on ‘non-halogenated and low-GWP refrigerants&rsqu ...

A manual to help users navigate the changes in ASHRAE’s 2016 ventilation standard is now available. The User’s Manual for ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 62.1- 2016, Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality, provides information on the ...

The 2016 editions of ASHRAE’s major refrigerants-related standards have been published as a package with 30 new refrigerants and refrigerant blends added. The standards are ANSI/ASHRAE 15, Safety Standard for Refrigeration Systems, and ...

The city of Las Vegas is now drawing 100% of its power from renewable energy sources. The goal, first announced in 2008, was realized when Boulder Solar 1, a 100 MW solar plant, went online. The realization of the goals was hastened last year ...

Taco Comfort Solutions received the Product of the Year award at the 15th annual AHR Expo Innovation Awards competition. The Innovation Awards program honors the most inventive and original products, systems and technologies showcased at each ...

The 2017 ASHRAE Winter Conference and the AHR Expo saw record attendance with industry collaboration a strong focus of the events. The 2017 ASHRAE Winter Conference took place January 28-February 1 at Caesars Palace with the ASHRAE cosponsore ...

Dharmendra Jani has joined as VP Operation at Ankit Shiny Mechanical India Pvt. Ltd. (ASMI). He is a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) with over two and a half decades of professional experience at companies such as Blue Star, ACME Te ...