Underwriters Laboratories (UL), Northbrook, Ill., a compliance testing solutions company, has opened an HVAC/R performance test center in Plano, Texas.
Whirlpool Corp., Benton Harbor, Mich., has been named one of the top 50 U.S. companies for Social Responsibility by the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship and Reputation Institute.
The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI), Arlington, Va., has released its August heating and cooling equipment shipment data.
The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI), Arlington, Va., has announced that the 2010 Purdue Conferences are scheduled for July 12-15, 2010, and will consist of three concurrent conferences.
The nation’s leading manufacturers of residential central air-conditioners, furnaces, and heat pumps have signed an historic, voluntary agreement with the nation’s leading energy efficiency advocacy organizations supporting new federal standards for those products.
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), Arlington, Va., has acquired a stake in privately-held Global Inventures Inc., San Ramon, Calif., a company that specializes in forming, launching, and managing industry alliances across the high-tech, clean/green energy, and healthcare markets, and in developing technology ecosystems focused on delivering standardized products and solutions.
Increased demand for Sub-Zero and Wolf, Madison, Wis., products has prompted the company to add a second production shift at its factories in Fitchburg, Wis., and Phoenix, Ariz. The company had implemented a production and workforce cut earlier in the year due to the economic recession.
Technology for industrial boilers, commercial boilers, and industrial processes that captures waste heat and water vapor from exhaust/flue gas for reuse—resulting in increased operating efficiency and lower overall energy costs—will soon be commercially available as a result of a licensing agreement signed between Gas Technology Institute (GTI), Des Plaines, Ill., and Cannon Boiler Works, New Kensington, Pa.
Masdar City, Abu Dhabi, and GE Consumer & Industrial, Louisville, Ky., have announced a pilot program that will investigate the reduction of peak power demand through the use of smart home appliances.
HD Supply Utilities, Orlando, Fla., an electric utilities distributor, has entered into an agreement with GE Consumer & Industrial, Louisville, Ky., to supply the new GE hybrid water heater to electric utilities for residential customers.
Sony Corp., Tokyo, Japan, has developed a highly efficient wireless power transfer system that eliminates the use of power cables from electronic products such as TVs.
In a change that would bring its residential ventilation and indoor air quality standard closer in line with that of the 2009 International Residential Code, ASHRAE, Atlanta, Ga., is proposing that carbon monoxide (CO) alarms be required in homes.
Whirlpool Corp., Benton Harbor, Mich., has announced that it will produce one million Smart Energy clothes dryers by the end of 2011, as part of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Smart Grid Investment Grant program.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM) has received approval of the ANSI/AHAM PAC-1-2009, performance standard for portable air-conditioners from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).
IBM, Fayetteville, N.C., and Consert, Raleigh, N.C., designer of intelligent energy distribution and management networks, have announced the completion of smart grid pilot project installations.
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), Arlington, Va., has released a statement regarding the California Energy Commission’s (CEC) draft language proposing restrictions on televisions sold in California.
The recession continues to limit CE shopping, as nearly 50 percent of U.S. broadband households did not buy a CE product in the first half of 2009, according to Parks Associates, Dallas, Texas.
The Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM), Washington, D.C., has elected two new directors: Thomas Vining, vice president, engineering, Electrolux Home Products NA, and John I. Taylor, vice president, public affairs and communications, LG Electronics Inc., USA.
Electrolux, Stockholm, Sweden, has once again been included in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSWI). The DJSWI includes the 10 percent best-in-class economic, environmental and social performers of the world's 2,500 largest companies.
Whirlpool Corp., Benton Harbor, Mich., has been named to the 2009/2010 Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI), an international stock portfolio that evaluates corporate performance using economic, environmental, and social criteria. This is the fifth consecutive year that Whirlpool has been named to a Dow Jones Sustainability Index.
Energy efficiency provisions in the American Clean Energy Security Act (ACES — H.R. 2454) with improvements could create more than 569,000 new jobs nationwide in the next 10 years and provide $283 in annual savings for every household in America, according to a new study by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), Washington, D.C.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Washington, D.C., has revised the qualifications for televisions to achieve the Energy Star label, requiring TVs to be 40 percent more energy efficient than conventional models.
Together with 17 European partner companies, Infineon Technologies, Neubiberg, Germany, has formed the technology cooperation SmartPM (Smart Power Management in Home and Health) to bring electrical waste to a minimum in home appliances, power supplies, and healthcare and medical equipment.
McStain Neighborhoods and Brock Built have both been selected to receive a Whirlpool Corp., Benton Harbor, Mich., Excellence in Sustainability award for their sustainable insight in the building community. The award recognizes recent projects that demonstrate sustainable building practices, as defined by LEED and NAHB guidelines, while featuring sustainable appliances from Whirlpool’s portfolio of brands.
Kenmore, Hoffman Estates, Ill., is launching its Crazy Cleaning Confessions Contest, which encourages participants to share their craziest cleaning habits for a chance to win new, green appliances. Three winners will be awarded Kenmore Elite line appliances.
The National Kitchen & Bath Association (NKBA), Hackettstown, N.J., and GE, Louisville, Ky., have announced that the NKBA/GE Student Charette Competition will be held for its fifth consecutive year. This competition offers more than $20,000 in scholarships to students enrolled in NKBA-accredited kitchen and bath design programs at colleges and universities across the U.S. and Canada.
The average energy use of the most common new cold beverage vending machines would be cut by about 42 percent according to new national minimum standards published by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
Whirlpool brand, Habitat for Humanity International, Atlanta Habitat for Humanity, Southern Crescent Habitat for Humanity and volunteers from across the country are joining together for the fourth annual Whirlpool Building Blocks program.
Whirlpool Corp., Benton Harbor, Mich., has announced the closure of its manufacturing facility in Evansville, Ind. The closure will eliminate approximately 1,100 full-time positions in mid-2010.
