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Navigating the 2025 HVAC Refrigerant Transition: A …
Aug 15, 2024 · Defining Low GWP and A2L Refrigerants. GWP stands for Global Warming Potential, a metric developed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to measure the amount of heat trapped in the atmosphere from greenhouse gases.
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Dec 31, 2024 · The 8.8 million shares in ServiceTitan's initial public offering (IPO) were priced at $71 each, above the anticipated range, according to news reports.
Engineered Systems NEWS | ACHR News
"For those of you mentoring others new to commissioning, I hope this gets you thinking about what your best advice would be," writes ES NEWS contributor Miles Ryan. "It is a fascinating job, but it can be overwhelming."
New Cooling Technologies Could Revolutionize HVACR
Sep 24, 2024 · One recent innovation comes from Irish technology firm Exergyn, which is developing a unique solid-state cooling technology based on shape memory alloys (SMAs). SMA solid-state cores are zero GWP, nontoxic, nonflammable, cannot leak, and open up new possibilities for increased energy efficiency and clean cooling.
ACHR NEWS December 16, 2024, Issue
Dec 16, 2024 · Product Details . In the December 16, 2024, issue The ACHR NEWS takes a look back at all the momentous legislative events in 2024, explores how OEMs can help cash in on IRA incentives, asks if the election turned down the heat on anti-gas measures, lays out everything techs need to know about RDSs, looks at a neighborhood network geothermal project, a step-by-step on how contractors can launch ...
8 Manufacturers Complete Heat Pump Challenge | ACHR News
Oct 23, 2024 · Bosch, Carrier, Daikin, Johnson Controls, Lennox, Midea, Rheem, and Trane Technologies participated in the challenge. They successfully completed prototype testing at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and other facilities in 2022 and 2023, with some units operating at temperatures as low as –15°F while still meeting efficiency requirements.
Heating and Cooling the Communities of the Future – Geothermal, …
Dec 20, 2024 · Of course, not all geothermal generates electricity. Heating and cooling with shallower geo-exchange (400-800 foot deep borehole fields), as Princeton University describes it, operates more like a “thermal piggy bank.”During summer months, when buildings require comfort cooling, heat from buildings is removed via a heat pump and stored in the ground through geo-exchange bores.
Equipment Prices Keep Rising, as R-410A Inventory Decreases
Nov 18, 2024 · Price Hikes and Availability. And prices of equipment will indeed go up. During its third-quarter earnings call, David Gitlin, chairman and CEO of Carrier, confirmed that prices of their new A2L equipment will be increasing by double digits over the next few years. “We’ve been very clear that the base price of R-454B will be 10% higher than the base price of …
Refrigerant Transition Takes a Big Step in 2025 | ACHR News
Jun 28, 2024 · California contractors have another decision to make regarding the use of high-GWP HFCs, because as of January 1, 2025, the sale of bulk refrigerants exceeding 2,200 GWP will no longer be allowed, per Senate Bill No. 1206.This means that in just a few short months, California contractors will no longer be able to buy virgin refrigerants, such as R-404A and R-507A (contractors have until ...