ARLINGTON, Va. — The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) today responded to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruling in favor of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on its lawsuit, filed in 2014 with AHRI member company and Midwest manufacturer Zero Zone,…

STAMFORD, Conn. — United Rentals Inc., a provider of equipment rentals including portable HVAC equipment, announced the launch of a new online service that allows renters to browse, price, reserve, and schedule equipment through any Internet-enabled device. The service fully automates the selection,…

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google announced that it has applied its DeepMind machine learning algorithms to its own data centers to reduce the amount of energy used for cooling by up to 40 percent. One of the primary sources of energy use in the data center environment is cooling. However, Google said…

BREA, Calif. — Controls Group North America (CGNA) announced it will be holding its annual 2016 CGNA Fall Members’ Meeting in Chicago, Sept. 8-10, 2016. CGNA is an organization of the top distributors and manufacturers in the controls industry. The marketing, technology, and networking opportunities…

Atmospheric neutrinos could oscillate into sterile neutrinos when they travel through a dense area of matter, like Earth's core. However, sterile neutrinos cannot be detected by IceCube. Thus, if sterile neutrinos exist, IceCube would measure a disappearance of atmospheric neutrinos that would…

MILWAUKEE — Johnson Controls Inc. announced it will be opening seven new Source 1 HVAC Supply Centers in Illinois, Michigan, and Missouri this fall. Source 1 is the exclusive supplier of factory authorized service parts and residential accessories for all Johnson Controls unitary products…

Click to enlarge Detail of the phase separation in the copolymer: when the siloxane (areas where yellow predominates) migrates to the surface, it generates greater roughness, and due to its hydrophobic characteristics, prevents the adhesion of organisms. Alexander Santiago, a researcher in the…

Bistable beams -- structures stable in two distinct state -- store and release elastic energy along the path of a wave. Soft materials are great at damping energy — that’s why rubber tires are so good at absorbing the shock of bumps and potholes. But if researchers are going to build autonomous soft…

Polariton fluid emits clockwise or anticlockwise spin light by applying electric fields to a semiconductor chip. Researchers have built a miniature electro-optical switch which can change the spin -- or angular momentum -- of a liquid form of light by applying electric fields to a semiconductor…

The ATLAS detector at the LHC. Physicists conducting research at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) -- the world's most powerful particle accelerator, located on the border of France and Switzerland -- presented more than 100 new results at the 38 th International Conference on High Energy Physics…

Assemble Systems, the leading provider of Construction Data Management solutions announced today that Donald R. Henrich has been named Chief Operating Officer for the company. In his role as COO, Don brings extensive experience in building organizations and market share for their products and will…

Researchers from MIT and MIT Lincoln Laboratory report an important step toward practical quantum computers, with a paper describing a prototype chip that can trap ions in an electric field and, with built-in optics, direct laser light toward each of them. (Stock image) Quantum computers are largely…

FREDERICK, Md. — Blue Pillar, an Internet of Things (IoT) provider, has announced the addition of energy industry veteran Todd Krause as its chief commercial officer (CCO). As CCO, Krause will lead Blue Pillar’s global sales, marketing, and operations organizations. “Continuing his distinguished…

The American Concrete Institute announced the availability of two important new documents for concrete industry professionals: ACI 301-16 Specifications for Structural Concrete , and the ACI Field Reference Manual . ACI 301-16 Specifications for Structural Concrete is a reference specification that…

MADISON, Wis. — The National Air Filtration Association (NAFA) will hold its 2016 Annual Convention Sept. 14-16 at the Hyatt Regency in Newport Beach, California. The annual event brings together more than 125 air filtration industry professionals and guests to learn about the latest issues…

CertainTeed, a leading North American roofing manufacturer, and ARCOM, the leader in specifications, announced that CertainTeed’s roofing product data and customized specifications are now available through ARCOM’s software platforms to architects, engineers and design professionals. ARCOM and…

Hanbury Evans Wright Vlattas + Company unveiled a new brand to its employees and clients. The firm is now to be known simply as Hanbury, to honor its collective of talented and committed employees. Hanbury's bold new graphic positioning, logo and color scheme debuted on its new website . "Launching…

BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — Noveda Technologies, a provider of web-based, real-time energy and water management, announced the company’s platform has been selected as a qualified system provider by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) for its Real Time Energy Management…

This graphic explains novel method for capturing the greenhouse gas and converting it to a useful product -- while producing electrical energy. While the human race will always leave its carbon footprint on the Earth, it must continue to find ways to lessen the impact of its fossil fuel consumption.…

Click to enlarge A side, false-color view of a solid gallium core coexisting within a liquid gallium nanoparticle. These novel nanoparticles show unique interactions with light and electrons at the atomic scale, which could be exploited by a field called plasmonics for new light-based technologies.…

The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) and the Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute (CFSEI) are joining the American Society of Civil Engineers, Committee of Cold-Formed Members; and the University of North Texas as co-sponsors of the 2016-2017 International Cold-Formed Steel Building Student…

When metal alloys are melted, the atoms lose their ordered structure. Most metals alloys will snap back to their rigid crystal structures when cooled back down. Bulk metallic glasses, if cooled at certain rates, will retain the random amorphous structure even in the solid state. Action figures of…

MIT aerospace engineers have found a way to bond composite layers, producing a material that is substantially stronger and more resistant to damage than other advanced composites. The improvement may lead to stronger, lighter airplane parts. The newest Airbus and Boeing passenger jets flying today…

Hongrui Jiang inspects the alignment of a light source to illuminate new-generation lateral solar cells. The solar cells developed by Jiang's group harvest almost three times more electricity from incoming light as compared to existing technologies. University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers have…

Thornton Tomasetti, the international engineering firm, announced that Co-President Robert DeScenza, P.E., LEED AP BD+C, has received a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) award from City & State Reports. DeScenza was among the 28 business leaders recognized for outstanding corporate citizenship…

U of T Engineering researchers Min Liu (left), Yuanjie Pang and their team designed a way to efficiently reduce climate-warming carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide, a useful chemical building block for fuels such as methanol, ethanol and diesel. Turning carbon dioxide into stored energy sounds like…

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ST. LOUIS — Emerson Climate Technologies Inc. announced it has updated its Emerson e-Saver™ residential app for mobile devices. The app was created for contractors to calculate cost savings for homeowners by comparing HVAC system replacement options. The app has been updated to auto-locate the…

Paulus, Sokolowski and Sartor (PS&S) announced that Marge DellaVecchia has joined the firm as Senior Director. Mrs. DellaVecchia, who will work out of the Cherry Hill office, has worked for Camden County for the past six years, most recently as the Deputy Director of the Municipal Utilities…

WESTPORT, Conn. — As part of its efforts to improve the exhibitor and attendee experience, International Exposition Co. said it has expanded its social media efforts and enhanced its website for the International Air-Conditioning, Heating, Refrigerating Exposition (AHR Expo). The goal is to upgrade…

The silicon-tin nanocomposite developed at UCR viewed by high angle angular dark field imaging. The larger green particles are silicon and the smaller red particles are tin. Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have created a new silicon-tin nanocomposite anode that could lead to…