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Fraunhofer Demonstrates Commercial-Ready Plug-and-Play PV Systems

Praseodymium atoms are shown in green, oxygen atoms in orange, and titanium atoms in purple. Perovskite is a material with an almost ideal structure. The majority of high-temperature superconductors are perovskite-based due to their non-ideal structure. The material can also be used to produce…

Jul 4, 2016

American Standard Receives Two ADEX Awards for Superior Product Design

BOSTON — The Fraunhofer USA Center for Sustainable Energy Systems (CSE) successfully demonstrated two installations of plug-and-play solar photovoltaic (PV) systems at its “2016 Demo Day.” The R&D laboratory said plug-and-play PV systems are easy to install, easy to inspect for code compliance, and…

Jul 4, 2016

Exhausting our green shipping options

DAVIDSON, N.C. — American Standard Heating & Air Conditioning, a brand of Ingersoll Rand, has received two Award for Design Excellence (ADEX) 2015 Platinum Awards. The AccuComfort™ Platinum 18 Air Conditioner and the Gold 824 Smart Control have both been recognized with ADEX awards, recognizing them…

Jun 25, 2016

Upsite’s Airflow Management Approach Lowers Data Center Energy Use

Click to enlarge Scientists in Singapore have developed a revolutionary emissions abatement system that removes pollutants from exhaust gas to help the international shipping industry meet ambitious emissions targets. In 2013, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) introduced new regulations…

Jun 25, 2016

Verdafero Partners with Gilleran Energy Management

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., and SAN JOSE, Calif. — Upsite Technologies Inc., a provider of data center airflow management solutions, announced that computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling has demonstrated the energy savings outlined by its 4 R’s of Airflow Management™ methodology. The company utilized…

Jun 25, 2016

Noritz Revamps Its PROCard Incentive Program

Verdafero Inc. is proud to announce a partnership with Gilleran Energy Management (GEM), one of the top green building and energy efficiency consulting companies in California, to use Verdafero's Utility Analytics Platform with new and existing commercial clients. Sam Pierce, Senior Project Manager…

Jun 24, 2016

Healthy Demand for All Building Types Signaled in ABI

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif. — Noritz America has unveiled an upgraded version of its 13-year-old PROCard trade incentive program, going beyond rebates-for-purchases to offer a robust lead-generation service for HVAC and plumbing contractors. The goal of the revamped program is to deliver more tankless…

Jun 23, 2016

New system that uses sound to alleviate water shortage: Researchers have developed a technique to locate underground leaks with 99.5 percent accuracy

Led by a still active multi-family housing market and sustained by solid levels of demand for new commercial and retail properties, the Architecture Billings Index has accelerated to its highest score in nearly a year. As a leading economic indicator of construction activity, the ABI reflects the…

Jun 23, 2016

New research important to atmospheric photochemistry

The world is approaching a water crisis. According to the International Water Management Institute, 33 per cent of the world's population will experience water scarcity by 2025. One main cause is leaks. Twenty to 30 per cent of treated water is lost in systems because of this simple and fixable…

Jun 22, 2016

Winter Johnson Awarded Top Prizes for Library

A BGSU photochemical sciences research team has shown that a new and unusual reaction path in chemistry occurs not only in the gas phase, but also in solution. According to Dr. Alexander N. Tarnovsky, the finding, which is important to atmospheric photochemistry, also establishes the direct link…

Jun 22, 2016

ACCA Promotes Value of Quality HVAC Installations to State Energy Officials

The Construction Management Association of America has awarded the Winter Johnson Group two Project Achievement awards for the construction of the new Metropolitan Library, a branch library on the south side of Atlanta. The Winter Johnson Group built the new branch library on the former site of the…

Jun 22, 2016

Svigals+Partners Names Managing Partner

ARLINGTON, Va. — Paul T. Stalknecht, ACCA president and CEO, sent a letter to state energy offices through the National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO) explaining the value of following ACCA’s Quality Installation (QI) Standard when installing new heating and cooling equipment in…

Jun 22, 2016

RedEye could let your phone see 24-7: Energy-stingy tech could give wearable computers continuous vision

Reflecting its continued growth and commitment to innovation in design, the internationally renowned architecture, art and advisory firm Svigals+Partners has announced several key promotions. Among them is the long-awaited elevation of Jay Brotman, AIA, to the official leadership role of managing…

Jun 21, 2016

Phononic Recognized as a 2016 CNBC Disruptor 50 Company

The RedEye team from Rice's Efficient Computing Group includes (from left) Robert LiKamWa, Yuan Gao, Yunhui Hou, Mia Polansky and Lin Zhong. Rice University researchers have just the thing for the age of information overload: an app that sees all and remembers only what it should. RedEye, new…

Jun 21, 2016

How China can ramp up wind power: China could go big on wind power, if it adjusts its grid operations

DURHAM, N.C. — Phononic, developer of solid-state cooling and heating technology, announced that it has been named to the fourth annual CNBC Disruptor 50 List, recognizing the company as a forward-thinking startup with the potential to influence and change markets. CNBC’s Disruptor 50 is an annual…

Jun 20, 2016

Dynamics of a mixture or suspension: Dewatering natural fiber suspensions via compression

China has an opportunity to massively increase its use of wind power -- if it properly integrates wind into its existing power system, according to a newly published MIT study. The study forecasts that wind power could provide 26 percent of China's projected electricity demand by 2030, up from 3…

Jun 20, 2016

DOE Finalizes Regional Standards Enforcement

The removal of water from dense suspensions is a longstanding and perplexing industrial challenge -- one that's particularly important when it comes to papermaking and wastewater treatment. But now, the work of a group of researchers from the University of British Columbia and the University of…

Jun 18, 2016

Researchers open hairy new chapter in 3-D printing: With fur, brushes, and bristles, a new technique opens new frontier in 3-D printing

The following information is courtesy of Heating, Air-conditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International ( HARDI ). The Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a pre-publication of its finalized enforcement plan for the regional standard governing central and single-package air conditioners .…

Jun 17, 2016

Complete Masonry Cavity Wall Drainage Solution

"It's very inspiring to see how these [hair-like] structures occur in nature and how they can achieve different functions," says Jifei Ou, a graduate student in media arts and sciences at MIT. "We're just trying to think how can we fully utilize the potential of 3-D printing, and create new…

Jun 17, 2016

Innovative device allows 3-D imaging of the breast with less radiation

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Jun 17, 2016

The State of Building Energy Code Enforcement

Adding this variable angle slant hole collimator to an existing breast molecular imaging system allows the system to get six times better contrast of cancer lesions in the breast, providing the same or better image quality while also potentially reducing the radiation dose to the patient by half.…

Jun 17, 2016

Torad Tests Spool Compressor with Ultra-Low GWP Refrigerant

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Jun 17, 2016

Device for irregular heartbeat may be more cost-effective than medication

CUMMING, Ga. — Torad Engineering LLC announced it has tested a new 40-ton spool compressor designed specifically for medium pressure refrigerants such as R-134a, as well as low and ultra-low global warming potential (GWP) refrigerants like R-513A and HFO-1234yf. The company said the new spool…

Jun 16, 2016

Dodge Data & Analytics Receives Award for Revit and AutoCAD

The Watchman device prevents blood clots from forming in the left atrial appendage -- tissue that projects off one of the upper chambers of the heart. A new study by a Yale researcher may support the use of a device for patients suffering from irregular heart rhythms. The Watchman is a…

Jun 16, 2016

PCL Construction Selects Assemble Systems BIM Solution

Dodge Data & Analytics’ Sweets apps for Revit and AutoCAD were awarded Architosh’s “BEST of SHOW” honor in the Building Information Modeling (BIM) software category at the AIA Convention 2016, May 19-22 in Philadelphia. The annual awards given by Architosh, a leading trade publication serving CAD…

Jun 16, 2016

Ice-O-Matic Receives Governor’s Excellence in Exporting Award

Assemble Systems , the leading provider of Construction Data Management solutions, announced today that PCL Construction has selected its award winning software for company-wide deployment. PCL construction will incorporate Assemble Systems across the enterprise for use on all of its BIM based…

Jun 16, 2016

Bioactive film improves how implants bond with bone in animal study

DENVER — Ice machine manufacturer Ice-O-Matic has been awarded the Governor’s Excellence in Exporting Award from the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) and the World Trade Center Denver. Given to Colorado exporters annually since 1970, this award recognizes…

Jun 15, 2016

ARMA Publishes Two New Educational Roofing Videos

Researchers have developed a technique for coating polymer implants with a bioactive film that significantly increases bonding between the implant and surrounding bone in an animal model. The advance could significantly improve the success rate of such implants, which are often used in spinal…

Jun 15, 2016

How insights into human learning can foster smarter artificial intelligence

The Asphalt Roofing Manufacturers Association (ARMA) has developed two new videos to inform homeowners, building owners and the roofing industry of the numerous advances in asphalt roofing technology. Advances in Residential Asphalt Roofing Systems and Advances in Low-Slope Asphalt Roofing are now…

Jun 15, 2016

TMI Climate Solutions Canada Inaugurates First Manufacturing Facility

Recent breakthroughs in creating artificial systems that outplay humans in a diverse array of challenging games have their roots in neural networks inspired by information processing in the brain. In a Review published June 14 in Trends in Cognitive Sciences , researchers from Google DeepMind and…

Jun 15, 2016

Strong-Wall Wood Shearwall Wins Innovation Award

POINTE-CLAIRE, Quebec — TMI Climate Solutions Canada Inc., a manufacturer of custom air-handling equipment, advanced hydronic systems, and custom-engineered HVAC solutions, has officially opened its first manufacturing plant in Canada. “We are very thrilled to officially inaugurate ... our…

Jun 14, 2016