by Paul Kenney | Apr 24, 2014 | A/E Industry News, Uncategorized
New LED Bulb Combines Efficiency and Beauty HONG KONG—A Hong Kong-based startup company has developed a visually appealing and energy-efficient lightbulb. Nanoleaf’s LED bulb resembles an origami project—its body is made of folded silicon instead of glass. According...
by Paul Kenney | Apr 24, 2014 | A/E Industry News, Uncategorized
Johnson Controls to Acquire Air Distribution Technologies MILWAUKEE—Johnson Controls (JCI) agreed this week to a $1.6 billion deal to buy Air Distribution Technologies from the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, adding to the diversified manufacturer’s ventilation...
by Paul Kenney | Apr 17, 2014 | A/E Industry News, Uncategorized
L.A. Again Leads List of Cities With Most Energy Star Buildings WASHINGTON—The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released its sixth annual list of the top 25 U.S. cities with the most Energy Star-certified buildings. Los Angeles has remained the top city...
by Paul Kenney | Apr 17, 2014 | A/E Industry News, Uncategorized
Start-up Company Aims to Make Legacy AC Systems ‘Smart’ MUNICH— German start-up company Tado is using crowdfunding platform Kickstarter to launch Tado Cooling, an Internet-connected device the company says makes almost any remote-controlled...
by Paul Kenney | Apr 3, 2014 | A/E Industry News, Uncategorized
LONDON—New evidence suggests that the “Black Death” was probably airborne and, thus, spread by coughs and sneezes instead of disease-harboring rats. The Black Death was a medieval pandemic that swept through Asia and Europe. It reached Europe in the late...
