by Paul Kenney | Oct 2, 2014 | A/E Industry News, Uncategorized
North American AC Market to Exceed $50 Billion by 2020 SAN FRANCISCO—The North America air-conditioning systems market is expected to reach $52.56 billion by 2020, according to a new study by Grand View Research. The study projects the market to grow at a compound...
by Paul Kenney | Oct 2, 2014 | A/E Industry News, Uncategorized
World’s Biggest ‘Energy Hogs’ are Surprising LONDON—One might expect the U.S. and Canada to be home to the biggest energy consumers in the world, but Iceland and Luxembourg surpass those seemingly obvious choices. Oilprice.com calculated the top 10...
by Paul Kenney | Oct 2, 2014 | A/E Industry News, Uncategorized
Mexico City’s New Airport to be ‘Most Sustainable Airport Ever Built’ LONDON—When Mexico City’s new international airport is completed in 2018, it will be one of the largest in the world, spanning more than half a million square meters (5.4...
by Paul Kenney | Oct 2, 2014 | A/E Industry News, Uncategorized
Amazon Heats Building With Data Center Waste Heat SEATTLE—In what is believed to be a first-of-its-kind system, Amazon will use the waste heat from a large data center to provide much of the heat in its high-rise campus under construction in downtown Seattle. Once...
by Paul Kenney | Sep 25, 2014 | A/E Industry News, Uncategorized
Ingersoll-Rand to Invest $500 Million to Reduce GHGs NEW YORK—Ingersoll Rand plans to halve its greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, according to an announcement made during the recent 2014 CGI Annual Meeting and United Nations Climate Summit. The company also said it...
by Paul Kenney | Sep 25, 2014 | A/E Industry News, Uncategorized
Unusual Ideas Emerging to Improve Data Center Cooling FOSTER CITY, Calif.—Cooling is one of the key cost factors in the data center, and it is likely to grow more acute as virtualization and software-defined architectures lead to increased hardware density, according...