At the 2002 International Air-Conditioning, Heating, Refrigerating Exposition, the Unitary Products Group of York International (Norman, OK) announced it is joining forces with Texas Instruments Sensors & Controls Group (Attleboro, MA) and Notifact Corp. (Fairfield, NJ) to give contractors what it believes to be a cost-effective and easy-to-use equipment monitoring and communications system.
Improvements in energy consumption in the chilled-water plant at the University of Arizona were significant enough in recent years that the electric utility felt they should check their metering equipment.
At the 2002 International Air-Conditioning, Heating, Refrigerating Expo, Emerson (St. Louis, MO) introduced the formation of Emerson Technologies (Sidney, OH), uniting 13 divisions under a single brand to serve customers worldwide.
In the eyes of Craig Borlinghaus, a heightened awareness of indoor air quality (IAQ) concerns, the adoption of tougher energy saving codes, and changing factors within the U.S. economy will impact the hvac insulation market this year.
“Those old multizone systems were state-of-the-art 30 years ago,” said Dale Moody, a Climate Engineering mechanical technician. “But technology and time have passed them by, so they’re expensive to operate and maintain today.”
First impressions are important, according to Ray Spreitzer of R&D Refrigeration. He says when service technicians arrive in a nice truck in clean uniforms, customers perceive them to be more professional.