There were plenty of drives on display at the 2002 International Air-Conditioning, Heating, Refrigerating Exposition (AHR Expo) here. There was no shortage of motors and pumps, either.
The U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced that sales of new single-family houses were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 946,000 units in December, an increase of 6% over the revised rate for November of 895,000.
You could shout it from the rooftops (if their manufacturers would allow you to get up on them), that there weren’t a lot of packaged units at the 2002 International Air-Conditioning, Heating, Refrigerating Exposition (AHR Expo). But there was a representation of packaged hvac, including rooftop units, for visitors to take a look at.
Thankfully, it didn’t actually get warmer around the manufacturers’ booths that were showing furnaces at the 2002 International Air-Conditioning, Heating, Refrigerating Exposition (AHR Expo).
According to a poll by the New York Times/CBS News, 58% of Americans now believe that the Bush administration is hiding something about its dealings with bankrupt energy trading company Enron.
According to a study by energy market research firm Primen, consumers in the United States now rank energy efficiency as their primary concern when they look for new appliances.
Spire Corp. (Bedford, MA) announced that Spire Solar Chicago has installed 50-kW solar electric systems on each of the roofs of three major Chicago museums: the Art Institute of Chicago, Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, and Chicago Historical Society.
American Superconductor Corp. (Westborough, MA) announced that it has been selected by the General Electric Co. (Fairfield, CT) as the primary supplier of high temperature superconductor (HTS) wire for development of what is believed to be the world’s first 100 MW HTS generator.
This Virginia county is leading by example when it comes to energy efficiency. It currently has five registered LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) projects underway, including the new Aurora Hills Complex.
