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  • Brief: Green towers: big can be green

    The Bank of America's new 1 billion USD national headquarters in New York will be the first skyscraper to apply for a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) platinum rating. It will feature underfloor displacement air ventilation...

    • Publication date : 2005/06/14
  • Green Buildings: King Abdullah University

    King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, has been selected as one of the 2010 "Top Ten Green Projects" by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Committee on the Environment (COTE). The annual...

    • Publication date : 2011/02/04
  • Efficient mine cooling

    Bluhm Burton Engineering (BBE) is currently implementing energy management ventilation and refrigeration systems for mines to reduce overall and to manage energy consumption. BBE's Director, Raymond Funnell, has underscored that there is a boom in...

    • Publication date : 2008/05/13
  • An innovative NH3/CO2 cascade system in the US

    By deploying a NH3/CO2 cascade system, a supermarket in Columbus, Georgia, reduced its annual direct emissions by at least 95%

    • Publication date : 2016/02/03
  • Two-stage indirect glycol and CO2 commercial system drastically cuts refrigerant use

    An award-winning store, that reduces refrigerant use by 98%, and eliminates HFCs, was recently opened in Folsom, CA, USA.

    • Publication date : 2012/06/05
  • Coal mine ice-cooling

    IDE Technologie’s vacuum ice maker (VIM) technology produces portable ice slurry, which is easily transferrable and pumpable. Using ice instead of water cuts water consumption by 75% and reduces the environmental impact of the mine.

    • Publication date : 2012/10/17
  • New standards for “intelligent” ACs implemented in China

    China implements new standard to officially define and set technological requirements for intelligent ACs. Additionally, a Chinese air-conditioning manufacturer is the first company in China to achieve a global...

    • Publication date : 2020/06/26
    • Subjects: Regulation