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  • Heating and cooling ceilings

    The upcoming translation of European Directive 2002/91/EC on improving energy efficiency in buildings into EU national legislation in January 2006 calls for a clear improvement in the energy efficiency of cooling and heating systems. In view of...

    • Date de publication : 26/10/2005
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  • Briefs: Chilled ceilings and beams

    Chilled beams and ceilings, considered to be environmentally friendly, aesthetic, silent and energy saving, are attracting a great deal of interest. BSRIA (the Building Services Research and Information Association) estimates that the market,...

    • Date de publication : 27/07/2004
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  • MArkets: Chilled ceilings and beams

    Chilled ceilings and beams are booming! The latest developments have enhanced acceptance and the UK market grew 33% in 2006 compared with 2005, rising to around GBP 54 million. Tougher building regulations are raising demand for energy-efficient...

    • Date de publication : 12/02/2008
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  • Phase-change materials result in huge cost savings

    Phase-change materials (PCMs) are being used in a new building for the molecular engineering department of the University of Washington, in Seattle. The 7150 m² building has PCMs encapsulated in its wall and ceiling panels, and the expectation is...

    • Date de publication : 14/08/2012
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  • Briefs: Evaporating tiles to cool rooms

    UK Loughborough University's Zephyr project "Ceiling tiles" was finalist in the Financial Times Climate Change Challenge. The tiles draw up heat from a room which passes through a moist wick surface in the ceiling tile, achieving cooling lowering...

    • Date de publication : 13/08/2009
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  • Nanotechnoly: what’s new?

    Nanotechnology - the manipulation of cell and atomic structure in materials no larger than a billionth of a metre in size - has recently been described by Frank O'Brien-Bernini, Vice President of Owens Corning Science & Technology Center, as...

    • Date de publication : 26/07/2006
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  • Trends

    - The worldwide market for air conditioning was estimated by BSRIA as being 34 billion USD in 2001 and was forecast to reach 39 billion USD in 2004. The Freedonia Group predicts a rise to 56 billion USD by 2008. Fastest growth will occur in the...

    • Date de publication : 11/02/2005
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  • California approves new energy efficiency rules for appliances

    The California Energy Commission has approved new energy efficiency regulations for selected appliances sold in the State. They regulate appliances including: evaporative coolers, refrigerators, freezers and commercial icemakers, ceiling fans,...

    • Date de publication : 10/02/2005
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  • Green buildings: Melbourne

    Melbourne's new state-of-the-art Convention Centre has received the world's first 6-Star Green Star environmental rating for a convention centre. The award was given by the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) in recognition of the centre's...

    • Date de publication : 11/07/2008
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  • Out of the ordinary: Electrolux Bio Robot Refrigerator on biopolymer gel

    Electrolux has finally unveiled its avant-garde Bio Robot Refrigerator concept within the context of its 2010 Electrolux Design Lab final. Designed by Yuriy Dmitriev, the refrigerator works on the principle of biopolymer, so there is no air that...

    • Date de publication : 11/02/2011
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  • Briefs: Chilled beams take off

    Several MIT buildings now boast what looks like slim, fin-tubed radiators in ceiling cavities. These cooling devices are chilled beams. They use water, not air, to remove heat from a room. The potential energy reduction of using chilled beams...

    • Date de publication : 07/03/2010
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  • Solar Air conditioning

    With high summer temperatures, air-conditioning and thermal comfort are increasingly important issues, but raise the challenges of high energy consumption and of environmental consequences. Three recent projects use solar energy to operate...

    • Date de publication : 05/08/2007
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  • Le recours aux PCM pour réduire la consommation d’énergie dans les bâtiments

    Un récent article de synthèse décrit le fonctionnement des systèmes de stockage d’énergie thermique à chaleur latente qui utilisent des matériaux à changement de phase (PCM). Les applications de ces systèmes...

    • Date de publication : 22/04/2021
    • Sujets : Technologie
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  • Conditionnement d’air : vers un assouplissement des règles d’utilisation des frigorigènes inflammables

    Alors que la Commission Européenne ouvre la voie à l’utilisation de frigorigènes inflammables comme alternatives pour les systèmes « split », la révision en cours de la norme internationale CEI...

    • Date de publication : 22/10/2020
    • Sujets : Alternatives aux HFC
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  • Stockage d'énergie thermique pour l'environnement intérieur (en anglais)

    Lors de la conférence de l'IIF PCM 2018 qui s'est tenue les 21 et 23 mai à Orford au Canada, de nombreuses applications de matériaux à changement de phase et de coulis ont été présentées, notamment dans la réfrigération commerciale (vitrines...

    • Date de publication : 22/06/2018
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