USA USA The U.S. Department of Energy, DOE, announced new measures to strengthen the enforcement of energy efficiency standards covered by EPCA (Energy Policy and Conservation Act).
DOE's new determination will be to randomly select some products and manufacturers to review compliance with the statutes and report certifications that meet energy conservation standards, in effect since 1987.
These requirements apply to manufacturers of products such as central home air conditioning, furnaces, water and pool heaters and direct heating equipment of AHRI products, Air Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute.
United States. Manufacturers of residential central air conditioners, furnaces and heat pumps created, together with organizations that support energy efficiency, the new federal standards for these products.
The agreement includes different levels of guidelines in three climate regions: north, south and southwest, recognizing the appropriate investments for heat and cold efficiency depending on their use, and each state can raise the efficiency levels of these systems in new homes.
These regional standards, which are authorized by energy independence and the 2007 Security Act, will allow in the long term that the nation's energy future will be supported by new, more efficient and cost-effective systems.
Between 2013 and 2030, nearly US$13 trillion will be saved by the country's consumers when these new guidelines take effect, in addition to increasing the cost of more efficient equipment.
Also through 2030, the agreement will save 3.7 quadrillion Btu of energy nationwide, equivalent to the energy consumed by approximately 18 million homes in a single year, or enough to meet the annual energy needs of anyone in Georgia, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, or Virginia.
Within this panorama, the minimum efficiency of central air conditioners for residences will also be raised by 8% and for furnaces by 13%, resulting in a 5% reduction in the total load for the energy required for heating and 6% in energy for cooling in 2030.
This will enable the reduction of gas emissions to the environment of 23 million metric tons of CO2 by 2030, an amount equal to that produced by approximately 4 million vehicles each year.
The agreement was signed by executives from the Air Conditioning, Heating and Cooling Institute (AHRI), the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), the Alliance for Energy Savings (Alliance), the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships (NEEP), the Appliance Standards Project (ASAP), the California Energy Commission (CEC), the Northwest Energy and Conservation Council (NWPCC), and by more than a dozen air conditioner and furnace manufacturers.
The signatories will submit a joint legislative proposal to Congress for inclusion in the current energy legislation under consideration. They also recommended to the Department of Energy the enactment of the adoption of the efficiency norms and standards.
Germany. The next edition of Chillventa, the International Exhibition for Refrigeration, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Heat Pumps, will be held from 13 to 15 October 2010 at the Nuremberg Trade Fair centre in Germany.
The organizers of the fair look with optimism at the next event, since participants, exhibitors and attendees will be able to learn about the innovations, components, systems and applications of the industry in the field of refrigeration through an international forum that will deal with the different segments of the industry and the presentation of the thermodynamic processes of the generation of cold and heat, as well as all the corresponding fields of application.
Brazil. In September, Heatcraft do Brasil's South American distributors participated in the 6th BohN International Dealer Meeting at Paradise Golf & Lake Resort, in Mogi das Cruzes (SP).
This meeting, which aimed to integrate all distributors and disseminate news and improvements of the company, also provided spaces to share experiences and knowledge among the different professionals in the industry.
Several South American companies participated in the event, among them are Mafrico and Refryacor from Ecuador; Refrimarket of Venezuela; from Argentina, Omar Refrigeration; Aliterm from Peru; Tecnimet of Paraguay; from Colombia, Thermal and Grivan; from Chile, Superfrigo; Bolivia, Leon Imports; and from Uruguay, Frymon.
Europe. The hotel complex La Bobadilla, in Andalusia, Spain, implemented in 2008 an initiative that has allowed it to reduce its CO2 emissions into the atmosphere by 80%. It is about the transformation of the olive bone into energy.
This initiative started from a group of scientists who were dedicated to research on how to convert olive waste into energy. The bone of the fruit of the olive tree is an energy source with enormous potential due to the great agricultural production that exists of it in Spain.
With the implementation of this practice, La Bobadilla will be able to save €500,000 over 10 years, since the energy produced with olive waste is 60% cheaper than diesel.
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