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NRDC filed suit this week against the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for unlawfully suspending parts of an energy efficiency rule that had prevented replacement central air conditioners from evading stricter energy-saving requirements. DOE’s action will mean higher utility bills for consumers and more pollution from power plants generating electricity to run these inefficient A/C Read more

Atlanta — Underscoring their commitment to improving the efficiency use of energy, ASHRAE and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) have renewed a memorandum of understanding. The agreement was signed by ASHRAE President Tom Phoenix and David Danielson, assistant secretary, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, DOE. It represents an update of an agreement last signed Read more

The Energy Department announced nearly $8 million to advance research and development of next-generation heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) technologies, supporting the Administration’s goal of saving money by saving energy, and phasing down the use of chemicals that have a devastating effect on the global climate. With air conditioning using large and growing amounts Read more

Source: PHCC The U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE) has released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for residential boiler products’ energy conservation standards; one of the proposed changes is to raise gas-fired hot water boilers to a minimum 85% AFUE. The DOE states the increase in minimum efficiencies of these products will result in energy savings Read more