Air Conditioning News for 03/03/2009

Jackie Watts blazes a trail for women contractors in Tallahassee (Tallahassee Democrat)
Jackie Watts was one of the first women to work in contracting in Tallahassee. Watts has been in the heating and air-conditioning business for more than 30 years. When she moved to Tallahassee in 1981, there were no women in the field...

Four Seasons Encourages Consumers to Take Advantage of US . - PR Newswire (press release)

Four Seasons Encourages Consumers to Take Advantage of US .
PR Newswire (press release), NY
CHICAGO , March 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Four Seasons Heating and Air Conditioning is encouraging consumers to act on the government's new economic stimulus plan that includes tax credits worth as much as $1500 for consumers who upgrade their heating and air .

Evicted tenant charged in theft at apartment (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
A Greensburg man was jailed Monday for allegedly breaking into his former apartment in Mt. Pleasant and stealing two portable air-conditioning units, then placing a garbage bag and newspapers over two operating space heaters...

Air conditioning company sponsors food drive (Spring Observer)
Its not often donating canned goods enters folks into a drawing for a $500 gift certificate for home air conditioning service...

Final defendant in Bossier schools corruption case pleads guilty - KTBS

Final defendant in Bossier schools corruption case pleads guilty
KTBS, LA
A scheme of kickbacks and overcharges involving a Bossier City air-conditioning company and three corrupt school system employees likely cost Bossier Parish taxpayers more than $1 million, the federal prosecutor said today as the last of five .

Meeting set for seawater air conditioning project - KPUA

Meeting set for seawater air conditioning project
KPUA, HI
Honolulu Seawater Air Conditioning LLC proposes pumping cold ocean water into a plant, where fresh water would be cooled down. The cold fresh water would then be used to bring down temperatures in the buildings. The Corps says it's neither for nor .
Honolulu Seawater Air Conditioning Project Draft Environmental . Hawaii Reporter
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How's that? Yes, I'll adjust the air (The Trucker)
A customer was bothering the waiter in a restaurant. First, he asked that the air conditioning be turned up because he was too hot, then he asked it be turned down cause he was too cold, and so on for about half an hour...

Winners (Fort Wayne News-Sentinel)
A. Hattersley Sons, Fort Wayne, has been awarded a multi-million-dollar contract that includes plumbing, heating, ventilating and air conditioning for the addition and renovation of the Monroe Primary Center in South Bend. Substantial completion is anticipated before the fall semester of 2010...

New a/c regulation means it will cost you more to keep cool - AZFamily

New a/c regulation means it will cost you more to keep cool
AZFamily, AZ
Fifteen years ago, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) passed a new regulation that changed what kind of freon your home's air conditioning unit could use and instead of making repairs, you may have to buy an entire new one. .

Coolerado, using the sun to cool your house - Green Right Now

Coolerado, using the sun to cool your house
Green Right Now, CA
Coolerado, a (naturally) Colorado-based company, is pushing its namesake air conditioning unit, a novel device that cools air by using water instead of chemical refrigerants and a compressor. As this video demonstrates, its developers believe its the .

Recent Columns (Manila Bulletin)
Cold days are over, and heat is all over. At times, our air-conditioning units inside our offices and/or houses aren't enough to keep us cool. During summer days, among those that we eat to keep our bodies (at least our mouth) cool are cold beverages, Filipino halo-halo, and ice cream...

Coolerado Shows Off Solar-Powered Air Conditioner - CleanTechnica

Coolerado Shows Off Solar-Powered Air Conditioner
CleanTechnica, CA
I had the chance to take a look at a Coolerado air-conditioning unit this past August at the West Coast Green Conference. At the time, the company was showing off an energy-efficient model that uses thermodynamics to cool outside air without chemical .
Coolerado Makes Solar Powered Air Conditioning a Reality TechWhack (press release)
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Gas problem reported at local Taco Bell (Dayton Daily News)
After reporting a gas leak, workers at the National Road Taco Bell have been allowed back in the building but the gas is turned off until an air conditioning unit can be repaired...

Poems celebrate joys of air conditioning (The Gadsden Times)
Winners of the Cool Essay and Poetry Contests sponsored by the Air Conditioning Tribute Committee of the Gadsden Cultural Arts Foundation received their prizes Thursday in a presentation in the Hardin Center. One entry was chosen as overall winner in the adult division...

Eco Gadgets: Solar-powered Air-conditioning Gets Nippy With The 6 .
Earlier this month, researchers at the Australian National University developed solar air-conditioning units for smart homes with even smarter living rooms. The units only drawback was its cooling capacity, which was just good enough ...

Worldchanging: Bright Green: Tinted Windows Could Help Save Air .
Tinted Windows Could Help Save Air Conditioning Costs. Julia Levitt February 25, 2009 5:21 PM. 20MforWindowsThatChangeColors_medium_image1_2000.jpg A new product may soon emerge from the race to create better materials for green ...

The Idabel Air Conditioning Repair Valuable Benefits and .
You need the service provided by the Idabel air conditioning repair when you woke up in a hot summer morning feeling like you left the furnace running all night even if you set your air conditioner to run before you went to bed. ...

Energy efficiency the goal in Berks County Housing Authority's plans - Reading Eagle

Energy efficiency the goal in Berks County Housing Authority's plans
Reading Eagle, PA
Nelson noted that installation of air conditioning at its Northvale Hill Apartments in Womelsdorf is 95 percent complete, and installing air conditioning in the common areas of Chestnut Court in Birdsboro began Monday. Window replacement at Brooke .

Final defendant in Bossier schools corruption case pleads guilty (KTBS Shreveport)
A scheme of kickbacks and overcharges involving a Bossier City air-conditioning company and three corrupt school system employees likely cost Bossier Parish taxpayers more than $1 million, the federal prosecutor said today as the last of five defendants in the case pleaded guilty. Montgomery "Mont" Rhodes, a fired employee in the school system maintenance department, pleaded guilty in U. S. ...

Air-conditioning can spread germs - AsiaOne

AsiaOne

Air-conditioning can spread germs
AsiaOne, Singapore
By Wong Mei Ling Many of us in tropical Singapore, with its average humidity of 84 per cent, swear by the cool comforts of air-conditioning. However your health can be compromised, especially when an air-conditioning system (AC system) is not properly .

Things to look for when buying an air conditioning unit | Pure Air .
As temperatures begin to rise, the need for air conditioning begins to rise too. Your air conditioning may not be cooling effectively or your portable air...

Toyota Prius to Feature Battery-Powered Air Conditioning, Pre .
Toyota Prius to Feature Battery-Powered Air Conditioning, Pre-Collision - Your auto encyclopedia...

Air Conditioning Industry, Monika Masciangelo, PHR | Jobing.com .
Air Conditioning Industry, Monika Masciangelo, PHR Jobing blog from Monika Masciangelo, PHR at Jobing.com Community Relations - PHX, posted on Monday, March 2, 2009 5:31 PM...

How your office makes you sick (Independent)
Vertebrae-skewing chairs, Mr Angry for a boss, an air-conditioning unit that's a ticking time-bomb EUR many factors can destroy the calm of our working environment, but most of us hope to survive each day at the office so that we are alive and well to battle our way through the next. However, research is claiming that such hopes might be misplaced. According to a report published this month by ...

Japan: Denso consolidates air conditioning companies - Automotive World (subscription)

Japan: Denso consolidates air conditioning companies
Automotive World (subscription), UK
By Megan Lampinen Japanese supplier Denso has announced plans to consolidate Denso Airs Corporation and GAC Corporation's air conditioning hose business. A new company, tentatively called Denso Air Systems Corporation, will be set up in Aichi .

Air Conditioning Repair FAQ: - Appliance Blog Repair Forums
The air conditioning system will not operate at all: power may be off, controls may be improperly set, or the system may be inoperative. (Confirm that the system has electrical power and that all of its control switches and thermostat ...

Air Conditioning A/C System Operating Controls & Overcurrent .
Air conditioning system zone dampers: Some air conditioning system designs may use a single air handler and compressor, but may add zone dampers in the duct work to provide individual "zoning" of cool air distribution. ...

California Air Conditioning | Home Improvement Guide
An unsuspecting family comes home from a wonderful outing and then when they arrive back at their house a bit weary from their day's adventures, they find that it is 95 degrees inside of their house and that their air conditioning unit ...

WCI Communities Reserved $11 Million for Chinese Drywall Problems - Newsinferno.com

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WCI Communities Reserved $11 Million for Chinese Drywall Problems
Newsinferno.com, NY
According to Naplesnews.com, in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the company said it had placed $11 million in reserve for homes with one or more air conditioning coil replacements. It is believed that sulfur gases emitted .
Homes Built With A Smell? News4Jax.com
Americas Watchdog Discovers Toxic Chinese Drywall In California . PR Web (press release)
Florida Homeowners Sue Makers of Chinese Drywall Attorney at Law
Reuters
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Solar Powered Air Conditioning a Reality for Coolerado | Consumer .
Since when did the sun actually work as a coolant? The hotter it got, the better it worked!, according to the CEO of the solar-powered air conditioning manufacturer...

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