HVAC/HYDRONICS
N e w s
Honeywell Introduces remote monItorIng
servIce for resIdentIal HeatIng and
coolIng systems
Honeywell has announced 24-hour remote monitoring for resi-
dential heating and cooling systems that gives homeowners peace
of mind and enables contractors to spot HVAC trouble early, fix
some problems remotely, or proactively schedule a service call
with the customer.
Contractors can also remotely detect HVAC system issues and
proactively correct an issue before a break down. In addition, the
Contractor Portal offers homeowners who opt into the remote
monitoring service cost savings by ensuring that the HVAC system is
operating at maximum efficiency and not wasting dollars by heating
and cooling unnecessarily.
eIa InfograpHIc: How many u.s. Homes Have
central tHermostats to control tHeIr
HeatIng and coolIng equIpment?
"Thermostats are used to control central heating equipment in 85%
of households, and less than half of those thermostats are program-
mable. For households with central cooling equipment, 60% have
a central thermostat and about half of those are programmable."---
EIA's Today in Energy
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Residential
Energy Consumption Survey 2009
Note: The 'no central equipment' group includes households
whose main heating equipment is a portable heater, fireplace, or stove,
or main cooling equipment is a room air conditioner
oesp roadsHow regIstratIon Is open
Registration is now open for the first OESP Roadshow format
meeting. This year, two separate meetings will replace the traditional
single convention and
trade show.
The first one will be
held in Mohegan Sun,
Conn., May 12-13, and
the second one will be
held in Gettysburg,
Penn., Sept. 22-23. The Gettysburg event is backed up to OESP's
annual Oil Heat Retreat.
The room block, is also open – please call Mohegan Sun directly
at: 1-866-708-1340 and reference OIL14. Or, make your reservation
online.
general fIlters, Inc. completes acquIsItIon
of aIr & energy products, llc
General Filters, Inc. has announced that is has completed the acquisi-
tion of Air & Energy Products, LLC expanding their breadth of whole
house, residential dehumidifiers.
With the acquisition completed in January of this year, General
Filters, Inc. began moving manufacturing of the new dehumidifiers
from the Atlanta, Ga., area to their Novi, Mich., facilities. "Moving
manufacturing to the larger Novi facility will allow us to increase
production, maintain a larger inventory and better maintain quality,"
said vice president, John Redner. "And, we're proud these products
will continue to be made in the USA," he added.
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