As more homeowners across the U.S. are finding out about the benefits of ductless heating and air conditioning, a rapidly-growing number of heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) companies are adding ductless technologies to their product offerings. According to the Air Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration News, the ductless HVAC market now boasts an impressive double-digit […]
Month: May 2015
IBM Teams Up With Ionic to Develop Software For Mobile App Design
IBM has recently announced it will work with a software development company in order to make it easier for its clients to make their own web and mobile apps. V3.co.uk reports that the software company Ionic has just partnered with the computer giant to make app development more accessible to businesses that may not have […]
South Portland Evaluating Proposal to Add Six 60,000 Above Ground Storage Tanks
The city of South Portland, Maine is debating whether to permit a liquefied petroleum gas tank farm, taking into account a series of regulations that could potentially hamper those efforts. The Forecaster reports that several city officials are determining if the city can allow six 60,000-gallon above ground storage tank (AST) units in the Rigby […]
BitTorrent Lays Off Employees Despite Business Gains
On Thursday, popular file transfer service BitTorrent announced that it has laid off 40 of its 150 employees in an attempt to refine and focus its business goals. Fast Company reports that the recent layoffs aren’t out of character for the file transfer protocol (FTP) service. The company once went from having 60 employees to […]
Texas Medical Board Bans First-Time Prescriptions Over the Phone
Texas residents will see a major change in the way telephone prescriptions are granted after a ruling from the Texas Medical Board (TMB). The Dallas Morning News reports that on April 10th, the board ruled against the practice of issuing prescriptions to unknown patients over the phone. “Telemedicine,” as it is known, can only be […]
With Air Conditioning Use on the Rise, More Heat-Trapping Chemicals Enter the Atmosphere
Over the last few decades, air conditioning manufacturers have been gradually phasing out ozone-depleting refrigerants like chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), replacing these chemicals with hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). But even as air conditioners are designed to emit fewer ozone-depleting chemicals, the rapid adoption of air conditioning throughout the developing world has caused heat-trapping HFC emissions to […]