Industry News AHR Product Roundup The 2015 Air- Conditioning, Heating and Refrigerating (AHR) Expo took place in January in Chicago. A number of companies took to the trade show floor to showcase their new products. Lorax LineGuardian Beckett Corp. introduced the new LineGuardian from Lorax Systems, Inc, a novel fuel line leak prevention system. LineGuardian automatically detects compromises in the fuel line, immediately shutting off flow to stop leaks before Suntec Industries displayed its new line of B20 compatible oil pumps, launched in January and compliant with ASTM D6751. Field Controls released version 3.0 of its iAQ Healthy Home smartphone app for contractors looking to educate homeowners about the best options for indoor air quality. The Weil-McLain booth featured the Ultra Oil Series boiler. Boasting 87% AFUE efficiency, the Ultra Oil boiler uses Weil-McLain’s hallmark three-pass heat exchanger design with a distinctive jacket and side panels for a cleaner, more attractive look. Riello of North America took the opportunity to showcase it's R-Series of lightweight, high efficiency burners with both gas and dual-fuel compatability. ICM Help Wanted they start. Expanding midsize oil and propane distributor located near Albany, N. Y. has an opening for a dispatch/management individual. Our family owned 3rd generation business offers a full salary and benefit package including 401K and health insurance participation. Apply in confidence with qualifications and references to: Russell Beck P O Box 490 Claverack, N. Y. 12513 Brookhaven’s Butcher honored by biodiesel board Tom Butcher, Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), was one of five honorees recognized by the National Biodiesel Board (NBB) for innovation at the National Biodiesel Conference & Expo in Forth Worth, TX in January. Butcher was presented with the Innovation Award for his 30 years at Brookhaven, which include playing an indispensible role in the research that led to the development of performance specifications for six to 20% biodiesel blended into traditional heating oil as a new fuel grade in the ASTM D396 fuel oil standard. His work demonstrating B20’s compatability Tom Butcher speaks at the 2015 National Biodiesel Conference with existing equipment in the field was a watershed for biodiesel’s role in the heating oil industry. Biodiesel legislation gains traction in New York In February, New York City councilman Costa Constantinides introduced a bill to increase the amount of biodiesel sold in residential heating oil to 5% by 2016, and eventually 20% by 2030. Now, lawmakers in Albany have joined the fight; Long Island Democrat Steven Englebright sponsored a bill in the state legislature requiring that all heating oil sold in New York contain at least 2% biodiesel by July 2016, if passed. As of publication, the bill is in the State Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee. Failure to deliver heating oil could violate law in N.H. The New Hampshire Senate’s commerce committee is currently considering an act that would punish heating oil companies who fail to deliver fuel to their customers in the winter months. SB100, if passed, would make failure to deliver home heating oil “within a reasonable time” a violation of the state’s consumer protection act. ICM/March/April 2015 29
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