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Yahoo
5 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Pioneering the Smart Building Revolution: the 4th Midea Building Tech. TRUE Conference Charts Path Towards a Low-carbon Era
SHANGHAI, July 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- With the building industry accelerating the digital and low-carbon transformation, the 4th Midea Building Tech. TRUE Conference ("TRUE Conference"), took place from July 2 to 3 in Shanghai. Focusing on the forefront of smart buildings and sustainable development, the TRUE Conference has attracted over 300 industry leaders and over 10,000 participants in the past three years, facilitating numerous technical collaborations in the building sector. Themed "TRUE Evolution: Smart Building, Green Future," this year's conference convened more than 50 global industry leaders and experts to share their vision and further drive the evolution of the industry through the main forum, panel discussions, product launches and eco-exhibitions. The event attracted approximately 2,000 partners from the building sector ecosystem. During the main forum, experts shared insights on advancing green and low-carbon development. Discussions highlighted the need to build a new architectural energy system to support high-quality energy development, alongside an innovative concept of synergistic convergence between green buildings and financial ecosystems to promote sustainable financing solutions. Practical experiences in enhancing energy efficiency and implementing urban decarbonization strategies were presented, drawing from international case studies. In addition, Midea Building Technologies ("MBT") introduced five innovative solutions at the conference, spanning its key business areas including HVAC, smart elevators, building automation, and energy management. The Midea V9 VRF overcomes industry challenges including cooling efficiency degradation in extreme temperatures, the need for additional inverters in photovoltaic integration, and energy waste from unmonitored air conditioning usage. In the large-scale chillers sector, Midea leverages its core "MAGLEV+" technology to achieve comprehensive breakthroughs spanning from refrigeration to industrial energy supply. This drives the energy field's transition from single-equipment upgrades to system-level transformation. Meanwhile, Kermi unveiled its intelligent residential HVAC+E Solution, creating more comfortable, intelligent, and sustainable living environments. LINVOL launched its next-generation residential elevator technology and a full-scenario solution for cargo lifts, ensuring every journey achieves better arrivals. "MBT has established benchmark projects across smart campuses, intelligent healthcare facilities, advanced manufacturing plants, and digital rail transit systems," said Peter Guan, Vice President of Midea Group and President of Midea Building Tech. "Aiming to become our customers' Smart Building Partner, we continuously enhance capabilities in digitalization, automated controls, system design, and engineering delivery, all meeting low-carbon and intelligent requirements. " For more information, please visit View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Midea Building Technology
BBC News
6 days ago
- Business
- BBC News
Tata Steel Port Talbot electric furnace work set to begin
Work to bring "a cleaner, greener future" to a south Wales site, where 2,800 jobs were lost when traditional steelmaking ended, will begin later this will commence on a new electric arc furnace at Port Talbot's Tata steel works, which is expected to be up and running by 2027 and reduce the site's carbon emissions by about 90%.It comes after 2,800 jobs were lost when the site's blast furnaces were shut in September 2024.A union described the announcement as "bittersweet", but the UK government insisted it was a "major win". UK Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds will join the Welsh Secretary Jo Stevens and representatives from Tata Steel to officially start the work on the new, greener steel-making the UK government's steel council will meet on Monday to finalise its steel strategy, chaired by UK Industry Minister Sarah Jones and "backed by up to £2.5bn in investment". Community Union said the start of the works in Port Talbot was a "bittersweet day" after the "devastating closure of the blast furnaces" at the union's assistant general secretary Alasdair McDiarmid said: "Today should represent the first step towards rebuilding our steel industry and creating new high-quality jobs for our steel communities."Going forward we must see further investment to develop and grow the business, both here in Port Talbot and across all the crucial downstream sites."He added the union would continue to hold talks with government "on their plans to safeguard and co-invest in our steel industry".The UK government said the milestone was a "major win" made possible by a £500m grant they provided as part of the "improved deal for Port Talbot's transition".Reynolds described it as "great news for Welsh steelmaking", which will give "certainty to local communities and thousands of local jobs for years to come".Chairman of Tata Group Natarajan Chandrasekaran said it was a "ground-breaking" day which "marks not just the beginning of a new electric arc furnace, but a new era for sustainable manufacturing in Britain"."At Port Talbot, we are building the foundations of a cleaner, greener future, supporting jobs, driving innovation, and demonstrating our commitment to responsible industry leadership," he Stevens said the construction of the new furnace "realises the promise we made to the community" and meant "Port Talbot has a bright future".
The Guardian
12-06-2025
- Politics
- The Guardian
Wales needs a green future, not Nigel Farage's coalmine fantasy
In south Wales on Monday, the leader of Reform UK offered a Farage mirage of reopened coalmines and blast furnaces (Nigel Farage's pitch for Welsh elections: bring back coalmining, 9 June). When questioned, he did not acknowledge the practical absurdity of such restorations; he responded with the conman's alibi – they are 'ambitions' and 'nothing is impossible'. Welsh knowledge of the destruction of industries is tragic, profound and recent. By pretending that past can be reversed with just 'a change of mindset', Farage is showing contempt for the experience and intelligence of the people of Wales. Like all communities that have endured rapid and massive economic change without proper preparation or compensation, they need the realism and security of a productive green future, not the cynical dishonesty of a Trump tribute KinnockLabour, House of Lords Have an opinion on anything you've read in the Guardian today? Please email us your letter and it will be considered for publication in our letters section.
