Updates
Appointments at Bosch
Bosch Thermotechnology appointed David Lopes and
Melvin Harris to the newly established positions of Sales
Director for Commercial Applications and
Sales Director for Residential Applications,
respectively.
In his role, Lopes is responsible for
the sales of heating and air conditioning
applications and their support teams,
focused on the commercial and “specbid”
channels. He has
been a part of the Bosch
Thermotechnology division
Lopes
for 10 years, working in Portugal, Spain
and most recently, Mexico, where he
served as the country Sales Director.
Harris is responsible for the sales in
the wholesale and retail channel, while
also developing online sales for the
entire Bosch Thermotechnology product
range. Previously, he was the sales director
Harris
at Johnson Controls.
In other Bosch news, the company donated a variety of
HVAC units to the Atlantic Technical College and Technical
High School in Coconut Creek, FL.
NY Expands Biodiesel Mandate
New Yorkers
in downstate
counties will
soon benefit
from cleaner air
due to the increased use of Bioheat® fuel in heating oil.
Legislation signed today by New York Governor Andrew
Cuomo requires Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester counties
to follow New York City’s lead by blending at least
five percent biodiesel (B5) into all home heating oil sold
by July 1, 2018.
Biodiesel was the first alternative fuel designated as an
“Advanced Biofuel” by the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency and has been verified to reduce total greenhouse
gas emissions by more than 50 percent compared to
petroleum.
New York City, the largest municipal consumer of
heating oil in the country, has already taken advantage
of biodiesel's benefits by instituting a citywide 2 percent
biodiesel requirement in 2012 that increases to 5 percent
on October 1, 2017. Now the entire New York City Metropolitan
Area, representing approximately 70 percent
of the state’s heating oil market, will have a 5 percent
biodiesel blending requirement.
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