Earlier this year they ordered air conditioners to be switched off for five hours a day.
Mitsubishi Heavy, which makes things like ships and air conditioners, has run in the red lately.
The Chinese have retaliated with tariffs on Japanese cars, mobile phones and air conditioners.
It has done well in Europe, where drivers have begun to buy cars with built-in air conditioners.
Ingersoll, maker of Trane air conditioners and Club Car golf carts, saw lower costs and interests expenses.
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Once a home is wired, utilities could turn down power-gobbling appliances, like air conditioners, ahead of summer brownouts.
Energy consumption would drop by 80 percent since memory-based systems consume less energy and require fewer air conditioners.
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Comverge in New Jersey has created a business focused on tapping air conditioners in homes and small businesses.
Residential air conditioners, for which LG has the world's highest market share at 18%, earn a 5% margin.
It enables disabled people to control lights, make phone calls, operate air conditioners and perform other simple tasks.
Broad Group, a Chinese maker of air conditioners, taps the waste heat from buildings to power its machines.
In one case (DOE's revised standards for air conditioners) our action has been overturned by a federal court.
Compared to two decades ago, air conditioners and refrigerators use from 70 to 80% less electricity.
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The Texas power grid is usually only taxed in the middle of summer when air conditioners are in overdrive.
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Today Haier has Pakistan's largest market shares in air conditioners and washing machines.
The second generation moved into manufacturing truck bodies, industrial insulation materials and air conditioners (in partnership with Fedders Corp.).
At the same time, efficiency programs are pushing more efficient light bulbs, air conditioners and other devices into homes.
They have a model: Sanden, an independent maker of compressors for air conditioners.
His 100, 000 cell samples need freezers, air conditioners (and backups for both), robotic handlers, repairmen, alarms--and electricity for it all.
Some of the larger groups, he says, devote 70% of their budgets to administrative costs, like air conditioners and chauffeurs.
When the weather turns cold, the stinkers wriggle into homes through air conditioners and other tiny spaces, hibernating in packs.
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Other divisions include Sikorsky, maker of Blackhawk helicopters (see box), Hamilton Sundstrand (aircraft controls) and Carrier (heaters and air conditioners).
China's Haier has undercut Western competitors in a wide range of products, from air conditioners and washing machines to wine coolers.
Manufacturing three times as many cars, refrigerators, TVs, air conditioners and the like is not going to happen with our current models.
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Samsung has benefited from high brand recognition in India, thanks to the company's household appliances, such as television sets and air conditioners.
TVs and 3m air conditioners a year in more than 40 countries.
Hot summer driving with air conditioners on takes a heavy toll on battery range too, particularly during periods stalled in traffic jams.
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For example, when everyone turns on their air conditioners on a really hot summer afternoon, the grid is often placed under extraordinary strain.
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Manufacturers should be cranking out Danish Modern air conditioners for Manhattanites and, for Brooklynites, units that look like distressed New England farm implements.
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