Watsco, Inc. (WSO) said that it completed its previously announced joint-venture, named Carrier Enterprises LLC, with Carrier Corporation. Watsco is the largest distributor of air conditioning, heating, and refrigeration equipment as well as related parts and supplies (HVAC/R) in the United States. Carrier, a unit of United Technologies Corp., provides heating, air-conditioning and refrigeration solutions with operations in more than 170 countries. Watsco owns 60% of the joint venture with options to purchase an additional 20% from Carrier in future years. Carrier Enterprises will operate 110 locations in 20 states and Puerto Rico, the Caribbean and Latin America and serve over 19,000 air conditioning and heating contractors. Carrier is contributing 95 locations in the U.S. Sunbelt and Puerto Rico and the export division located in Miami, Florida, while Watsco is contributing 15 locations in 8 states. The operations will sell Carrier, Bryant and Payne-branded residential and light-commercial

Today, the very large and rapidly growing number of electric motors, many that are highly inefficient, consume nearly 50% of the world’s electricity. In the USA alone, the Department of Energy (DoE) reports that electric motors consume almost 60% of all generated electrical power. A rather surprising statistic shows refrigeration for homes and offices consumes nearly 10% of the world’s energy. Electric motors powering the HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) systems in commercial buildings account for approximately 50% of the building’s total electric costs.

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The ever-growing market of worldwide sales of electric motors of all sizes and capabilities is estimated to exceed one billion units annually. Energy consumption and the world’s need for alternative energy solutions to improve energy efficiency is a crucial issue for countries small and large throughout the world. Axial Vector Energy Corporation (AVEC) is one company that is capable of supplying the world’s needs.

Axial Vector owns, develops, and licenses revolutionary internal combustion engine and electrical power generator technologies for use in automotive, power generation, appliance, and military applications. The company intends to employ their patent-pending “axial flux” engine and generator set (GENSET) technologies to produce highly efficient, cost-effective, and environmentally sensitive multi-fuel engines and motors that are scalable across a wide range of applications and serve in both mobile and fixed-location settings.

Around the world, the proportion of electric