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BUS grant boosts UK interest in heat pumps
UK: A sharp 173% month-on-month increase in boiler upgrade scheme (BUS) applications in October has been attributed to the government’s increase in the grant to £7,500….
Cooling under the spotlight at COP28
DUBAI: Refrigeration and air conditioning will come under the global spotlight when world leaders at COP28 will be urged to sign a pact to broaden access to sustainable cooling….
Raising frozen temperatures could slash emissions
UAE: A coalition led by Dubai-based multinational logistics company DP World is calling for frozen food temperatures to be set at -15°C as standard to cut carbon emissions….
Cooling is critical infrastructure
UK: In a world beset by rising temperatures, researchers from the University of Birmingham are calling for cooling infrastructure systems to be considered critical infrastructure….
Aira launches in the UK
UK: Swedish heat pump company Aira has now officially launched in the UK with a pledge to invest £300m in the next three years in its direct-to-consumer monthly subscription business….
Wolseley/Kooltech remain committed to merger deal
UK: Kooltech and Wolseley are said to be committed to addressing concerns raised by the Competition and Markets Authority regarding the proposed takeover announced at the beginning of this year….
Data centre heat recovery with R1234ze heat pumps
FINLAND: Heat pumps using R1234ze refrigerant are to be deployed in what is claimed will be the largest system for recycling waste…
$169m fund to boost US heat pump production
USA: Mitsubishi Electric US is to receive $50m in funding from the US Department of Energy to establish a heat pump compressor factory in Kentucky….
Thomas Nowak to leave EHPA
BELGIUM: Thomas Nowak is to step down as secretary general of the European Heat Pump Association (EHPA). …
A-Gas’ Ken Logan named as climate leader
USA/UK: Ken Logan of refrigerant lifecycle management company A-Gas has been named along with such people as Stella McCartney, Coldplay and Bill Gates in Time magazine’s inaugural Time100 Climate List….