News Headlines
21st September 2026
Scientists claim elastocaloric cooling breakthrough
HONG KONG: Scientists claim to have developed what is said to be the world’s first zero-degradation elastocaloric cooling device.
18th September 2026
Hudson to develop rapid reclaim technology
USA: Refrigerant reclaimer Hudson Technologies has signed a joint development agreement with US company Icorium for the commercialisation of Icorium’s patented extractive distillation technology.
17th September 2026
Cooling concept delivers PUE below 1.2 in hot climates
ITALY/SWITZERLAND: Daikin Applied Europe and Swiss data centre contractor CTS Group claim to have developed a cooling concept capable of delivering PUE below 1.2 even in the hottest climates.
23rd September 2026
Nominations open for J&E Hall Gold Medal
UK: Nominations are now open for the J&E Hall Gold Medal, the annual award for the most noteworthy practical contribution to innovation in RACHP technology.
23rd September 2026
Frigoveneta renamed Glacialis as expansion continues
ITALY: Asset management firm Ambienta has continued the expansion of its Frigoveneta commercial and industrial refrigeration platform with the acquisitions of two further Italian companies.
21st September 2026
Danfoss Smart Store cuts energy use by 60%
DENMARK: Danfoss claims that the real-world Smart Store at its headquarters site in Nordborg, Denmark, has achieved 60% lower net energy use than benchmark stores.
23rd September 2026
Enva invests £9.5m in UK fridge recycling
UK: Waste management company Enva has announced a £9.5m investment in its UK fridge recycling business that will increase its overall treatment capacity to more than 2.3 million appliances.
23rd September 2026
Skope fridges added to ETL list
UK: Hubbard Systems has announced that two Skope ActiveCore bottom-mounted glass-door display refrigerators have been added to the UK’s Energy Technology List (ETL).
19th September 2026
Subcontractors stung by constant late payments
UK: Nearly 80% of subcontractors in the UK construction industry are paid late, and almost 75% are regularly in disputes with contractors.
22nd September 2026
AK-GC52 controller helps optimise CO2 systems
DENMARK: Danfoss has developed the AK-GC52 CO2, a new solution designed to optimise gas cooler and receiver pressure control in both transcritical and subcritical CO2 applications.
20th September 2026
Wolseley own-brand side stream filtration range
UK: Wolseley Pipe Centre has launched its own-brand JET Quad side-stream filtration range to improve water quality and help protect commercial cooling and heating systems.
18th September 2026
Carrier adds rooftop on R454C
FRANCE: The WeatherFlex 50FC rooftop unit from Carrier is designed for use with lower GWP refrigerant R454C.
23rd September 2026
Heat pumps on track with waste heat recovery project
ITALY: A waste heat recovery project in Turin, employing Trane heat pumps, is demonstrating how district heating operators can unlock more value from existing cogeneration assets.
19th September 2026
Aquarea R290 heat pumps support senior living
GERMANY: Six Panasonic Aquarea Big M R290 air-to-water heat pumps are supplying 89 accessible apartments with heating and hot water at an old people’s residence in Leipzig.
15th September 2026
Delivering year-round comfort to historic community sports club
UK: Mitsubishi Electric air-to-air heat pumps are now providing heating and cooling to a privately-run sports venue built in the early 1900s in Sefton, north Liverpool.
3rd May 2026
Skills gap: the answer’s already on the van
Will Overton, director of Vectis Refrigeration and founder of the Wisdom Group FM, argues that the skills gap in refrigeration and HVAC is not a training problem: it is a knowledge capture problem.
14th December 2025
When glycol loops go bad
David McKune, corporate account manager of Ecolab EU, a global sustainability leader offering water, hygiene and infection prevention solutions and services, discusses the hidden risks of ignoring coolant health in AI-era data centres.
2nd November 2025
Who really owns the S&M data?
Digital job systems and client portals have transformed service and maintenance efficiency, but they have also blurred the line between compliance reporting and intellectual property.
12th September 2026
Haier takes to the road
UK: Haier HVAC Solutions goes on the road this month, with a fully-kitted product trailer taking its latest heating and cooling solutions to installers across the UK.
4th September 2026
Portsmouth college receives £1.2m government boost
UK: City of Portsmouth College has received £1.2m of government funding to develop and expand its refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump training facilities.
28th August 2026
World Ventilation Day event takes on overheating
UK: BESA will mark this year’s World Ventilation Day with an event in London focused on overheating in the built environment.