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2nd October 2024

Carrier completes sale of refrigeration business

USA/CHINA: Carrier has completed the $775m sale of its commercial refrigeration business to its Chinese joint venture partner Haier.
30th September 2024

Copeland unifies its brands

USA: Copeland has announced a unified brand identity across its product portfolio.
26th September 2024

US HFC refrigerant smuggler pleads guilty

USA: Michael Hart, the man who was arrested and charged in March with smuggling HFC refrigerants into the US from Mexico, has pleaded guilty before a federal court on Tuesday.
2nd October 2024

VRF alternative launches new indoor units

NETHERLANDS: The TripleAqua three-pipe hydraulic heat recovery system will launch a range of  cassettes, high walls, suspended, cased, slimline and ducted series at next week’s Chillventa exhibition in Nuremberg.
2nd October 2024

Illegal refrigerant auctioned for a knockdown price

NETHERLANDS: The 40 tonnes of illegal refrigerant seized by Dutch customs earlier this year has been auctioned online for the knockdown price of €166,000.
2nd October 2024

Carrier completes sale of refrigeration business

USA/CHINA: Carrier has completed the $775m sale of its commercial refrigeration business to its Chinese joint venture partner Haier.
29th September 2024

BUS applications down 5% in August

UK: The number of applications to the Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS) in August was double the volume received in the same month last year but was 5% down on July.
27th September 2024

Rodgers appointed MD of Lightfoot Defence

UK: Steven Rodgers (above), the current commercial director of Lightfoot Defence, is taking over as managing director from Terry Nicholls on October 1.
27th September 2024

Three stand for IoR board selection

UK: Three members are standing for election this year for two positions on the Institute of Refrigeration’s board of trustees.
2nd October 2024

Daikin oil-free chiller on R515B

USA: Daikin Applied has introduced the Magnitude WME-D, a water-cooled centrifugal chiller featuring a two-stage, oil-free compressor and lower GWP refrigerant R515B.
2nd October 2024

Daikin adds compact air handler

BELGIUM: Daikin is upgrading its air handling units product portfolio by introducing a compact unit.
1st October 2024

Vertiv data centre chiller on R1234ze

UK: Vertiv has released high-capacity models of its Vertiv Liebert AFC inverter screw chiller range with R1234ze refrigerant. 
18th September 2024

Hospital to use ground-source heat pump

UK: Global resource management company Veolia is set to combine ground-source heat pumps, thermal store, solar and CHP technologies to decarbonise the heat supply at the University Hospital of Hartlepool.
15th September 2024

Propane heat pump in full bloom

IRELAND: A Refra Ignis propane heat pump is delivering sustainability and energy efficiency at a €20m flower processing facility in Dublin.
7th September 2024

Monitoring tenants’ heat pump usage

UK: Panasonic’s Aquarea Service Cloud app is helping to ensure that over 700 social housing tenants are operating their heat pumps correctly.
10th August 2022

Heatwaves and CO2 refrigeration

Following this summer's extreme high temperatures in the UK, Daniel Clark, MD of Isentra, asks whether 130bar transcritical systems have now become a necessity?
1st December 2021

Refrigerant choice in HVAC chillers

In the light of the worldwide phase-down of high GWP refrigerants, Dave Richards, UK head of sales at refrigerant supplier Climalife, looks at the various options available for HVAC chillers.
1st August 2021

The cheapest and greenest energy is the energy we don’t use

Recognising the crucial need to use energy wisely, Jürgen Fischer, Danfoss president of Climate Solutions, argues the importance of energy efficiency in the drive to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. 
23rd September 2024

Congress leads Chillventa week

GERMANY: The Chillventa Congress, which again takes place the day before the Chillventa show in Nuremberg, is this year divided into four major streams.
17th September 2024

The latest on the EU F-gas regulation

BELGIUM: The latest developments on the implementation of the European F-gas Regulation will be revealed by EPEE in a webinar next month. 
2nd September 2024

Ideal offers online heat pump course

UK: Ideal Heating has launched a free and comprehensive online introduction to heat pumps course.