News Headlines
25th July 2024
Carrier sales up 12%
USA: Carrier has reported strong Q2 2024 financial results with sales up 12% to $6.7bn compared to last year.
24th July 2024
Bosch sees leading HVAC role with JCH purchase
GERMANY: Bosch has described its €7.4bn acquisition of the Johnson Controls-Hitachi Air Conditioning (JCH) joint venture as the biggest transaction in the company’s history, doubling its Home Comfort business.
24th July 2024
Decomposing refrigerants with industrial waste
SOUTH KOREA: Researchers from the Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) claim to have developed a technology to decompose R134a refrigerant using an industrial waste product.
25th July 2024
Carrier sales up 12%
USA: Carrier has reported strong Q2 2024 financial results with sales up 12% to $6.7bn compared to last year.
24th July 2024
Bosch sees leading HVAC role with JCH purchase
GERMANY: Bosch has described its €7.4bn acquisition of the Johnson Controls-Hitachi Air Conditioning (JCH) joint venture as the biggest transaction in the company’s history, doubling its Home Comfort business.
24th July 2024
Poland intercepts R134a in car LPG tanks
POLAND: Customs officers in Terespol claim to have prevented seven attempts in the last month to smuggle refrigerant R134a in the LPG tanks of motor vehicles.
26th July 2024
Panasonic partners with Plug Me In
UK: Panasonic has announced a collaboration with Scottish Power’s Manchester-based heat pump installers Plug Me In to provide Panasonic Aquarea heat pumps as part of Scottish Power’s offering.
25th July 2024
BUS applications down 10% in June
UK: The 2,687 applications to the UK government’s Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS) last month were down 10% on May.
24th July 2024
UK heat pump installs on track for record year
UK: With 27,000 certified heat pump installations in the first six months of 2024, the MCS insists that the UK is on track to see more installations than ever before.
25th July 2024
Prefabricated hydronic balancing and control
DENMARK: The latest solution from Danfoss is a prefabricated hydronic balancing and control solution for four-pipe heating and cooling change-over systems.
24th July 2024
Baxi unveils high-temp R290 heat pump
UK: Baxi has announced the arrival of the Auriga HP+ R290 high-temperature air-to-water monobloc heat pump range.
17th July 2024
SWEP BPHE for lower GWP refrigerants
USA: SWEP has launched the 190 range of brazed plate heat exchangers optimised for low GWP refrigerants.
26th July 2024
Seeking a solution to data centre cooling demand
USA: The University of Missouri is developing a new type of cooling system which it claims could dramatically reduce energy demands on data centres.
24th July 2024
MHI Projects team ensures smooth delivery
UK: Dedicated support from the MHI Projects team has helped provide a climate control upgrade for the UK home of a leading global glass processing specialist.
21st July 2024
Adiabatic CO2 system promises big energy savings
AUSTRALIA: An indirect evaporative CO2 refrigeration system which promises potential energy savings of 19% is being trialled in one of Australia's leading supermarkets.
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.
16th July 2024
Carrier opens training centre in Charlotte
USA: Carrier has officially opened a new 1500m2 training centre at the Carrier University in Charlotte, North Carolina.
14th July 2024
Carrier officially opens new UK training centre
UK: Carrier has officially opened a new training academy at its service and rentals facility in Bracknell.
4th June 2024
Advansor offers CO2 online training
DENMARK: Danish CO2 refrigeration systems specialist Advansor has announced a new online training programme for this autumn.