News Headlines
5th September 2024
Copeland to close Welkenraedt plant
BELGIUM: Copeland has announced the closure of its Welkenraedt commercial air conditioning and refrigeration compressor factory.
4th September 2024
Mitsubishi Electric announces 400+ redundancies
UK: More than 430 workers at the Mitsubishi Electric plant in Livingston face redundancy as a result of the downturn in heat pump demand in Europe.
4th September 2024
Greenpeace installs R290 heat pump
UK: An R290 heat pump is now providing heating and DHW to the London office of leading environmental organisation Greenpeace.
6th September 2024
Penalties totalling over $115,000 for illegal HFC imports
USA: The US Environmental protection Agency has recently completed settlements totalling over $115,000 against five companies who allegedly imported HFCs without allowances in violation of the US AIM Act.
5th September 2024
Copeland to close Welkenraedt plant
BELGIUM: Copeland has announced the closure of its Welkenraedt commercial air conditioning and refrigeration compressor factory.
5th September 2024
Rheem set to acquire Nortek Global HVAC
USA: Atlanta-based HVACR equipment manufacturer Rheem has announced its intention to acquire fellow US manufacturer Nortek Global HVAC (NGH) from Madison Industries.
4th September 2024
Mitsubishi Electric announces 400+ redundancies
UK: More than 430 workers at the Mitsubishi Electric plant in Livingston face redundancy as a result of the downturn in heat pump demand in Europe.
4th September 2024
Greenpeace installs R290 heat pump
UK: An R290 heat pump is now providing heating and DHW to the London office of leading environmental organisation Greenpeace.
3rd September 2024
£32.8m funding for heat pump projects
UK: Four heat pump projects are to receive £32.8m from the UK government’s Green Heat Network Fund (GHNF).
6th September 2024
Exploring district cooling/heating networks
UK: District One is a new AI-optimised platform designed to generate intelligent citywide heating and cooling networks at speed using local data.
4th September 2024
Air-cooled screw chiller on R1234yf
JAPAN: Hitachi Johnson Controls Air Conditioning has added an air-cooled screw chiller running on low GWP HFO refrigerant R1234yf to its Matrix Advance range.
3rd September 2024
Maersk adopts R1234yf for reefers
DENMARK: Maersk Container Industry has adopted HFO refrigerant R1234yf for its new Star Cool 1.1 refrigerated container.
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.
5th September 2024
SEC sparks a heat recovery revolution
UK: A leading bar operator is using innovative heat recovery technology from wholesale group Beijer Ref to reduce energy costs and achieve ambitious sustainability targets.
4th September 2024
Ciat AHUs take leading role
UK: Ciat has supplied three ClimaCiat AirAccess AHUs to a brand new, purpose-built new hub for the performing arts in the Chiltern Hills.
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.
2nd September 2024
Ideal offers online heat pump course
UK: Ideal Heating has launched a free and comprehensive online introduction to heat pumps course.
28th August 2024
Key political issues at EPEE/ASERCOM event
GERMANY: Key political issues for the refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump sectors will be discussed at a special symposium on the eve of the Chillventa exhibition.
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.