News Headlines
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.