UK News
8th July 2021
BESA looks to spread the F-gas message
UK: The Building Engineering Services Association is to offer an F-gas awareness short course in an attempt to reach a wider audience with the importance…
8th July 2021
Mark Hughes becomes BRA president
UK: Mark Hughes of refrigerant manufacturer Chemours has been named as president of the British Refrigeration Association. Hughes, currently business development manager for Thermal and…
7th July 2021
Test centre boost for medical fridge supplier
UK: Manchester-based CoolMed has increased its supply of specialist medical equipment during the pandemic by providing hundreds of fridges to one of the UK’s leading operator…
6th July 2021
Daikin to support heat pump growth at Kew festival
UK: Daikin UK will be selling the benefits of heat pumps to visitors to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew this autumn.
5th July 2021
IoR seeks new board members
UK: The Institute of Refrigeration has instigated its annual search for nominees to join its governing body, the board of trustees. Anyone who is a…
5th July 2021
CDL to distribute Carrier VRF
UK: Cool Designs Ltd (CDL), a long-term distributor of Toshiba Carrier air conditioning, has added Carrier’s recently introduced XCT7 VRF system to its portfolio. The…
2nd July 2021
Gill heads ASHRAE refrigeration committee
UK/USA: Steve Gill, past president of the IoR and founder of World Refrigeration Day, has been made chair of ASHRAE’s Refrigeration Technology Committee for Comfort,…
2nd July 2021
Sustainability on the airwaves
UK: Mitsubishi Electric has launched a series of podcasts on the sustainable, zero carbon and legislative issues affecting business today. The Ask ME podcasts cover…
30th June 2021
IoR rewards individual achievement
UK: Nausheen Basha, a university researcher, and Kevin Gregory, an influential long-serving engineer, have been named as winners in this year’s Institute of Refrigeration Awards.…
27th June 2021
Acoustic panel allows air to flow
UK: A pioneering material which reduces noise while allowing air to flow freely is to undergo trials in hospitals and other noisy locations. The technology…
26th June 2021
£4m heat pump project targets net zero London
UK: Power supplier E.ON has started work on a £4m project to install one of the UK’s largest zero carbon heating and cooling systems beneath…
26th June 2021
Cooling champion celebrates 90 years
UK: Dr Stephen Forbes Pearson, co-founder of Star Refrigeration and, arguably, one of the UK’s greatest living refrigeration engineers, has celebrated his 90th birthday. It…
25th June 2021
Hope for Grimsby Ice Factory
UK: Moves to address the decline of the crumbling Grimsby Ice Factory and its historic refrigeration equipment have begun following the acquisition of the building…
24th June 2021
Climalife offers college support
UK: Taking the careers theme of this year’s World Refrigeration Day, refrigerant supplier Climalife is offering to send speakers to colleges and training centres across…
23rd June 2021
Carrier Rental adds VLT chillers
UK: Carrier Rental Systems has added very low temperature chillers, based on the lower GWP refrigerant R449A and a secondary glycol circuit, to its fleet…
23rd June 2021
McVittie named in top engineers’ list
UK: Linda McVittie of J & E Hall has been named in this year’s list of the top 50 women in engineering. The annual Top…
22nd June 2021
George Clarke to open BESA Conference
UK: This year’s Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) National Conference will be opened by TV personality and architect George Clarke. Best known for the Channel…
22nd June 2021
A-Gas joins circular economy group
UK: Refrigerant supplier, recycler and reclaimer, A-Gas, has joined the Ellen MacArthur Foundation Community, a UK registered charity which promotes the circular economy. The Ellen…
22nd June 2021
LSBU team wins Lightfoot Medal
Success: Catarina Marques with the Lightfoot Medal UK: The Institute of Refrigeration’s Kenneth Lightfoot Medal for best technical paper has this year been won by…
17th June 2021
Industry pleads for UKCA mark extension
UK: The engineering services sector has called for an extension to the deadline for manufacturers to achieve the new UKCA product mark due to the…
13th June 2021
Cool careers to mark World Refrigeration Day
UK: To coincide with the global phenomenon that is World Refrigeration Day, this year the IoR will be running a live online Cool Careers Celebration…