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Airedale data cooling solution commended
USA: The first data centre at Corscale’s Gainesville Crossing campus is set to open following the successful integrated systems testing (IST) of the recently installed Airedale by Modine cooling solution….
White roofs could be most effective at cooling
UK: Painting roofs white would be more effective at cooling cities like London than vegetation-covered “green roofs”, street-level vegetation or solar panels, a new study claims….
Scientists probe solid-state cooling behaviour
USA: Work by a research team led by the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory is providing a better understanding of solid-state cooling materials….
Soteck Clauger alliance creates R1233zd heat pump
CANADA: Soteck Clauger has developed a high temperature heat pump using the HFO refrigerant R1233zd for a food processing application….
Varying refrigerant blends boosts HP flexibility
SWITZERLAND: Researchers have found that varying the composition of refrigerant mixtures can enable heat pumps to generate different temperatures from different heat sources, while increasing efficiency by up to 25%….
Trane gets to the core of climate change
IRELAND: Trane is helping to further our understanding of the Earth’s climate system by helping to preserve and transport Antarctic ice cores to Germany….
Evergreen fleet monitored by Carrier
TAIWAN: Evergreen Marine Corp, one of the world’s leading shipping lines, is enhancing operations by deploying Carrier Transicold’s Lynx Fleet monitoring solution onto 7,000 refrigerated containers. …
Fujitsu takes farming to new levels
UK: Fujitsu General Air Conditioning UK is helping to deliver the best possible growing conditions for a vertical farming enterprise in Northamptonshire….
HVAC plays vital sustainability role at Chester Zoo
UK: Mitsubishi Electric is to provide heating, cooling and ventilation equipment to Chester Zoo, the not-for-profit conservation zoo in Cheshire….
Daikin chillers in hospital transplant
UK: Daikin EWAH~TZ air-cooled VFD screw compressor chillers, using HFO refrigerant R1234ze(E), have been at the centre of a major heating and cooling transplant at Basildon University Hospital….