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Cost-effective produce cooling in arid regions
USA: Researchers at MIT have developed a cost-effective forced-air evaporative cooling system in a used shipping container for preserving fruit and vegetables in arid regions….
GEA to supply Heineken with £25m heat pump solution
UK: GEA is to supply Heineken UK’s brewery in Manchester with a heat pump network as part of Heineken’s £25m investment in a network to capture and reuse thermal energy….
Fujitsu splits to keep site workers focused
UK: More than 100 Fujitsu R32 spilt air conditioners are to be installed in the site offices for a new £700m TV and film studio being constructed in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire….
Trane heat pumps are top of the class
ITALY: Trane Technologies heat pumps have been instrumental in decarbonising the heating systems of 31 schools in the Italian district of Fiumicino….
Dublin DH network uses Mitsubishi heat pump and R1234ze
IRELAND: Ireland’s first low-carbon district heating network, recently opened in Tallaght, Dublin, is using a Mitsubishi Electric heat pump running on Honeywell’s low GWP HFO refrigerant R1234ze….
GEA heat pumps in largest mine water project
GERMANY/UK: High performance ammonia heat pumps are the driving force in the largest mine water heat network in Great Britain….
U-3ARC highlights challenges facing Africa
ITALY: The development of refrigeration in Africa is critical in a continent where people are dying from hunger and disease due to the lack of a basic cold chain….
Aquarea with a sea view
IRELAND: Panasonic Aquarea Monobloc T-Cap air-source heat pumps have been specified for two family sea front homes in Waterford….
Gas bearings operating on refrigerants
USA: A US company has been awarded patents for porous gas bearings that, it is said, could increase efficiencies in commercial and industrial cooling applications….
Fan retrofit provides sky-high savings
A fan retrofit to air handling units in a high-rise building in Dubai has helped achieve a 60% reduction in energy consumption….