Features
Praise for Panasonic at new Ellis Training site
UK: Ellis Training’s move into a former Methodist church, last year, has transformed the 19th-century building into a leading-edge HVACR training facility. …
Haier VRF keeps Knorr Bremse on track
HUNGARY: Haier VRF systems were chosen for a major upgrade of the heating and cooling requirements of the Budapest offices of Knorr Bremse Rail Systems….
Vaillant heat pump proven in residential refurb
GERMANY: Heat pump technology, such as Vaillant’s Energy Unit 2.0, is helping to drive the European energy transition in existing multi-family buildings. …
Polish plant reclaims 100% of used refrigerants
POLAND: A new refrigerant reclamation plant near Warsaw is using two processes to separate mixtures and reclaim nearly 100% of used refrigerants….
Panasonic’s vertical approach to strawberry farming
UK: Panasonic PACi NX low-temperature units are being employed to provide precise and consistent climate conditions at a vertical farm research facility…
CERN’s LHC cooling system supplies local heat network
FRANCE: Waste heat from the cooling system of CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is supplying a local residential and commercial heating network….
Arup HQ switches to heat pumps
UK: Consultant Arup has significantly reduced the carbon footprint at its London headquarters by replacing gas boilers and R134a chillers with air-source heat pumps….
Trane heat pumps land savings at Schipol Airport
NETHERLANDS: Trane heat pumps are combined with thermal energy storage (TES) systems in commercial office buildings located at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport….
Fruit and vegetable wholesaler relies on propane
GERMANY: A propane chiller has replaced an R404A refrigeration system at a fresh produce supplier’s warehouses in central Germany, reducing operating costs and improving the overall carbon footprint….
Heating and cooling from sewage sludge
ITALY: The city of Peschiera Borromeo, near Milan, is home to Italy’s first district heating and cooling plant powered by biogas produced from sewage sludge….