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Heat exchanger surface design could improve efficiency
USA: Researchers at MIT claim to have found a way to improve the efficiency of systems with a specially tailored surface treatment…
Carrier CaaS offer for new financial centre
USA: Carrier is to own and operate the heating and air conditioning plant in a Cooling-as-a-Service initiative for a major new financial…
Subway rides savings on R290 refrigeration
USA: Test installations of R290 self-contained refrigeration systems in walk-in coolers at two Subway restaurants in Connecticut are said to have shown…
Bitzer screws in novel data cooling project
GERMANY: Italian manufacturer HiRef SpA is using Bitzer screw compressors to cool a computing centre adiabatically with air-to-air heat exchangers. …
Evaporative humidifier boosts data centre cooling
UK: The Condair ME evaporative humidifier is helping UK manufacturer Weatherite reduce cooling system energy consumption for its data centre and telecoms…
Toshiba achieves BREEAM landmark
UK: 120 Cannon Street, a landmark office building in the City of London, has been equipped with Toshiba heat recovery VRF air…
Variable speed shows 29% saving in freezer tests
USA: Variable speed Embraco compressors are said to have shown a 29% energy saving in comparative trials with fixed speed units in…
York chillers in R513A side-by-side trial
USA: A chiller retrofitted with the lower GWP refrigerant R513A is being trialled in a side-by-side comparison with a similar chiller running on R134a at the University of Kansas….
Panasonic CO2 refrigeration makes prime cut
UK: Keen to increase sustainability in refrigeration at its new butchery in Devon, Riverford Organic Farm is now benefiting from the installation…
Carrier chillers in Manchester landmark building
UK: Three Carrier AquaForce are supplying 2.4MW of cooling to Manchester Goods Yard, a new landmark building in the heart of Manchester’s…