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Improving supermarket fridge efficiency with robots
UK: A programme aimed at improving the energy efficiency of supermarket refrigeration cabinets is employing robots to emulate the real-world opening and…
Ammonia chiller is first choice for First Milk
UK: Star Refrigeration has boosted capacity and efficiency at a cheese chill plant by replacing an ageing R404A cooling system with its…
Green Point pinpoints bad points
UK: Green Point UK, Bitzer’s compressor remanufacturing and services arm, has solved the cause of multiple refrigeration plant failures at a major…
Toshiba Carrier’s rapid response to Covid call
UK: Toshiba Carrier has stepped in at short notice to maintain a comfortable work environment during the rapid roll-out of Covid-19 testing…
Dental crown for Panasonic nanoe
UK: Panasonic’s nanoe X air cleaning technology is to deployed in 27 dental practices operated by Riverdale Healthcare to enhance protection for…
Elderly at higher indoor heat risk
USA: New research suggests that exposure to extreme indoor heat may be connected to a greater number of heat-related deaths amongst the…
R449A selected for Olympic trio
CHINA: Three of the venues for next year’s Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games will be employing R449A, the lower GWP alternative…
Makkah refurb project sees installation of 41 York chillers
SAUDI ARABIA: Al Salem Johnson Controls has undertaken its largest ever chiller replacement project, replacing 44 York chillers at the Makkah Construction…
R1234ze installation has sweet taste of success
ITALY: Chillers running the low GWP HFO refrigerant R1234ze are providing flexible and efficient refrigeration for a new 30,000m2 warehouse of a…
Chemours’ R513A is San Jose playmaker
USA: Chemours lower GWP refrigerant R513A has been employed in Trane chillers at the home of US National Hockey League team San…