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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….
York heat pumps in Hamburg wastewater project
GERMANY: Johnson Controls will install four 15MW heat pumps using R1234ze(E) refrigerant at Hamburg’s Dradenau wastewater treatment plant to recover heat for the city’s district heating network….
Auckland Airport on-boards heat pumps
NEW ZEALAND: Air-source heat pumps are to replace six natural gas boilers, totalling 6.5MW, at New Zealand’s largest airport….
Toshiba helps future-proof Cheshire house
UK: Toshiba heating and cooling equipment used in combination with solar photovoltaics and battery storage have helped to future-proof a five-bedroom home…