Features
Teamwork spreads the load at jam factory
UK: Teams from Beijer Ref recently joined with contractor Adcock Refrigeration and Air Conditioning to deliver an award-winning CO₂ plant installation for one of the UK’s best known jam manufacturers….
Heat pumps in real-world housing study
UK: Gedling Green, a regenerative housing project in Nottinghamshire, is employing Panasonic’s Aquarea J Series heat pumps with smart controls. The development…
Cooling upgrade at remote Jersey data centre
UK: A logistically complex project involving the replacement of cooling units at a data centre in the Channel Islands has been successfully completed by Biggleswade-based Secure IT Environments (SITE)….
Pitkin & Ruddock chooses Panasonic system
UK: HVAC installer Pitkin & Ruddock chose an integrated environmental solution from Panasonic for its flagship HQ in Bury St Edmunds….
Fibre membrane could lower data centre cooling costs
USA: Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a new evaporative cooling technology that could improve the energy efficiency…
Panasonic cascade provides a new spin on efficiency
UK: Panasonic recently provided a large R290 air-to-water heat pump system to the National Wool Museum, located in a large remote site based in South-West Wales….
Refrec Reclaim makes light work of recovery
UK: Beijer Ref’s high-speed Refrec Reclaim refrigerant recovery service has enabled contractor EJM Engineered Systems to recover 1200kg of refrigerant during a coldstore upgrade for a customer in Norfolk….
R290 heat pumps are right gear for Porsche
GERMANY: Panasonic Aquarea R290 heat pumps totalling 240kW have been cascaded to ensure efficient heat supply to the 6,000m² office building of Porsche Financial Services GmbH….
PFAS ban must overcome legal obstacles
EUROPE: As industry awaits a decision on proposed PFAS restrictions, which could ban most current refrigerants, a leading law firm has raised doubts over the viability of such a ban….
EC fans help cool the world’s largest telescope
CHILE: EBM-Papst is supplying EC fans to cool lasers at the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) astronomical observatory under construction in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile….