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Aldi Süd reaches 1,000th CO2 milestone
GERMANY: Retailer Aldi Süd claims to have reached the milestone of 1000 CO2 refrigeration system installations in its stores….
Bitzer buys organic Rankine cycle business
USA: ElectraTherm, a supplier of organic Rankine cycle power generators, has announced its acquisition by the US subsidiary of German compressor manufacturer…
R404A “drop-in” claims 2,000 installations
USA: Honeywell claims that more than 2,000 supermarket installations have now been made using R448A, the lower GWP “drop-in” for R404A….
Tesco’s Booker deal creates food giant
UK: Tesco’s £3.7bn purchase of the Booker Group, owner of Budgens and Londis, has created the UK’s leading food business….
Overheated houses a growing problem
UK: Modern UK building standards are said to be leading to an increased incidence of problems of overheating in buildings without air…
2016 confirmed as warmest on record
USA: 2016 has been confirmed as the warmest since modern records began, according to separate reports by NASA and the National Oceanic…
BESA challenges CITB levy proposals
UK: With the CITB proposing to reduce its training levy, contractors’ group BESA has challenged the need for a levy and demanded…
US industry pleads for Kigali backing
USA: The US HVACR industry has called on the incoming Trump administration to ratify the Kigali amendment to the Montreal Protocol in…
IoR publishes guide to EN378
UK: The Institute of Refrigeration has published guidance to the new air conditioning and refrigeration safety standard EN378….
Industry warned on equipment imports
UK/EUROPE: The UK’s HM Customs & Revenue has warned that no HFC pre-charged air conditioners or refrigeration units can now be placed on the…