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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…
Parkman in as Cowlard joins Haier
UK: Former Airedale md Clive Parkman has been named as md of Daikin Applied (UK) Ltd following Bob Cowlard’s move to Haier…
ASHRAE publishes 2016 refrigerant standards
USA: The 2016 editions of ASHRAE’s major refrigerants-related standards have been published as a package with 30 new refrigerants and refrigerant blends…
£400,000 fine for fridge engineer’s fall
UK: A dairy company has been fined £400,000 after a refrigeration engineer fell 15ft (4.6m) through a fragile roof panel….
Ant Wilson awarded MBE
UK: Ant Wilson, a director of consultant engineers AECOM, has been awarded an MBE for services to building and engineering….
Linde and Praxair agree merger
GERMANY/USA: Industrial gas companies Linde and Praxair have announced that they have agreed to merge to create a $30bn business….