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New material could reduce air conditioning load
USA: Engineers at Stanford University, California, claim to have invented a new mirror-like material which could reduce the air conditioning load of…
Arthur and Gill nominated for IoR president
UK: Bob Arthur and Steve Gill will both be standing for election as the next president of the Institute of Refrigeration….
Arkema raises refrigerant prices 20%
FRANCE: Arkema has announced a 20% price increase across all its HFC refrigerants in Europe….
Ron Baker RIP
UK: Ron Baker, who will be well known to many in the air conditioning and refrigeration industry from his time as FETA…
HFC phase-down “now inevitable”
FRANCE: Parties to the Montreal Protocol were upbeat at the possibilities of a global HFC phase-down agreement at the conclusion of this…
World edges towards HFC agreement
FRANCE: The international community has moved a step closer to a deal on controlling HFCs at the Montreal Protocol meeting this week….
Montreal Protocol obviates 135bn tonnes CO2
FRANCE: Although set up primarily to eliminate ozone depleting substances, the Montreal Protocol is said to have eliminated 25 times more CO2…
UK wants national F-gas database
UK: The refrigeration and air conditioning industry is calling for a national register of F-gas certified companies and individuals in order to…
Call for ecodesign freedom for fans as spares
BELGIUM: A number of powerful manufacturers’ groups are calling for an exemption of spare parts from the Ecodesign requirements for fans….
Low options for 90% of high GWP refrigerants
GERMANY: Around 90% of HCFCs and high-GWP HFCs could be replaced in developing countries by substances with low or moderate GWP, says…