News Headlines
17th May 2024
EU states demand action on decarbonisation
EUROPE: Fifteen European member states have signed an open letter urging the European Commission to publish its delayed Heat Pump Action Plan and revise the “outdated” Heating and Cooling Strategy.
15th May 2024
EU publishes new F-gas certification proposals
EUROPE: The European Commission has now published its proposals for minimum certification and training requirements for engineers under the new F-gas regulation 2024/573.
14th May 2024
Ormerod and Logan to leave A-Gas
UK: A-Gas’ UK and Europe MD John Ormerod and Ken Logan, the group’s sustainability, marketing and regulatory director, are set to leave the company next month.
17th May 2024
EU states demand action on decarbonisation
EUROPE: Fifteen European member states have signed an open letter urging the European Commission to publish its delayed Heat Pump Action Plan and revise the “outdated” Heating and Cooling Strategy.
15th May 2024
EU publishes new F-gas certification proposals
EUROPE: The European Commission has now published its proposals for minimum certification and training requirements for engineers under the new F-gas regulation 2024/573.
13th May 2024
Australia hits 10,000 tonne refrigerant recovery milestone
AUSTRALIA: Refrigerant Reclaim Australia (RRA) reports that it has reached the milestone of recovering 10,000,000kg of synthetic refrigerants since its inception in 1993.
18th May 2024
British Gas offers reduced rate heat pump tariff
UK: Energy supplier British Gas has introduced a new reduced rate electricity tariff in a bid to encourage more heat pump installations.
16th May 2024
Paul Szyszczak to leave Danfoss
UK: Paul Szyszczak, sales director and UK & Ireland country manager at Danfoss Climate Solutions is to leave the company at the end of this month after more than 27 years with the business.
15th May 2024
Mitsubishi opens Livingston heat pump training centre
UK: Mitsubishi Electric has opened a new heat pump training centre, capable of training over 1,000 engineers per year, at its factory in Livingston.
17th May 2024
Fujitsu extends Airstage splits
UK: Fujitsu General Air Conditioning UK has extended its Airstage split systems line-up with the Eco+ wall mount unit.
16th May 2024
York Sun Premier RTU range extended
USA: Johnson Controls has expanded its York Sun Premier commercial rooftop range with new 90-150 ton units.
14th May 2024
Dual-sensor detector with long-life NH3 sensor
SWEDEN: Samon has launched Glaciär X5, an ATEX-certified dual sensor industrial gas detector with long-life ammonia sensor.
18th May 2024
Daikin chillers in hospital transplant
UK: Daikin EWAH~TZ air-cooled VFD screw compressor chillers, using HFO refrigerant R1234ze(E), have been at the centre of a major heating and cooling transplant at Basildon University Hospital.
5th May 2024
Daikin remote leak detection prevents downtime
ITALY: As well as benefitting the environment, the timely detection of a chiller refrigerant leak has saved costs and potential production downtime for a leading aluminium die-casting foundry.
5th May 2024
Bitzer Ecolites provide prime cuts
UK: Three Bitzer Ecolite condensing units running on R454C have been installed at a leading Gloucestershire meat processor, one of the first such projects to be installed in the UK.
10th August 2022
Heatwaves and CO2 refrigeration
Following this summer's extreme high temperatures in the UK, Daniel Clark, MD of Isentra, asks whether 130bar transcritical systems have now become a necessity?
1st December 2021
Refrigerant choice in HVAC chillers
In the light of the worldwide phase-down of high GWP refrigerants, Dave Richards, UK head of sales at refrigerant supplier Climalife, looks at the various options available for HVAC chillers.
1st August 2021
The cheapest and greenest energy is the energy we don’t use
Recognising the crucial need to use energy wisely, Jürgen Fischer, Danfoss president of Climate Solutions, argues the importance of energy efficiency in the drive to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
18th May 2024
LG opens new academy near Boston
USA: LG Air Conditioning Technologies USA has opened the doors of its newest HVAC training academy outside of Boston.
8th May 2024
ICS opens product training centre
UK: Critical and process temperature control solutions specialists ICS Cool Energy has opened a new training suite at its facility in Totton, Hampshire.
26th April 2024
Eurovent ME awards first F-gas training certificates
UAE: Eurovent Middle East has awarded the first certificates for F-gas handling to eleven HVACR engineers and technicians from refrigeration specialist EPTA Middle East.