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Daikin pays $100,000 for alleged race-based discrimination
USA: Daikin Industries has reached a $100,000 conciliation agreement with the US Department of Labour to resolve alleged race-based hiring discrimination affecting black applicants…
Carel China installs over 1,000 PV panels
CHINA/ITALY: Italian controls manufacturer Carel is installing over 1000 photovoltaic modules on the roof of its factory in Suzhou, China….
Daikin award for rare-earth-free motor
JAPAN: Daikin has achieved a top electrical award for its heavy-rare-earth-free motor for room air conditioners….
€4m funding for heat pump efficiency research
GERMANY: A new research unit looking at increasing the efficiency of heat pumps has been established at Germany’s Chemnitz University of Technology with €4m of funding from the German Research Foundation (DFG)….
HFC producers reject F-gas emission claims
USA: A report claiming to have detected high levels of F-gas emissions from US refrigerant production facilities has been dismissed by one of the companies targeted as “lacking scientific integrity”….
USA takes first big step to cut HFCs
USA: The USA has announced measures that will limit new air conditioners and heat pumps to refrigerants with a GWP of 700 and supermarket systems to a GWP of 150. …
Honeywell and Chemours’ views differ on F-gas decision
USA: Two of the major HFC and HFO refrigerant producers, Chemours and Honeywell, have provided very different reactions to yesterday’s F-gas revision agreement….
Details emerge of proposed new F-gas rules
EUROPE: Further unconfirmed details have emerged of the contents of the provisional F-gas revision agreement reached between the EU Council and Parliament today….
ASERCOM hails F-gas deal as “useful compromise”
EUROPE: ASERCOM, representing European refrigeration component manufacturers, has hailed the new F-gas deal as a “useful compromise”….
New F-gas rules a significant burden
BELGIUM: The European Heat Pump Association (EHPA) has described today’s F-gas revision deal as creating a significant burden for industry in the short term….