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AC installer fined AUD40,000 for unsafe electrics
AUSTRALIA: A sole trader has been fined $40,000 (€26,000) for performing unlicensed electrical contracting and unsafe electrical work while installing air conditioning units….
A-Gas appoints group commercial director
UK/AUSTRALIA: Refrigerant supplier and lifecycle management company A-Gas has appointed of Louise McCann as group commercial director….
PFAS ban affects most refrigerant blends
EUROPE: The banning of just five refrigerants under the new PFAS regulation proposals would lead to the banning of virtually all the…
Eritrea ratifies Kigali Amendment
ERITREA: The northeast African State of Eritrea has become the latest country to ratify the Kigali Amendment to phase down HFC refrigerants….
York chillers on A2L refrigerants enter US
USA: As the US moves to phase down HFC refrigerants, Johnson Controls has launched its first chillers using lower GWP refrigerants R454B and…
Ziehl-Abegg breaks ground on new $100m plant
USA: German fans and drives manufacturer Ziehl-Abegg has broken ground on its new 46,500m2 production plant in Winston-Salem, North Carolina….
Heat pump sales boost
POLAND: Warsaw-based HVAC supplier Klima-Therm Group saw sales grow over 80% last year, driven by increased interest in air-to-water heat pumps….
Heat pump sales rise 120% in Poland
POLAND: Sales of heat pumps in Poland experienced a 120% rise in demand in 2022, as interest in the renewable heating technology…
Daikin sees AC sales increase nearly 30%
JAPAN: Daikin’s air conditioning and chiller business achieved third quarter consolidated sales JPY2,733,235m ($20,848m), an increase of 29.9% on the same nine-month…
Simplifying AHU and ERC selection
BELGIUM: Eurovent has published a new recommended standard for interoperability between energy recovery components (ERC) DLL’s and air handling units selection software….