World News
Celebrating World Refrigeration Day
The Cooling Post celebrates today’s World Refrigeration Day and its focus on Cool Intelligence – the intelligence that quietly keeps the world running….
US contractors challenge EPA’s HFC ruling
USA: HVAC contractor organisations have challenged the US EPA’s technology transitions reconsideration rule, claiming that it’s legally flawed, economically reckless, and directly at odds with the AIM Act….
Refrigerant supplier group will fight illegal trade
BELGIUM: European refrigerant manufacturers, distributors and reclaimers have come together to form a new association to promote circularity, and ensure the effective implementation of, and compliance with, EU regulations….
Japan celebrates the invention of air conditioning
JAPAN: Carrier is to launch a campaign in Japan to highlight the origins of air conditioning and its value to society to mark Air Conditioning Invention Day on July 17. …
Air conditioned bench on trial
JAPAN: Daikin is one of the companies behind the trial of an air-conditioned bench for urban outdoor public spaces….
Enex signs €35.5m ESG-linked refinancing facility
ITALY: Enex Technologies, the Treviso-based industrial and commercial cooling equipment manufacturer, has signed a €35.5m ESG-linked refinancing agreement….
Rainer Grosse-Kracht named EPEE president
BELGIUM: Rainer Grosse-Kracht, chief technology officer at compressor manufacturer Bitzer, has been named as president of the European Partnership for Energy and the Environment (EPEE)….
Green group calls for end to subsidies for EVs using R1234yf
GERMANY: The influential German environmental aid association Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH) is calling on the German government to end subsidies for electric cars with R1234yf refrigerants in their AC systems….
Daikin agrees $8.5m penalty over hazardous PTAC
USA: Daikin has agreed to pay an $8.5m civil penalty for failing to immediately report that one of its US-made Amana packaged terminal air conditioners could overheat….
Korea project to improve refrigerant management
KOREA: The Korean Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment and the Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute has announced an initiative to improve the country’s HFC refrigerant management….