World News
Panasonic glory at PRO Awards
CZECH REPUBLIC: German projects took the major glory at this week’s Panasonic Heating & Cooling Solutions PRO Awards to recognise Panasonic’s most outstanding European HVACR projects….
AIT opens €3m heat pump test lab
AUSTRIA: The Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT) has officially opened what it claims is the country’s most modern heat pump laboratory. …
MHI R32 AC wins good design award
JAPAN: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Thermal Systems’ Hyper Multi LXZ Series multi-splits has won a Good Design Award from the Japan Institute of Design Promotion….
Turbocor inventor behind energy saving AC development
AUSTRALIA: Ron Conry, original inventor of the ground-breaking oil-free Turbocor compressor, is behind a new company promising a new air conditioning technology, which could halve energy bills….
EPA proposals would disrupt US market
USA: The manufacturers’ association, AHRI, has warned that EPA proposals to roll back refrigerant phase-out dates would disrupt US manufacturers’ planning and re-open the market to outdated, high-GWP equipment….
Mitsubishi Electric forms subsidiary in Dubai
ITALY/DUBAI: Mitsubishi Electric Hydronics & IT Cooling Systems (MEHITS) has established a subsidiary company, MEHITS Middle East FZCO, in the Dubai Airport Freezone….
Price of Chinese R32 set to rise
CHINA: The long-term contract price for R32 from China is set to rise nearly 20%, according to Chinese commodity experts….
AC linked to Paris explosion
FRANCE: An explosion and fire at a facility of telecom company Orange in Paris has been linked to work being carried out on an air conditioning unit….
Nobel Prize for refrigerant reclaim developer
SWEDEN/JAPAN: A scientist responsible for the development of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), a porous material which could be used in the reclamation of refrigerants, has won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry….
Desert certification for AC and chillers
FRANCE: Eurovent Certification has launched a performance-based certification scheme for air conditioners, chillers, VRF systems, rooftop units and IT cooling equipment in harsh desert climates….