World News
Staying EPA 608 compliant
USA: Leak detection equipment manufacturer Bacharach has produced a free-to-download guide to EPA section 608 refrigerant compliance for US engineers….
Greenhouse gases hit record levels
SWITZERLAND: The recently reported resurgence in the banned CFC11 has contributed to record new highs of heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere….
$1.3m to ensure ammonia safety
USA: Seven New England companies will pay more than $580,000 in penalties and spend more than $750,000 in compliance costs after alleged…
Water-based chiller wins EC award
AUSTRIA: A chiller which uses water as a refrigerant has won a major European Commission environmental business award….
Danfoss buys US controls firm
USA: Danfoss has acquired AAIM Controls Inc, a leader in custom-designed regulation and control automation solutions for the US industrial refrigeration market….
ACCA raises “serious safety concerns”
USA: The ACCA, America’s largest HVACR contractor group, has raised serious safety concerns over the possibility that unqualified people might be allowed…
Is this the future for air conditioning?
USA: The development of a high speed compressor working with a low pressure refrigerant could herald a low gwp, non flammable future…
Amazon Italy removes refrigerant adverts
ITALY: A group of Italian refrigeration contractors have been successful in getting HFC refrigerants removed from the Amazon website that were being…
HFOs and HCFOs explained
BELGIUM: The European Partnership for Energy and the Environment (EPEE) has produced a Q&A leaflet on the new low GWP HFO and…
Cold chain firm Sofrigam buys Coldway
FRANCE: Pharmaceutical cold chain specialist Sofrigam, has acquired Coldway, a French company manufacturing stand-alone absorption refrigeration solutions….