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A-Gas offers advice on low GWP switch
UK: With the pressure on to switch to low GWP refrigerants, A-Gas is offering advice and assistance via its website….
R404A will be scarce and more expensive
UK: Refrigerant suppliers insist that they are not “crying wolf” with dire warnings about the future availability of high GWP refrigerants like…
R404A price rises 62% in a month
EUROPE: Refrigerant manufacturer Chemours has announced price rises of 30% on high GWP refrigerants in Europe – its second big increase in…
IR completes Thermocold purchase
IRELAND: Ingersoll-Rand, owner of US HVAC manufacturer Trane, has completed the acquisition of Italian manufacturer Thermocold….
Seeking innovative cooling projects
BELGIUM: Projects on solar cooling, heat pumps and thermal energy storage are invited for presentation at an EC-backed renewable heating and cooling…
City buys FM business MML
UK: City Facilities Management Ltd has strengthened its UK business and extended its footprint into Europe with the acquisition of Lesprit Ltd….
HFC phase-down becomes law in Australia
AUSTRALIA: The Australian government has introduced legislation to phase down HFCs starting in 2018….
Three-months jail for selling 12kg of R22
EUROPE: A further conviction for the sale of illegal R22 refrigerant and an investigation into 40 more instances have been reported by…
ASHRAE’s $118,000 for student projects
USA: ASHRAE has awarded grants totalling more than $118,000 to 26 undergraduate HVACR projects from around the world….
Goodman first with new Copeland Scroll
USA: Daikin’s US subsidiary, Goodman, is the first to announce use of Emerson’s latest Copeland Scroll two-stage compressor….