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EIA welcomes new SNAP rulings
USA: Environmental group the EIA has welcomed the US EPA’s new rules to curb HFC emissions, seeing it as a positive signal…
Carrefour to test magnetic refrigeration
FRANCE: Leading French retailer Carrefour is to test magnetic refrigerated display cabinets in its stores….
AHRI saddened by early chiller ban
USA: The leading US HVACR manufacturers’ association claims that the EPA’s early ban on higher GWP refrigerants in chillers will have an…
R449A retrofit brings 8% energy savings
NETHERLANDS: The retrofit of 175 Ahold supermarkets to lower GWP refrigerant R449A has brought the added benefit of an 8% increase in…
US places bans on R404A and R134a
USA: The US EPA is to ban a host of high GWP refrigerants including R404A, R134a, R407C and R410A in certain new…
Singapore approves R32 in multi-splits
SINGAPORE: Authorities in Singapore have approved the use of the lower GWP “mildly flammable” refrigerant R32 in multi-split air conditioning systems….
Low GWP refrigerants win at high ambients
USA: The viability of new lower GWP alternative refrigerants in high ambients are said to have been proven in new tests….
Engie Axima buys AM Froid
FRANCE: Engie Axima has acquired fellow French commercial refrigeration contractor AM Froid….
Honeywell hq is LEED Gold certified
USA: Honeywell’s corporate headquarters in Morris Plains, New Jersey, has been awarded LEED Gold certification by the US Green Building Council (USGBC)….
100 countries back HFC phase down
USA: More than 100 countries yesterday backed an “early freeze date” on an amendment to the Montreal Protocol to phase down HFC refrigerants….