World News
Danfoss a double winner at AHR Expo awards
USA: Danfoss has won two awards for products aimed at the food retail industry at the 2017 AHR Expo Innovation Awards….
Arkema to shut R134a plant
FRANCE: Arkema is planning to shut down its R134a refrigerant plant at Pierre-Bénite, France, at the beginning of next year….
HFCs drive International Ozone Day
KENYA: The drive to phase-down HFCs will be a major theme on Friday as UNEP celebrates the 2016 International Day for the…
Emerson invests in RTU control firm
USA: Emerson has taken a minority stake in a company providing cloud-based building automation control, remote monitoring and diagnostics of rooftop units….
ASHRAE publishes data centre standard
USA: A newly published ASHRAE data centre energy standard is said to have a flexible performance-based approach that will accommodate future innovations….
EPEE welcomes euro energy efficiency focus
BELGIUM: EPEE has welcomed the European Parliament’s report on Heating and Cooling, in particular its focus on energy efficiency….
HFO chillers to cool the Channel Tunnel
UK/FRANCE: In the largest HFO chiller installation of its kind in the world, Trane CenTraVac’s using R1233zd(E) will replace the existing R22…
Daikin first with Platinum LEED award
JAPAN: Daikin’s recently opened Technology and Innovation Centre is the first large-scale office building in Japan to win LEED Platinum certification….
NH3/CO2 cascade systems win EPA awards
USA: The first US installations of ammonia/CO2 cascade refrigeration systems has enabled two supermarkets to win US EPA “Best of the Best”…
Fujitsu and Rheem in US collaboration
USA: Atlanta-based HVAC manufacturer Rheem is to begin selling badged versions of Fujitsu split air conditioners in the USA….