World News
ASHRAE returns to historic St Louis
USA: The 2016 ASHRAE Annual Conference is to take place in St Louis, Missouri, the city where air conditioning first made its…
US begins R134a anti-dumping probe
USA: The US Department of Commerce has initiated the anti-dumping duty investigation of R134a refrigerant imports from China….
UBA says CO2 car proves efficiency
GERMANY: A car operating with a CO2-based air conditioning system is claimed to be operating more efficiently than current models running with…
Qatar to ban inefficient air conditioners
QATAR: The importation, storage, display and sale of inefficient air conditioners is to be banned in Qatar from July 1….
Emergency switch failed to close valve
USA: As investigations into Wednesday’s fatal ammonia leak in Boston begin, a local fire official has revealed that an emergency shut-off valve may not…
Awards will be part of Chillventa 2016
GERMANY: The organisers of the forthcoming Chillventa 2016 exhibition in Nuremberg is to introduce its own special awards for the first time….
Worker dies in ammonia refrigeration leak
USA: A worker died at a massive ammonia leak from a refrigeration system in a Boston seafood processing warehouse yesterday evening….
German Left fails in bid to ban R1234yf
GERMANY: Die Linke, the German Left Group, has failed in a bid to ban the low GWP car air conditioning refrigerant R1234yf….
Circular cassette is star of Samsung tour
KOREA: A series of global roadshows, which end this week in the UK, has brought the latest Samsung air conditioning technology to…
Mitsubishi changes DeLclima name to MELCO
JAPAN: Mitsubishi Electric has changed the name of the recently acquired DeLclima SpA to MELCO Hydronics & IT Cooling SpA….