World News
Johnson/Hitachi deal delayed
USA: Johnson Controls’ air conditioning joint venture deal with Hitachi is not now likely to happen until the first half of next…
Cooling tower blamed for huge LD outbreak
PORTUGAL: A process refrigeration cooling tower at a fertiliser factory is thought to be the source of a legionnaires’ disease outbreak in…
Second man dies from chiller blast
BANGLADESH: A second man has died following the chiller explosion at the Six Seasons Hotel in Gulshan, Dhaka, last Friday….
Majority of ac units are under-performing
USA: The majority of air-conditioners and heat pumps in the US are performing below rated energy efficiency levels due to installation faults….
Selection tool includes condensing units
DENMARK: Danfoss’s newly released version of its Compass replacement compressor database has been extended to include condensing units….
Cuba to destroy ozone depleting refrigerants
CUBA: The first plant in Latin America capable of incinerating ozone depleting refrigerants will soon become operational in Cuba….
AHR/ASHRAE expected to attract 60,000
USA: The AHR Expo and ASHRAE winter conference are expected to draw as many as 60,000 visitors to Chicago this coming January….
Hitachi r&d energy efficient ac for Middle East
QATAR: Hitachi is to collaborate with Qatar University to research and develop energy-efficient air conditioning for the region….
Natural refrigerants magazine for the USA
USA: Brussels-based marketing company Shecco has launched a monthly news magazine in the USA covering natural refrigerants….
One dead, two burned in chiller blast
BANGLADESH: An engineer has died and two others injured when an air conditioning chiller exploded in Dhaka yesterday….