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Passive cooling idea uses three technologies
USA: An innovative system developed at MIT, which combines thermal insulation with evaporative and radiative cooling technologies, could reduce the load of air conditioners in buildings.
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Keeping fish fresh with slurry ice
GERMANY/ICELAND: Bitzer Ecoline tandem compressors are playing their part in extending the shelf life of fish for an Icelandic fishing company.
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Daikin VRV 5 contributes to green building award
FRANCE: Daikin VRV 5 series heat pump air conditioners are contributing to the low carbon footprint of a new commercial office complex in Grenoble.
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VFDs contribute to CO2 refrigeration efficiency
UK/NORWAY: Variable frequency drives from Welshpool-based Invertek Drives have been retrofitted to a CO2 based HVACR system at a hospital in Trondheim, Norway.
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VFD retrofit saves 35% in energy costs
UK/COSTA RICA: Variable frequency drives retrofitted to a supermarket refrigeration system in Costa Rica is said to have achieved energy savings of 35%.
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Daikin R1234ze chiller boost for CERN
SWITZERLAND: Daikin has recently been involved in the commissioning of three water-cooled R1234ze chiller units at CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research and home of the Large Hadron Collider.
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Kaltra R1234ze chiller is Scotland bound
GERMANY: Kaltra has delivered an 800kW air-cooled chiller running on low GWP refrigerant R1234ze to an unnamed customer in Scotland.
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Flexible heat pump offers increased efficiency
UK: Researchers from the University of Glasgow have developed a new type of flexible heat pump with integrated heat storage.
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Propane refrigeration a boon for Dutch supermarket
NETHERLANDS: The latest Boon’s Markt local supermarket in the Dutch village of Wolphaartsdijk is using a range of Freor propane refrigeration and freezer cabinets operating with Freor’s Hydroloop refrigeration system.
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Airedale US factory wins significant data centre order
USA: Airedale has confirmed a significant order with data centre giant Corscale for its 130-acre Gainesville Crossing Data Campus in Northern Virginia.
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Coal mine leads a green revolution
UK: An ammonia heat pump from German manufacturer GEA is being used in a project using the water in an abandoned coal mine to supply a 6MW district heating network.
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Heat exchanger surface design could improve efficiency
USA: Researchers at MIT claim to have found a way to improve the efficiency of systems with a specially tailored surface treatment for heat exchanger materials.
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Carrier CaaS offer for new financial centre
USA: Carrier is to own and operate the heating and air conditioning plant in a Cooling-as-a-Service initiative for a major new financial centre in Pittsburgh.
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Subway rides savings on R290 refrigeration
USA: Test installations of R290 self-contained refrigeration systems in walk-in coolers at two Subway restaurants in Connecticut are said to have shown average energy savings of 50%.
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Bitzer screws in novel data cooling project
GERMANY: Italian manufacturer HiRef SpA is using Bitzer screw compressors to cool a computing centre adiabatically with air-to-air heat exchangers.
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