Features
7th July 2025
Carel controller improves performance
ITALY: Carel’s iJF controller has helped Studio54, an Italian manufacturer of stainless steel refrigerated units, to achieve a 43% reduction in energy consumption on its latest product line.
4th July 2025
Toshiba reaches new heights
UK: Carrier Solutions UK has supplied a Toshiba SHRMe 3-pipe VRF system to the new Reach Hotel in Manchester, a major refurbishment of the former La Reserve Aparthotel.
3rd July 2025
ASERCOM explores new ethernet technology
BELGIUM: The European refrigeration component manufacturers' association, ASERCOM, has joined forces with leading technology companies to develop standards, requirements and recommendations for the application of single pair ethernet technology.
27th June 2025
Teamwork spreads the load at jam factory
UK: Teams from Beijer Ref recently joined with contractor Adcock Refrigeration and Air Conditioning to deliver an award-winning CO₂ plant installation for one of the UK’s best known jam manufacturers.
25th June 2025
Heat pumps in real-world housing study
UK: Gedling Green, a regenerative housing project in Nottinghamshire, is employing Panasonic’s Aquarea J Series heat pumps with smart controls. The development by Keepmoat Homes…
21st June 2025
Cooling upgrade at remote Jersey data centre
UK: A logistically complex project involving the replacement of cooling units at a data centre in the Channel Islands has been successfully completed by Biggleswade-based Secure IT Environments (SITE).
20th June 2025
Pitkin & Ruddock chooses Panasonic system
UK: HVAC installer Pitkin & Ruddock chose an integrated environmental solution from Panasonic for its flagship HQ in Bury St Edmunds.
15th June 2025
Fibre membrane could lower data centre cooling costs
USA: Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a new evaporative cooling technology that could improve the energy efficiency of data centres…
13th June 2025
Panasonic cascade provides a new spin on efficiency
UK: Panasonic recently provided a large R290 air-to-water heat pump system to the National Wool Museum, located in a large remote site based in South-West Wales.
5th June 2025
Refrec Reclaim makes light work of recovery
UK: Beijer Ref’s high-speed Refrec Reclaim refrigerant recovery service has enabled contractor EJM Engineered Systems to recover 1200kg of refrigerant during a coldstore upgrade for a customer in Norfolk.
4th June 2025
R290 heat pumps are right gear for Porsche
GERMANY: Panasonic Aquarea R290 heat pumps totalling 240kW have been cascaded to ensure efficient heat supply to the 6,000m² office building of Porsche Financial Services GmbH.
25th May 2025
PFAS ban must overcome legal obstacles
EUROPE: As industry awaits a decision on proposed PFAS restrictions, which could ban most current refrigerants, a leading law firm has raised doubts over the viability of such a ban.
20th May 2025
EC fans help cool the world’s largest telescope
CHILE: EBM-Papst is supplying EC fans to cool lasers at the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) astronomical observatory under construction in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile.
12th May 2025
Heat pumps part of £11m university decarb project
UK: The installation of heat pumps to replace gas-fired equipment is part of an £11m decarbonisation project announced for the University of Wolverhampton.
27th April 2025
Mastercard credits ground-source heat pump
USA: Mastercard is to replace its gas heating and cooling system at its global headquarters in Purchase, New York, with a closed-loop ground-source heat pump system.
11th April 2025
Panasonic units keep Eurostar on track
UK: When Eurostar sought to replace the existing computer cooling units in the IT suite at its maintenance depot in London it chose Panasonic’s Tecnair P Series close control units.
11th April 2025
Daikin combines expertise in new development centre
BELGIUM: Daikin’s new European Development Centre (EDC) in Ghent incorporates the company’s own VRV systems and custom-built air handling units.
11th April 2025
Sabroe heat pumps in wastewater DH project
FINLAND: Swedish contractor Caverion is to employ Sabroe ammonia heat pumps utilising wastewater for a district heating network in Seinäjoki, Finland.
30th March 2025
ICS champions critical cooling system upgrade
UK: ICS Cool Energy has helped deliver a critical cooling system upgrade at the Princess Royal University Hospital in Orpington.
30th March 2025
Smart controls welcome at top neuroscience lab
UK: Schneider Electric has deployed its suite of smart building control solutions at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre.
30th March 2025
Artus hybrid fan coils in net-zero hotel
UK: Artus Air’s hybrid fan coil units have been installed in the recently opened Voco Zeal Exeter Science Park – IHG Hotels & Resorts first branded net-zero carbon hotel.
30th March 2025
Hiron benefits from iJF’s VCC management
CHINA: The adoption of Carel’s iJF controllers are said to have achieved significant energy savings for Chinese food service equipment manufacturer Hiron Commercial Cold Chain Co.
21st March 2025
Panasonic absorption chillers at World Expo
JAPAN: Chilled water for air conditioning at the upcoming 2025 World Expo in Osaka will be supplied by Panasonic absorption chillers.
18th March 2025
Heat pumps and solar PVT work in harmony
UK: A South Yorkshire primary school has cut its carbon emissions by nearly 80% by installing a ground source heat pump and carrying out other energy efficiency measures.
17th March 2025
Ecodan heat pumps help developer achieve EPC A ratings
UK: Luxury property developer Grace Homes has integrated Mitsubishi Electric air-source heat pumps at its Sysonby Lodge development in Melton Mowbray.
11th March 2025
Daikin keeps cool at Norway’s largest data centre
NORWAY: Daikin has supplied 71 EWFH-TZ D air-cooled free-cooling chillers, 330 fan array units, and eight control systems for Norway's largest data centre in Hamar.
11th March 2025
Heat pumps to eliminate gas at Lancaster Uni
UK: Lancaster University has broken ground on its new Net Zero Energy Centre which will virtually eliminate the use of gas through the use of heat pumps.