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15th May 2019
New surface treatment could improve refrigeration efficiency
USA: A new surface treatment developed by researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) could improve refrigeration efficiency. Liquid refrigerants have very low surface tension…
14th May 2019
Arneg and Carel provide supermarket efficiency boost
ITALY: Controls manufacturer Carel has worked with refrigerated cabinet manufacturer Arneg to provide high efficiency CO2 refrigeration for a new Famila supermarket in the northern…
11th May 2019
Andrews Sykes’ monster task to preserve T rex
UK: Andrews Sykes is providing the right conditions for a special guest at Glasgow’s Kelvin Hall – a 39ft-long Tyrannosaurus rex. The 67-million-year-old T rex,…
6th May 2019
Engie supplies largest R1234ze chillers
GERMANY: Engie Refrigeration has supplied three 2.4MW water-cooled Quantum chillers operating on low GWP refrigerant R1234ze for a large French pharmaceutical and chemical corporation. This…
29th April 2019
Farmfoods has work in store for ISD
UK: Gloucester-based cold store specialist ISD Solutions has started work on a major Scottish distribution centre for frozen food supermarket chain Farmfoods.
28th April 2019
Refrigeration used to fight bee colony collapse
USA: Refrigeration is being used by researchers to help fight the parasitic varroa mite, one of the suspected causes of bee colony collapse. Beekeepers have…
26th April 2019
Panasonic’s outdoor “green” cooler
JAPAN: Panasonic has launched an evaporative cooler in Japan, which relies on an ultra fine mist to reduce temperatures in outdoor environments. The Green air…
24th April 2019
Ammonia is cheesemaker’s natural choice
GERMANY: Woerle, a traditional Austrian cheesemaker known for its reliance on natural ingredients, has chosen a “natural” refrigeration system for its production site at Henndorf,…
24th April 2019
Thermodynamic “magic” could cool with no energy consumption
SWITZERLAND: Physicists at the University of Zurich have developed a device which could, in theory, turn boiling water to ice, without using any energy. It…
24th April 2019
Water that never freezes
SWITZERLAND: Scientists have managed to reduce the temperature of water to within 10ºC of absolute zero without it turning into ice.
21st April 2019
Engie CO2 heat pump in EU heat recovery project
GERMANY: Engie Refrigeration’s CO2 heat pump is to play its part in a ground-breaking EU pilot programme on heat recovery. A Thermeco2 heat pump will be installed…
17th April 2019
Nortek liquid cooling liked by Facebook
USA: Nortek Air Solutions’ StatePoint liquid cooling system has been employed in two buildings at Facebook’s new €300m data centre in Clonee, Ireland. The new…
15th April 2019
Carrier chillers in 5-star hotel refurbishment
UK: The prestigious Biltmore Hotel in London’s Mayfair has been equipped with two Carrier AquaForce Vision chillers as part of a multi-million pound refurbishment. The…
12th April 2019
Danfoss lights path away from R404A
DENMARK: Danfoss has compiled an inventory of tools together with a product portfolio to help ease the transition from R404A to alternative refrigerants. With a…
1st April 2019
Korea’s E-mart adopts R449A
USA: Korea's largest hypermarket chain, E-mart, has selected Chemours lower GWP refrigerant Opteon XP40 (R449A) for use in its refrigeration systems. The adoption of lower GWP…
18th March 2019
Toshiba’s top gear in new Mercedes-Benz centre
UK: A new state-of-the-art Mercedes-Benz retail centre now under construction near Stockport will be air conditioned with Toshiba’s latest three-pipe heat recovery SHRM-e VRF. On…
15th March 2019
Cooling with “muscle”
GERMANY: Engineers at Saarland University are to exhibit a prototype heating and cooling system using shape memory materials at next month’s Hannover Fair.
14th March 2019
Is 22ºC the optimum office temperature?
AUSTRALIA: An Australian survey challenges long-held beliefs that 22°C is the optimum temperature to maintain the output of workers. Setting the temperature at 22°C has…
1st March 2019
Toshiba DesignAIRS provides flexible VRF solution
UK: A phased installation has allowed a specialist communications company to fund replacing an ageing ad-hoc air conditioning system with the latest VRF. Basingstoke-based Multitone…
28th February 2019
Green Cooling CO2 for M&S Simply Food
UK: Green Cooling recently provided a 2kW Panasonic CO2 condensing unit for a walk-in freezer at an M&S Simply Food franchise within an NHS hospital.…
24th February 2019
First Linde ammonia chiller takes centre stage
GERMANY: The first ammonia refrigeration machine designed by German pioneer Carl von Linde in 1876 is to be put on permanent display in Germany. The…
24th February 2019
LG provides cooling for top London apartments
UK: LG has provided the air conditioning for the prestigious Westminster Quarter luxury apartment project in Monck Street in the city of London. The new…
22nd February 2019
Bitzer supplies 300th CO2 compressor to Aldi UK
UK: Bitzer UK has supplied its 300th CO2-based refrigeration compressor for installation in Aldi UK’s Stores. The milestone was reached following a recent delivery of…
18th February 2019
New year, new high for the Cooling Post
The popularity of the Cooling Post continues to grow, with visitor figures hitting another new high in January. Figures were up across all three of…
18th February 2019
Carrier R1234ze chiller lands in UK
UK: The first UK installation of Carrier’s new AquaForce 30XAV chiller operating on low GWP HFO refrigerant R1234ze has been completed at Gatwick Airport. The…
18th February 2019
Toshiba R32 console is sound investment
UK: Audio engineers at hi-fi specialist Sonority Design have installed an ultra-low noise R32-based Toshiba air conditioning system to ensure the best possible listening environment…
10th February 2019
Daikin completes first R32 chiller installation
UK: Daikin has overseen the completion of the first UK applications of its EWAT-B air-cooled scroll chillers running on lower GWP refrigerant R32. The installation…