Features
13th June 2019
Brunel building opts for proven Ability
UK: Ability Projects Ltd has supplied over 600 fan coil units for installation in the construction of a new 23,000m² office building in a prime…
12th June 2019
Energy storage takes the load off refrigeration demand
USA: Viking Cold Solutions has installed 1.3MW of Thermal Energy Storage systems in cold storage facilities in Massachusetts as part of an energy demand management…
11th June 2019
Toshiba suits the sporting life
UK: Solent University’s new sports complex, part of an ongoing £100m estates development programme, will benefit from Toshiba’s VRF air conditioning. The building comprises two…
2nd June 2019
Cooling Post hits May high
The refrigeration and air conditioning industry’s leading news and information website reached new peaks in May with record numbers of users, sessions and page views.…
1st June 2019
Daikin provides a perfect finish
JAPAN: Daikin Industries is now offering its Japanese customers textured finishes on its Risora range of wall-mounted residential air conditioners. In a joint initiative with…
31st May 2019
CO2 refrigeration makes BrewDog sparkle
UK: Star Refrigeration has been involved in chilling what is described as Europe’s first fully refrigerated beer warehouse in a further contract with Scottish multinational…
26th May 2019
Transcritical CO2 refrigeration comes to the Middle East
ITALY: A transcritical CO2 refrigeration system has been included in the new, prestigious My City Centre Masdar shopping mall in Abu Dhabi. The My City…
26th May 2019
“Cool wood” could take the heat out of buildings
USA: University research groups claim to have developed a new wood-based building material which is able to passively take heat out of homes or offices.…
22nd May 2019
Freor and propane scores for Coop
LITHUANIA/NETHERLANDS: Commercial refrigeration equipment manufacturer Freor has kitted out a new Coop store in Nieuw-Dordrecht with a range of propane cabinets operating with its Hydroloop refrigeration…
20th May 2019
Adande refrigerated drawers hit new heights
UK/USA: Lowestoft-based refrigeration equipment manufacturer Adande has reached new heights by supplying refrigerated drawer units to a restaurant at Hudson Yards –the second tallest building…
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.