Features
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…
6th February 2019
Robur chillers solve electricity supply problem
UK: Faced with electricity supply problems on a landmark London residential development, developers have adopted gas-powered absorption chillers to provide comfort cooling. The prohibitive cost…
11th January 2019
Convention centre calls in the AquaForce
UK: Carrier’s AquaForce Vision 30KAV chillers have been chosen to provide air conditioning for the new International Convention Centre Wales (ICC Wales). Located at the…
6th January 2019
Huge 1700s ice house uncovered in London
[caption id="attachment_49140" align="aligncenter" width="770"] Archaeologists from MOLA in the interior of the Regents Crescent ice house ©MOLA[/caption] UK: A huge underground ice house dating from…
6th January 2019
Coolair in Blaze glory
UK: Air conditioning contractor Coolair Equipment is enabling fans of Europe’s hottest new fitness craze to remain cool. Coolair’s Cannock office supplied Mitsubishi Electric…
3rd January 2019
Ammonia packs are perfect topping
UK: Two Bitzer ammonia compressor packs (ACP) with a combined cooling capacity of 1.4MW are supplying the refrigeration for a new pizza production plant in…
2nd January 2019
You’re one in a million!
The Cooling Post has started the new year with a bang, welcoming its one millionth visitor today, January 2. This latest milestone has been achieved…
1st January 2019
Star chillers meet Gist demands
UK: Two Star ammonia chillers are supplying the refrigeration load for a new temperature controlled storage and distribution centre in Chesterfield. Opened at the beginning…
18th December 2018
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
The Cooling Post would like to thank all readers, advertisers and industry contacts for helping to make 2018 our best year yet. In the spirit…
3rd December 2018
Cooling Post – a new record high
In another barnstorming month, the Cooling Post achieved new records in November for number of visitors, sessions and pages viewed. Confirming its position as the…
2nd December 2018
Panasonic provides a natural experience
UK: Providing guests with a luxury 180º environmental experience in transparent plastic domes produced indoor environmental problems for a holiday resort in Northern Ireland. The…
26th November 2018
Boutique hotel finds room for CO2
UK: A Cornish beachside boutique hotel is one of the first non-retail businesses to adopt smaller-scale CO2 refrigeration for its food cold storage. The Beach…
23rd November 2018
Ammonia chillers send costs downhill
UK: Electricity consumption and CO2 emissions are on a slippery slope at one of the UK’s top indoor skiing and snowboarding facilities. Star Refrigeration has…
22nd November 2018
Cooling Post passes 3 million page views
The Cooling Post has passed a landmark 3 million page views, having played host to one million page views in the last 12 months. The…
21st November 2018
Synecore ready for Pret’s 2019 roll out
UK: Kent-based M&E contractor Synecore will continue to support the national roll out plans for Pret A Manger at a further 12 Pret outlets and Petit Prets…
21st November 2018
Lowe on track with RFID tracking
UK: Commercial fridge rental company Lowe is extending its use of advanced RFID tracking technology to its US operations. Lowe Rental first introduced smart barcodes and RFID (radio frequency…
20th November 2018
The right environment for Chinese IKEA
CHINA: Carrier has been working to improve the indoor air quality at a 300,000m² shopping centre in Wuhan, China. The LIVAT Centre Wuhan, which is…
13th November 2018
Lincoln Coop gets Smart with CO2
UK: Dean & Wood has supplied two Cubo2 Smart CO2 condensing units to a new Coop forecourt food store in Lincoln. As part of a…