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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…
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…