Features
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…
7th November 2018
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All advertising space on the Cooling Post is currently sold out for the whole of 2019. If you would like to be informed if and…
31st October 2018
The Cooling Post celebrates five years
The air conditioning and refrigeration industry’s first web-only source of refrigeration and air conditioning news and information has celebrated its first five years of business.…
17th October 2018
Sky is no limit for R1234ze
BELGIUM: Engie Axima chillers employing the low GWP HFO refrigerant R1234ze are playing a crucial role in air traffic management while making significant energy savings.…
15th October 2018
Daikin’s R407H in supermarket retrofit
USA: Daikin’s lower GWP R407H refrigerant has been used for the first time in the US for an R22 supermarket retrofit. The new blend, which…
9th October 2018
Hapag-Lloyd orders 8,600 R513A reefers
DENMARK: Maersk Container Industry (MCI) is to supply 8,600 Star Cool Integrated lower GWP reefers to Hamburg-based global container line Hapag-Lloyd. All 8,600 reefers are…
26th September 2018
Daikin R32 keeps the servers cool
UK: A forward-thinking, environmentally-aware university has included Daikin split systems, using lower GWP refrigerant R32, in a major refurb of its School of Business. The…
19th September 2018
Teaching refrigeration safety with VR
AUSTRALIA: Students at South Australian training provider TAFE SA now have access to virtual reality headsets as a teaching aid to identify refrigeration safety risks…
19th September 2018
ASDA adopts energy-saving Aerofoils
UK: Supermarket group Asda is set to adopt an energy-saving aerofoil device on refrigerated cabinets in 187 of its stores. The Aerofoils, developed by Williams…
12th September 2018
Daikin answers Grenfell SOS
UK: New community facilities in the shadow of London’s fire-ravaged Grenfell Tower have opened with energy efficient air conditioning and hot water systems donated by…
24th August 2018
Honeywell’s N41 – a blast from the past
CF3I is, seemingly, the unknown quantity in Solstice N41, Honeywell’s new R410A replacement refrigerant. But the records show that far from being new to the…
22nd August 2018
Thermal storage reduces peak demand
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8th August 2018
CO2 refrigeration saves it for Carrefour
POLAND: In a move to cut energy use by 30% by 2025, Carrefour Polska is implementing a number of measures including CO2 refrigeration, geothermal technologies…
31st July 2018
GEA takes CO2 technology onboard
GERMANY: GEA has installed a CO2 refrigeration system on the P&O cruise ship Arcadia, with discussions ongoing to introduce the technology throughout P&O’s fleet. The…
27th July 2018
Mitsubishi on fast food AC menu switch
UK: Mitsubishi Electric installer Kinlochs and Son Ltd (KSL) offered a timely air conditioning switch when called upon to help transform a Burger King fast…
20th July 2018
LEDs lighten the load for Auchan
FRANCE: Auchan, the second largest French food retailer, has included Nualight lighting in a move to install glass doors on all its chiller cabinets. The…
18th July 2018
Rapid Recovery’s key role in ASDA retrofit
UK: The capabilities of the A-Gas Rapid Recovery service were tested recently when called upon to retrofit over 100 convenience stores in just six weeks.…