Features
2nd March 2016
Cooling Post stats record further leaps
The number of Cooling Post pages viewed in a month burst through the 50,000 mark in February and “leap year day”, January 29, lived up…
1st March 2016
Midea Carrier sole supplier to Rio venues
BRAZIL: Midea Carrier has won contracts which will see it as the sole provider of HVAC solutions to all 12 sports arenas and facilities in…
24th February 2016
Danfoss encourages retailers to get Smart
DENMARK: Danfoss says its Smart Store concept is offering supermarkets a range of energy saving solutions based around CO2 refrigeration. The Danfoss Smart Store solution is…
15th February 2016
Co-op store first with XP40
UK: The success of the first refrigeration system running on alternative refrigerant R449A has prompted Lincolnshire Co-op to expand the technology to further stores. The…
14th February 2016
Carel in control at Schaufler Academy
GERMANY: Bitzer’s recently opened new training centre includes a working transcritical CO2 refrigeration system developed using Carel controls. Bitzer, Carel and its German wholesaling distributor…
12th February 2016
Supermarket cuts costs with CO2/HFO cascade
ITALY: A cascade system twinning CO2 with the HFO refrigerant 1234ze is providing all the refrigeration, ac and heating demands for a supermarket in Parma,…
10th February 2016
Strong support for SkillFridge
UK: Next week’s ACR Show is providing the ideal platform for the development of talented young air conditioning and refrigeration engineers through its support for…
10th February 2016
Gas-powered chillers cool luxury development
UK: Fifty Robur gas-powered chillers are being employed to bring comfort cooling to residents of Embassy Gardens, a regenerative development at Nine Elms, London. Embassy…
9th February 2016
David Bailey retires after 50 years
[caption id="attachment_19985" align="alignright" width="300"] David Bailey: retiring after more than 50 years[/caption] UK: David Bailey, one of the refrigeration industry’s best known and respected figures,…
7th February 2016
ACR Show 2016 Preview
UK: Seminars will be a prominent feature at the forthcoming sell-out ACR Show in Birmingham (February 16-18). We look at who you will see and…
3rd February 2016
Developing refrigeration with “muscle”
GERMANY: Refrigeration using shape memory materials could be the energy efficient, refrigerant-less means of cooling in the future, according to scientists. Professors Stefan Seelecke and…
3rd February 2016
Like father, like son
UK: It may be difficult to attract young blood into the industry but one air conditioning company is bridging the generational gap in a unique…
1st February 2016
January brings further increases
The Cooling Post has shown a further dramatic rise in visitor activity, with the first month of 2016 returning a 30% increase on December. Website statistics…
31st January 2016
Skating on thick ice with R134a
UK: A new ice rink cooling system, unusually using R134a, is said to be saving end users thousands of pounds a month on energy costs.…
27th January 2016
Carrier in London ground source project
UK: Carrier has supplied three high-performance chillers for what is believed to be the largest open loop ground source project of its kind in the…
26th January 2016
Productivity suffers with poor climate control
UK: According to a new survey, 61% of women find the office too cold for their liking, while 40% of men would describe the office…
24th January 2016
ICS offers life-saving solution
UK: Temperature control specialist ICS Cool Energy has installed an innovative environmental control system in a hospital for BMI Healthcare. ICS Cool Energy developed and…
24th January 2016
Hybrid chiller in “excellent” project
UK: A new type of hybrid heat pump chiller is supplying high efficiency cooling and heating for a state-of-the-art refurbishment project at Northbrook College’s West…
19th January 2016
Carrier provides offshore cooling
NIGERIA: Carrier has been selected to design and manufacture custom-made process cooling units for rigs in Nigeria’s Egina deep offshore oil and gas field. Located…
13th January 2016
Airedale chillers sent to the Tower
UK: Airedale International has provided comfort cooling to the Tower of London, one of Britain’s most important historic buildings. As part of a major refurbishment…
10th January 2016
Daikin’s new US facility breaks records
USA: Daikin’s new $417m US manufacturing facility in Houston is already receiving recognition ahead of its scheduled opening later this year. The 350,000m² facility, currently…
8th January 2016
Savings are Bank of England’s main interest
UK: The Bank of England is looking after its own savings following the replacement of its ageing air conditioning chillers as part of a £6.5m…
7th January 2016
Adcock scales new heights
UK: Adcock Refrigeration and Air Conditioning has secured a new service and maintenance contract at Portsmouth’s Emirates Spinnaker Tower. At 170m high, the Spinnaker Tower…
6th January 2016
Panasonic VRF makes the grade
UK: The demands of providing air conditioning to a London restaurant in a Grade II listed building have been met by clever use of a…
5th January 2016
2016 starts with a bang
Yesterday, January 4, the first day back at work for a large number of people since before Christmas, brought 1,479 visitors to the Cooling Post…
28th December 2015
Making the Christmas jumper cool
[caption id="attachment_18407" align="alignright" width="400"] Christmas "angels": Taking time out from moving back in to their rebuilt factory, the girls at Airedale are no Charlies in…
27th December 2015
Danfoss helps keep the penguins cool
MEXICO: Danfoss is helping to provide the right conditions for a colony of Adélie penguins in Guadalajara’s humid subtropical climate. The 12 Adélie penguins, acquired…