Features
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…
19th December 2015
Cooling Post – holiday schedule
The Cooling Post offices will remain open throughout the forthcoming Christmas and New Year break to ensure you are kept up to date with the…
18th November 2015
Study proves value of good indoor air quality
USA: A new study has found that the energy costs required to double the ventilation rate in typical office buildings can be more than offset…
17th November 2015
Daikin cools the airwaves
[caption id="attachment_17062" align="alignright" width="400"] Steve Fox, contract sales engineer at Daikin UK (left), discusses being cool with Shane Carey director of Reprezent[/caption] UK: Known to…
17th November 2015
AHR Expo 2016 Preview
USA: Orlando is to play host to an estimated 50,000 visitors from the HVACR industry when the AHR Expo visits the city at the end…
15th November 2015
Starfrost trio ensures quality seafood
UK: A trio of Starfrost systems are providing the vital freezing requirements at a new seafood production facility in Devon. The systems are part of…
15th November 2015
Panasonic has the climate right at Heal’s
UK: A Panasonic VRF system is providing the ideal conditions at the newly-refurbished, iconic Heal’s furniture store on London’s Tottenham Court Road. The restoration of…
11th November 2015
CO2 is the link to “greener” rinks
USA: The Alaska Aces professional ice hockey team is skating on “greener” ice this season after becoming the second rink in the USA to install…
11th November 2015
College entry for hybrid chiller
UK: The first UK installation of Rhoss EXP hybrid cooling and heating technology from Klima-Therm has been completed at the new Creative Industries Centre at…
4th November 2015
Good IAQ improves workers’ response
[caption id="attachment_16800" align="alignright" width="400"] The study was conducted at the Total Indoor Environmental Quality Laboratory at the Syracuse Center of Excellence in Syracuse, New York[/caption]…