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Indonesian team rises to cool roof challenge
USA/INDONESIA: A team from Indonesia has won $750,000 as the winner of a global competition to scale the use of solar-reflective “cool” roofs in developing countries suffering from heat stress.
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Carrier R32 chillers in hospital AC upgrade
UK: Two Carrier AquaSnap 30RBP inverter-driven air-cooled chillers are said to be providing high performance, low noise cooling for wards and operating theatres at Royal United Hospitals Bath.
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Star celebrates Olympic curling success
UK: Star Refrigeration is celebrating the success of the British curling teams at the Winter Olympics, having provided its expertise for the construction of the UK’s first curling academy.
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Ciat rooftop units in ASDA roll-out
UK: Supermarket chain ASDA is installing Ciat Vectios packaged rooftop cooling units as part of a rolling programme of equipment replacement across its UK estate.
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Daikin supplies R1234ze chillers to Large Hadron Collider
SWITZERLAND: Daikin has supplied two air-cooled chiller units running on low GWP HFO refrigerant R1234ze to CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).
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Ripe returns for CO2 heat pumps
GERMANY: High-temperature CO2 heat pumps from Engie Refrigeration have replaced gas-fired burners to heat greenhouses for a major Croatian food producer.
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UK could pioneer the use of heat from the seabed
UK: The UK could be a world leader in the utilisation of geothermal energy from the seabed if it could tap the rich potential of its 12,000km of coastline, a…
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Ciat heat pumps are class performers
UK: Ciat heat pumps are being used in a £5m project in several schools in Yorkshire being funded under the government’s Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (PSDS).
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Fujitsu energy boost towards net zero
UK: Fujitsu has provided a significant air conditioning upgrade for a major manufacturer in Derbyshire, pledged to reduce its operational emissions to net zero by 2030.
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Panasonic provides cool makeovers
UK: Panasonic air conditioning units have been included in stores recently opened by a well-known high-end cosmetic retailer at two of the UK’s largest shopping centres.
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Bitzer “charged” with energy storage
UK: Bitzer open-drive ammonia screw compressors are being employed in a new energy storage technology being developed by UK company O-Hx.
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Indoor air quality as a service
USA: Johnson Controls has launched its OpenBlue Indoor Air Quality solution as a Service for buildings, by delivering energy-efficient, clean air outcomes with an innovative financing model.
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China wins Olympic honour for “green” refrigeration
CHINA: Of the nine ice rink venues at the forthcoming Olympic and Paralympic winter games, five are using CO2 refrigeration systems and four using R449A.
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R1234ze chiller is the best medicine
AUSTRIA: Daikin has supplied two screw inverter chillers operating on Low GWP HFO refrigerant R1234ze to a major pharmaceutical company’s facility in Vienna, Austria.
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Brazilian store switches to R290 refrigeration
BRAZIL: AHT has supplied R290 refrigerated cabinets to replace R404A units in 36 Swift stores across Brazil.
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