Features
11th June 2023
Gas bearings operating on refrigerants
USA: A US company has been awarded patents for porous gas bearings that, it is said, could increase efficiencies in commercial and industrial cooling applications.
3rd June 2023
Fan retrofit provides sky-high savings
A fan retrofit to air handling units in a high-rise building in Dubai has helped achieve a 60% reduction in energy consumption.
17th May 2023
York heat pumps in Hamburg wastewater project
GERMANY: Johnson Controls will install four 15MW heat pumps using R1234ze(E) refrigerant at Hamburg’s Dradenau wastewater treatment plant to recover heat for the city’s district heating network.
1st May 2023
Auckland Airport on-boards heat pumps
NEW ZEALAND: Air-source heat pumps are to replace six natural gas boilers, totalling 6.5MW, at New Zealand's largest airport.
11th April 2023
Toshiba helps future-proof Cheshire house
UK: Toshiba heating and cooling equipment used in combination with solar photovoltaics and battery storage have helped to future-proof a five-bedroom home in Cheshire. Two…
11th April 2023
Energy store fridges reduce peak energy use
USA: A US virtual power plant provider claims to have successfully piloted using convenience store refrigerators for energy storage. Maplewell Energy of Broomfield, Colorado, a…
6th April 2023
Spray cooling could reduce data centre cooling costs
SINGAPORE: Scientists in Singapore claim to have invented a more sustainable and green method for cooling data centre servers, potentially reducing energy costs by up to 26%.
2nd April 2023
Brooklyn high rise goes geothermal
USA: A geothermal heat pump system to be employed in a new development in New York is thought to be the largest high-rise residential geo-exchange system…
30th March 2023
Oval installation fails to stump Panasonic
UK: Panasonic was not stumped when recently called upon to provide a sustainable heating and cooling system for England’s legendary Oval cricket ground. Following the…
24th March 2023
Plug-ins excel with ISA Smartloop
ITALY: Umbria-based commercial refrigeration equipment manufacturer ISA has introduced the Smartloop closed-loop system for use in conjunction with its plug-in R290 display cases. Used in…
23rd March 2023
Freor debuts in New Zealand
LITHUANIA: Commercial refrigeration equipment manufacturer Freor has extended its global sales map with its first supermarket installation in New Zealand. With the help of its sales…
8th March 2023
Cool Gauge takes HTF monitoring to new heights
UK: The control and monitoring of heat transfer fluid (HTF) levels is ensuring the reliability of a critical adiabatic process cooling system at a major…
5th March 2023
Fujitsu has no trouble at mill
UK: A Fujitsu system providing comfort cooling and heating heat recovery with fresh air ventilation is being employed a newly refurbished historic former textile mill…
28th February 2023
University graduates to R32
UK: The University of Lincoln has graduated to a Daikin R32-based VRV5 heat recovery air conditioning system for an administrative and services building in its…
23rd February 2023
Heat pumps dominate ISH awards
GERMANY: Heat-pumps and their related components are set to dominate the sustainable technologies to be seen at this year’s ISH exhibition in Frankfurt. Seven heat-pump-related…
22nd February 2023
Excess heat – the untapped energy source
DENMARK: The vast potential energy savings and benefits of tapping into waste heat are being “politically overlooked” in the EU, a new report from Danfoss…
1st February 2023
GEA compressors drive FAIR cooling
GERMANY: GEA Grasso screw compressors for the compression of helium gas will play a crucial role in the Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR)…
1st February 2023
Press fittings pass school exam
UK: Around 20,000 Conex Bänninger press fittings have been employed in the construction of a new secondary school in Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh. The company’s >B<…
1st February 2023
Material that changes colour to save energy
USA: Researchers at Chicago University have designed a building material that changes its infrared colour and how much heat it absorbs or emits based on…
29th January 2023
Daikin chillers to cool the High-Luminosity LHC
SWITZERLAND: Daikin has supplied a further eight water-cooled chillers to the CERN nuclear research facility for the High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider which is due to…
26th January 2023
Top floor cooling needs Haier air conditioning
CZECH REPUBLIC: Four Haier MRV S air conditioning units have been installed to combat overheating on the upper floors of a prestigious new residential apartment…
22nd January 2023
Panasonic AC brings a sense of community
UK: Panasonic heat pump air conditioners are providing a flexible and efficient heating and cooling solution for a local community centre in Kent. Kemsley Community…
13th January 2023
Carrier water-cooled chillers in OneAsia data centre
CHINA: Carrier has provided an energy efficient water-cooled chiller system for leading IT services and solution provider OneAsia’s new data centre in China’s Nantong Industrial…
8th January 2023
Thermoacoustic heat pump is sound development
FRANCE: A new French startup company, Equium, is reported to have developed a thermoacoustic heat pump with a COP of up to 4. The heat…
4th January 2023
Could ionocaloric cooling replace vapour compression?
USA: Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have been experimenting with creating a refrigeration effect by using ions to drive solid-to-liquid…
1st January 2023
Cheers for the beers and the AC condensate
USA: The air conditioning condensate from air conditioners at a major US airport is being used by a local brewery to brew beer. Captured from…
27th December 2022
Active Panasonic creates passive house
UK: Panasonic Aquarea air-source heat pumps, VRF air conditioning and heat recovery system has helped a 5-bedroom property achieve passive house energy efficient standards. Energy…