Features
21st September 2015
Costan passes the Italian test
ITALY: Costan’s ability to adapt refrigeration systems to the confinements of space was put to the test in an installation at the famous Piazza del…
16th September 2015
RD&T overcomes a whale of a problem
[caption id="attachment_15877" align="alignright" width="318"] The humpback whale carcass on arrival[/caption] UK: They might say that no job is too big but RD&T, the Bristol-based refrigeration…
14th September 2015
Transcritical CO2 set to grow five-fold by 2020
[caption id="attachment_6374" align="alignright" width="400"] This Sprouts store in the US is already using transcritical CO2 – many are expected to follow[/caption] Global sales of transcritical…
14th September 2015
HVACR sales show marked differences in 2014
[caption id="attachment_15803" align="alignright" width="400"] The EMEA chiller market in 2014[/caption] While sales figures for HVACR equipment across Europe, the Middle East and Africa in 2014…
11th September 2015
Cascade system earns highest GreenChill status
USA: The deployment of an ammonia/CO2 cascade refrigeration system has helped a supermarket in Columbus, Georgia, achieve the EPA’s highest GreenChill platinum status. The Piggly…
11th September 2015
Success is in the pipeline
[caption id="attachment_15757" align="alignright" width="400"] The air-cooled condensers were mounted on the existing mountings[/caption] UK: An unusually long underground run of refrigerant pipework has been employed…
31st August 2015
Possibly the best website in Europe
The Cooling Post witnessed further huge increases in web traffic in August, breaking records across the board and making it, possibly, the biggest air conditioning…
30th August 2015
US defence agency adopts CO2 refrigeration
USA: The US Defence Commissary Agency (DeCA) is looking to increase its adoption of CO2 refrigeration systems after the successful installation of a cascade system…
26th August 2015
What future for R410A?
Interesting new low GWP alternative refrigerants, combined with an expected relaxation of charge limits on flammable refrigerants, suggest that the days of R410A being the…
19th August 2015
VRF technology rocks the US
USA: The US government is increasingly issuing waivers to its “Buy American” policy as public facilities seek the energy saving advantages of VRF air conditioning…
18th August 2015
Buyer sought for historic Linde compressor
GERMANY: A good home is being sought for an historic 100-year-old Linde refrigeration compressor. Historische Kälte- und Klimatechnik, a German society committed to documenting and…
12th August 2015
Living life on the edge
CHINA: Latest in the long line of videos and photos of the hair-raising antics of air conditioning installers is this one from LiveLeak. Health and…
10th August 2015
Free job adverts on the Cooling Post
The air conditioning and refrigeration industry's most popular source of news and information has introduced a dedicated recruitment section. From this month, all companies involved…
9th August 2015
Star’s alternative to R22 flooded system
UK: Petrochemical company SABIC has installed ammonia chillers to replace an R22 flooded system at its plant in Wilton, Cleveland. Faced with the R22 phase…
2nd August 2015
Cooling Post – a hot attraction in July
The Cooling Post followed up new highs set in June with an even better month in July, setting visitor records of nearly 16,000. Latest figures…
25th July 2015
Time to celebrate an upturn
[caption id="attachment_14772" align="alignright" width="250"] Neil Afram: "confident of an industry upturn"[/caption] UK: An apparent end to the recession, the need to upgrade R22 systems and…
21st July 2015
Ground to air is eco choice
UK: When the pioneering Hebburn Eco Centre needed to replace its 20-year-old ground-source heating, the buildings owners turned to a cascade air-source heat pump system…
14th July 2015
Training is key to safe systems
ARMENIA: Lack of training and unprofessionalism have been highlighted as two of the main barriers to the safe introduction of alternative refrigerants. The gradual phase-out…
14th July 2015
Remote monitoring keeps chillers running
UK: While record London temperatures on July 1 were too much for some cooling systems, ThermOzone’s RODEM monitoring system managed to keep all its remote…
13th July 2015
Chiller replacement saves over £1,000/week
UK: High efficiency Turbomiser chillers are said to be saving North Somerset Council more than £1,000 per a week in energy costs at its headquarters…
10th July 2015
Cooling Post passes 1,000/day landmark
[caption id="attachment_14491" align="alignright" width="400"] Monthly statistics for the Cooling Post for the 18 months to the end of June 2015. (Click on the image to…
9th July 2015
A peek inside Airedale’s new hq
UK: Airedale has produced an updated virtual tour of its new manufacturing, technology centre and administrative facilities now taking shape on the site of its…
9th July 2015
Through-the-fence air conditioning?
UK: Air conditioning units come in a variety of styles but this unit is not so much through-the-wall as through-the-fence. Ray Voice of London-based Ryan…
5th July 2015
ISD’s tallest clad-rack cold store
UK-based ISD Solutions has completed one of the tallest single envelope clad-rack warehouses for leading Spanish pharmaceutical and healthcare giant Grifols. At over 35m high,…
23rd June 2015
ASHRAE displays first electric fridge
USA: The last surviving example of a 100-year-old refrigerator, considered to be the first electric household fridge, has been put on display at the ASHRAE…
21st June 2015
Daikin offers R32 install advice
BELGIUM: Daikin Europe has produced a white paper extolling the benefits of R32, offering advice and answering concerns regarding its “mild flammability”. With Daikin now offering…
21st June 2015
Financial incentives spur energy efficient ac
USA: Financial incentives can play a significant role in moving the air conditioning market toward more energy efficient products, according to a new report. Aware…