Features
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…
13th June 2015
Waterloo helps preserve historic cannon
[caption id="attachment_13943" align="alignright" width="400"] Waterloo's chairman Rick Edmondson (right) and md Ron Edmondson with the surviving cannon[/caption] UK: Waterloo Air Products is supporting this year’s…
5th June 2015
City Multi price is right
UK: A new finance package from Mitsubishi Electric has enabled a leading software company to enact a major overhaul of its air conditioning system. Leading…
2nd June 2015
Roof that stays cooler than ambient
[caption id="attachment_13716" align="alignright" width="400"] An infrared image showing the temperature difference between the new surface (centre) and an existing cool roof used in testing[/caption] AUSTRALIA:…
26th May 2015
Epta employs Waterloop at speciality store
ITALY: Commercial refrigeration manufacturer Epta has employed its Waterloop technology in the latest speciality Sapori & Dintorni supermarket opened at Milan’s central station at the…
26th May 2015
Win a Toshiba controller worth over £2,000
UK-based readers of the Cooling Post have the chance to win one of Toshiba’s new state-of-the-art Toshiba touchscreen air conditioning controllers worth over £2,000. The…
21st May 2015
Labcold: a moving tale of recovery
UK: Medical refrigeration equipment manufacturer Labcold is now back to full fitness following the fire which struck the business last year. Moving any business can…
19th May 2015
ISD completes 150th coldstore for Morrisons
UK: ISD Solutions has completed a landmark 150th coldstore for Morrisons supermarkets at an M local store in Gloucester. Under the contract, ISD Solutions’ Retail division…
13th May 2015
Coldstore is the best medicine
The expansion of Phoenix Healthcare Distribution’s UK pharmaceutical distribution site in Birmingham has required a new cold store to comply with regulations to keep pharmaceutical…
12th May 2015
AquaForce chiller install is London landmark
UK: The first European installation of Carrier’s new 30XAV 950 AquaForce chiller has been carried out at two new prestigious offices in the heart of…
10th May 2015
Free job adverts on the Cooling Post
In another major innovation, recruiters are to be offered free job adverts in a new recruitment section on the Cooling Post. Companies active in the…
10th May 2015
Global ac sales grow 7% to $97.7bn
[caption id="attachment_13199" align="alignright" width="400"] Air conditioning market 2013-2018, includes: moveables, windows, VRF, splits, indoor packaged and PTAC[/caption] UK: Although there were large variations across regions…
8th May 2015
Bakery rises to 1234ze/CO2 challenge
[caption id="attachment_13164" align="alignright" width="390"] The Maurer bakery supplies products to its network of 42 bakery-cafe outlets throughout Germany[/caption] GERMANY: A refrigeration system using the low…
5th May 2015
Daikin ZEAS keeps the ice flowing
UK: Four Daikin ZEAS condensing units have solved a sticky problem for Crawley-based ice cube manufacturer Eskimo Ice. The 15hp Daikin units were installed at…
4th May 2015
F-gas fails to register for many
The European F-gas regulations make it illegal to sell refrigerant or pre-charged equipment to any non-certified companies or individuals. The UK government has so far…
2nd May 2015
Is refrigerant recycling being overlooked?
USA: If only 30% of HFC refrigerants were reclaimed for re-use by 2040, approximately 18 billion CO2e tonnes could be prevented from reaching the atmosphere…