Features
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…
28th April 2015
Tecumseh sends 1700 Silensys to Russia
[caption id="attachment_12930" align="alignright" width="400"] One of the Silensys installations at a Magnit store in Krasnodar[/caption] RUSSIA: Tecumseh has supplied over 1,700 Silensys condensing units to…
27th April 2015
The rise and rise of Beijer Ref
[caption id="attachment_12906" align="alignright" width="400"] Per Bertland: driving Beijer Ref's expansion[/caption] From virtually nowhere, Beijer Ref has grown through acquisition to become the largest refrigeration and…
26th April 2015
Italian chillers in Swindon hospital project
UK: Cool-Therm has supplied two low temperature Tonon chillers for a major replacement project at Swindon Hospital. The project, carried out jointly with Carillion, harnessed…
19th April 2015
Nanotechnology to boost HVAC efficiency
[caption id="attachment_12669" align="alignright" width="400"] Thin and transparent coatings with tailor mad functionalities can be made with the sol-gel functional coating technology[/caption] EUROPE: Future energy savings…
15th April 2015
Carrier chiller is 5* guest
UK: Guests at five-star hotels expect the highest levels of comfort, so when London’s prestigious Royal Garden Hotel suffered an air conditioning chiller breakdown, a…
15th April 2015
Farmfoods looks to low-charge ammonia
UK: Frozen food specialist Farmfoods has chosen low-charge ammonia refrigeration from Star Refrigeration for its new distribution centre in Bristol. The new facility will supply…
12th April 2015
Tobacco virus could improve heat exchange
[caption id="attachment_12538" align="alignright" width="400"] The tobacco virus that could improve heat exchange efficiencies[/caption] USA: Viruses that infect the leaves of tobacco plants could in the…
10th April 2015
3D printing is model for refrigeration
USA: News of Haier’s 3D-printed air conditioner provoked much industry interest last month. One Florida-based refrigeration contractor has been using the technology for more than…
10th April 2015
Looking to build on Cool Science success
[caption id="attachment_12507" align="alignright" width="400"] Science Minister Greg Clarke tries some pedal power[/caption] UK: The success of the Cool Science stand at the recent Big Bang…
8th April 2015
Students receive building services insight
UK: Cool Solutions Distribution has helped a group of building services students gain a valuable insight into the vast hvac system at Leeds’ First Direct…
1st April 2015
Cooling Post exceeds 30,000 views/month
The Cooling Post exceeded 30,000 page views per month for the first time in March, as interest in the website continues to grow. The month…
26th March 2015
Ebm-Papst keeps cool as F1 hots up
GERMANY: Fans and drives manufacturer Ebm-Papst will be helping Mercedes to keep things cool as the F1 Grand Prix hots up in Malaysian this weekend.…