Features
14th December 2014
Fusion gives life to new mortuary
Mortuary coldroom installations are an unfashionable sector of the industry that rarely make the headlines but it is a growth sector that provides the challenge…
14th December 2014
Top names beat R22 deadline
UK: With R22 banned from use in Europe from January 1, a number of high-profile users, including Debenhams and UVEX Safety, have acted to beat…
4th December 2014
Your F-gas questions answered
The new European F-Gas regulations coming in on January 1 will have an immediate impact. The changes range from the way we purchase refrigerant, through leak detection to phase-out of…
3rd December 2014
Climaveneta and the “beautiful skyscraper”
ITALY: Climaveneta Integra heating and cooling units are a key element of Milan’s Bosco Verticale, dubbed the world’s most beautiful skyscraper. Bosco Verticale (Vertical Forest)…
30th November 2014
Passive refrigeration for continuous cold chain
Thermo King has unveiled a new passive refrigeration technology for autonomous intermodal applications. The technology uses a food-grade eutectic solution to store thermal energy for…
22nd November 2014
Ice Bear behind thermal energy storage deal
USA: Santa-Barbara-based Ice Energy has been awarded 16 contracts to provide 25.6MW of thermal energy storage. The orders from energy provider Southern California Edison is…
22nd November 2014
Advantage R290 and R32 in battle for India
Air conditioning manufacturers using alternative refrigerants like propane and R32 will have a marked competitive edge in India, according to a new report. While India…
31st October 2014
Cooling Post celebrates with 14,000 visitors
The Cooling Post celebrated its 1st birthday yesterday with news that visitor numbers to the air conditioning and refrigeration industry’s most talked about website are…
29th October 2014
Carrier unveils Sistine chapel masterpiece
ITALY: Carrier has revealed more information on its now completed replacement hvac installation at the Sistine Chapel. The new system, first announced by the Cooling…
28th October 2014
Invensor backs tri-generation benefits
GERMANY: Adsorption chillers from German company InvenSor have been employed in a tri-generation project at an electroplating company in Dresden. Medium-sized German manufacturers and processors…
27th October 2014
R404A replacement: latest news and updates
As the search for alternatives to R404A and R507A hots up, keeping up to date with all the latest test results, news and information gets tougher. To…
26th October 2014
Shopping for greener alternatives
The latest Chilling Facts report from the EIA highlights the lack of consensus amongst retailers in finding a solution to their reliance on the refrigerant…
16th October 2014
Dutch retailer converts 200 stores to R449A
NETHERLANDS: Dutch retailing group Ahold is converting the refrigeration systems in some 200 of its Albert Heijn supermarkets to DuPont’s R404A/R507A replacement refrigerant Opteon XP40,…
16th October 2014
Newsletter passes 1,000 subscribers
[caption id="attachment_8999" align="alignright" width="400"] 1,000th subscriber Beatriz Cid receives a bottle of Champagne from Cooling Post editor Neil Everitt[/caption] The number of Cooling Post newsletter…
15th October 2014
Chillventa diary: October 13, 2014
With the implementation date for changes to the F-gas regulations almost upon us, it is perhaps not surprising that at the major industry show just…
13th October 2014
Chillventa diary: October 12 2014
With a record number of exhibitors, Chillventa opens its doors on Tuesday hoping to attract a record number of visitors. [caption id="attachment_8916" align="alignright" width="400"] Very…
12th October 2014
R450A replaces R134a in CO2 cascade system
France: Honeywell’s new low GWP replacement refrigerant Solstice N13, aka R450A, has been successfully tested in a CO2 cascade refrigeration system at a French supermarket.…
8th October 2014
Cooling Post set to celebrate brilliant first year
As the Cooling Post approaches its 1st anniversary, visitor numbers to the industry's most talked-about website are poised to exceed 12,000 per month. The Cooling…
8th October 2014
Fan diffuser brings supermarket savings
UK: Retrofitting diffusers to existing EC condenser fans are said to have shown savings of up to 51% on one particular UK supermarket installation. The…
1st October 2014
Chillventa 2014 – Special Preview
The Cooling Post brings you extensive coverage of the important Chillventa exhibition in Nuremberg this month. As well as general information and a sneak preview of…
29th September 2014
HVACR sales in EMEA market 2013
The latest Eurovent Market Intelligence sales figures for HVACR equipment in 2013 reflect a generally depressed market but future prospects are encouraging. Fan coil units The…
29th September 2014
Act now to be F-gas compliant
EUROPE: AREA is warning refrigeration and air conditioning contractors and end users to act now to comply with the new F-gas regulations. The European contractors group,…
22nd September 2014
Move to low GWP chiller solutions
[caption id="attachment_8356" align="alignright" width="350"] The new propane chillers for a South Staffordshire Council building in Newcastle-under-Lyme (top) and a Co-op convenience store at Alsager, Staffordshire…
20th September 2014
Costain backs demand response
UK: Engineering and construction company Costain has installed demand response on the hvac system at its hq in Maidenhead. The installation follows the launch of…
14th September 2014
Cooling Post connects Emerson with its past
UK: Leading international compressor and controls manufacturer Emerson Climate Technologies is to reconnect with its past thanks to the Cooling Post. Best known in Europe…
10th September 2014
US could follow Europe with CO2
[caption id="attachment_8132" align="alignright" width="432"] In an indoor research area, Brian Fricke preps display cases for refrigeration[/caption] USA: The US Department of Energy’s largest r&d laboratory…
9th September 2014
CO2 set to dominate in Europe
GERMANY: Concerns about the safety, efficiency and cost of CO2 systems in supermarkets are diminishing, according to a new report from Carrier Commercial Refrigeration. The study…