Features
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…
1st September 2014
Toshiba’s vital cooling for MRI scanner
A bespoke Toshiba air conditioning system is being used to cool a state-of-the-art transportable MRI scanner, the first of its kind to be developed by…
29th August 2014
Solar PV to supply supermarket energy
GERMANY: One of the world’s largest diesel photovoltaic hybrid systems is to be installed in a supermarket in the city of Flacq, Mauritius. The 3.2MW…
20th August 2014
Temporary cooling is plane sense
UK: With 100,000 visitors in the hottest month of the year, the Farnborough International Air Show has one of the largest temporary cooling requirements in…
18th August 2014
Ideal conditions are par for the course
UK: Comfortable conditions were par for the course for guests at a gala dinner prior to the Senior Open Golf Championship in Porthcawl last month.…
17th August 2014
Germany promotes solar cooling in Africa
SOUTH AFRICA: Mobile telecommunications company MTN is benefitting from Africa's first concentrating solar cooling system at its Johannesburg head office. The system consists of 242…
13th August 2014
Adsorption chillers are hot topic
[caption id="attachment_7497" align="alignright" width="440"] InvenSor chillers employed at a plastics production facility[/caption] GERMANY: Adsorption chiller manufacturer InvenSor claims to be benefitting from growing interest in…
3rd August 2014
EU targets airport HVAC systems
[caption id="attachment_7322" align="alignright" width="461"] Fiumicino in Rome is Italy's busiest airport and the venue for one of the Cascade pilot projects[/caption] The EU is turning…
1st August 2014
Hybrid ac – the cool solution for Qatar 2022?
[caption id="attachment_7294" align="alignright" width="427"] Top: The Aspire Stadium is expected to play a key role in the 2022 World Cup Above: The Air2O units in…
31st July 2014
Toshiba conditions Glasgow BREEAM building
UK: A new landmark building in Glasgow’s St Vincent Plaza, being designed to have a BREEAM rating of Excellent, will be cooled and heated by a…
30th July 2014
Energy storage the key to trigeneration project
UK: An innovative trigeneration system fuelled entirely by raw plant oils could have great potential for isolated homes and businesses operating outside grid systems both…
29th July 2014
Kelvin apologises
We apologise to our regular visitors who may have experienced problems with the website over the last couple of days. The fact is that Kelvin…
28th July 2014
Carrier and Otis share family connection
[caption id="attachment_7175" align="alignright" width="443"] Willis Carrier (left) "the father of air conditioning" was related to lift pioneer Elisha Otis[/caption] USA: The famous Carrier air conditioning…