Features
16th July 2014
R22 conversion is no fishy tale
UK: A spiral freezer plant at a Grimsby fish processing facility running on R22 is believed to be the first of its kind in the…
5th July 2014
Ice rinks on firm ground with ammonia
Ice rink operators, one of the largest users of R22, have been particularly hard hit by the phase out of HCFCs in Europe. With servicing of…
2nd July 2014
Refrigeration ensures the perfect service
[caption id="attachment_6529" align="alignright" width="450"] Tim Henman with this year's official Slazenger tennis ball – a slave to refrigeration[/caption] The Wimbledon Championship, which reaches a climax…
30th June 2014
Low energy fridge defrost brings rewards
A new flash defrost technology, which promises to dramatically reduce the running costs of retail refrigeration equipment, is currently being trialled in stores across the…
29th June 2014
Q-ton heat pump is cute choice
A standard in air conditioning for many years, heat pumps are now also becoming a popular choice for heating. Most rely on HFC refrigerants but…
25th June 2014
Prestcold lives! Owzat?
It was the company where many of the leading lights of today's UK refrigeration industry served their apprenticeships but, sadly, Prestcold, the company and the…
18th June 2014
Strawberry fields forever?
Refrigeration is essential in ensuring strawberries reach the market in peak condition. As a respiring fruit, strawberries begin to deteriorate immediately on picking – unless they…
17th June 2014
Carrier to protect the Sistine Chapel
Carrier is to supply a new air conditioning system for the Sistine Chapel to help protect Michelangelo's 16th century frescoes against deterioration. Described as groundbreaking, Carrier’s…
16th June 2014
Refrigeration in a social whirl
A new poster campaign extolling the too often overlooked virtues and benefits of refrigeration is causing quite a stir on social media. So who is…
10th June 2014
Cooling Post – now second in the market
Less than eight months since its launch the Cooling Post website has attained the no 2 spot amongst dedicated air conditioning and refrigeration news websites…
1st June 2014
The flagship for advanced climate control
Raising Henry Vlll's warship the Mary Rose in 1982 demanded care and precision. The closely-controlled conditions now being demanded for its preservation are equally uncompromising.…
30th May 2014
Efficient ac brings BREEAM award
ITALY: Efficient air conditioning equipment has helped the new Nave de Vero hypermarket near Venice to achieve BREEAM certification – a first for an Italian…
25th May 2014
Henry celebrates 100 years
In a year that sees many air conditioning and refrigeration companies celebrating anniversaries, there is probably none more significant than the centenary celebrations of component…
21st May 2014
ISD and Kingspan bring Aldi in from the cold
Aldi’s new energy efficient cold store, warehouse and distribution centre being built at Goldthorpe, near Barnsley, UK, features an unusual single envelope design by ISD…
20th May 2014
A sociable climate for Facebook data
UK-based JS Humidifiers is helping maintain sociable conditions for Facebook’s newly-built, naturally-cooled data centre in Luleå, Sweden. The humidification system at Facebook Luleå is one…
20th May 2014
Saving energy without doors
UK: The first ever refrigerated display cabinets, incorporating a new patented airflow management system, have been installed at a new Tesco Extra eco store in…
5th May 2014
R404A – the low GWP options
With European legislation sounding the death knell for R404A and other countries around the world likely to follow suit with similar bans on high GWP…
1st April 2014
Sharp intake of efficiency
Regular maintenance is essential to keep refrigerated display equipment running efficiently but such regimes can be expensive. Richard Betts of RAB Specialist Engineers argues that…
23rd March 2014
Grimsby Ice Factory – Part 3
In Part 2 of this series on the Grimsby Ice Factory we looked at the 1930s J&E Hall refrigeration installation which replaced the original…
20th March 2014
Data free-cooling in South Africa
A robust, modular data centre cooling system is set to exploit free-cooling in the challenging climate of South Africa. The system is the result of a…
11th March 2014
Leading from the front after false start
The Cooling Post meets Lee Jon Newman, the new md at Wolseley businesses Pipe Center and Climate Center, to talk about his new role, his…
10th March 2014
Frozen in time – Part 2
In Part 2 of our special feature on the Grimsby Ice Factory, the Cooling Post takes a more in-depth look at the 80-year-old refrigeration system…
1st March 2014
Iconic refrigeration frozen in time
The Cooling Post has uncovered a huge amount of new information, photographs and drawings of the historic Grimsby Ice Factory, enough to begin a new…
26th February 2014
R404A – the alternatives
Agreements on the revisions to the European F-gas regulations have finally sounded the death knell for R404A and other refrigerants with GWPs of over 2,500.…
20th January 2014
Airedale behind new £2.25m data centre
UK: Airedale has supplied the cooling equipment necessary for a new £2.25m high density, energy efficient data centre at the University of Portsmouth. Working in…
2nd January 2014
Back to basics for leak-free, efficient systems
In this edited version of his paper, Back to Basics: Understanding Direct and Indirect Emissions, presented at the Institute of Refrigeration conference 2013, John Ellis…
30th December 2013
F-gas: the full draft agreement
The Cooling Post has obtained a copy of the full text of the draft agreement on the proposed revision of the F-Gas Regulation which was…