Features
13th June 2022
Bitzer screws in novel data cooling project
GERMANY: Italian manufacturer HiRef SpA is using Bitzer screw compressors to cool a computing centre adiabatically with air-to-air heat exchangers. HiRef SpA, a specialist in…
13th June 2022
Evaporative humidifier boosts data centre cooling
UK: The Condair ME evaporative humidifier is helping UK manufacturer Weatherite reduce cooling system energy consumption for its data centre and telecoms clients by up…
10th June 2022
Toshiba achieves BREEAM landmark
UK: 120 Cannon Street, a landmark office building in the City of London, has been equipped with Toshiba heat recovery VRF air conditioning as part…
9th June 2022
Variable speed shows 29% saving in freezer tests
USA: Variable speed Embraco compressors are said to have shown a 29% energy saving in comparative trials with fixed speed units in Hussmann retail freezers.…
3rd June 2022
York chillers in R513A side-by-side trial
USA: A chiller retrofitted with the lower GWP refrigerant R513A is being trialled in a side-by-side comparison with a similar chiller running on R134a at the University of Kansas.
24th May 2022
Panasonic CO2 refrigeration makes prime cut
UK: Keen to increase sustainability in refrigeration at its new butchery in Devon, Riverford Organic Farm is now benefiting from the installation of four 10HP…
18th May 2022
Carrier chillers in Manchester landmark building
UK: Three Carrier AquaForce are supplying 2.4MW of cooling to Manchester Goods Yard, a new landmark building in the heart of Manchester’s St. John’s regeneration…
5th May 2022
Migros store benefits from Freor R290 cabinets
LITHUANIA/SWITERLAND: Freor, the Lithuanian manufacturer of commercial refrigeration equipment, has seen the successful installation of its R290 refrigeration cabinets at a new Migros supermarket. Migros, the…
3rd May 2022
Sharks attack lower GWP AC
UK: Toshiba Carrier UK has installed an R32 air conditioning system at the training facility for Sale Sharks, one of Europe’s top professional Rugby Union clubs.
22nd April 2022
Ammonia heat pump boost for Berlin CHP plant
GERMANY: Johnson Controls has supplied a 700kW Sabroe ammonia heat pump to the Berlin-Buch, CHP plant in Berlin, operated by Vattenfall Europe Wärme AG. The…
12th April 2022
Oxford science labs adopt R32 chillers
UK: Four Carrier chillers operating on lower GWP refrigerant R32 have been selected to provide cooling for three world-renowned medical science laboratories at Oxford University.
5th April 2022
Trane R514A chillers delivered to Fifth Avenue
USA: Trane chillers using the low GWP refrigerant R514A have been installed in the iconic Bergdorf Goodman’s Women’s Store on New York’s Fifth Avenue. The…
19th March 2022
Solar and CO2 refrigeration store targets net zero
USA: A huge array of solar panels at a Target store in Vista, California, will provide all the store’s energy requirements and create a surplus…
4th March 2022
Geoclima chiller supplied in Danfoss red
ITALY/DENMARK: Pioneering Italian manufacturer Geoclima has supplied a state-of-the-art chiller, specially customised and supplied in Danfoss red for the Danish manufacturer’s offices in Kolding. As…
4th March 2022
Carrier heat pumps behind major school decarb project
UK: More than 180 Carrier AquaSnap 61AF air-to-water heat pumps are being deployed in 60 schools in Southwark Diocese and Barnet in London, and Dudley…
3rd March 2022
No reservations with CO2 heat pumps
UK: Three Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Q-ton heat pumps are supplying the hot water requirements at a top contemporary London hotel. The Citadines Holborn-Covent Garden London…
1st March 2022
Indonesian team rises to cool roof challenge
USA/INDONESIA: A team from Indonesia has won $750,000 as the winner of a global competition to scale the use of solar-reflective “cool” roofs in developing…
23rd February 2022
Carrier R32 chillers in hospital AC upgrade
UK: Two Carrier AquaSnap 30RBP inverter-driven air-cooled chillers are said to be providing high performance, low noise cooling for wards and operating theatres at Royal…
23rd February 2022
Star celebrates Olympic curling success
UK: Star Refrigeration is celebrating the success of the British curling teams at the Winter Olympics, having provided its expertise for the construction of the…
15th February 2022
Ciat rooftop units in ASDA roll-out
UK: Supermarket chain ASDA is installing Ciat Vectios packaged rooftop cooling units as part of a rolling programme of equipment replacement across its UK estate. …
13th February 2022
Daikin supplies R1234ze chillers to Large Hadron Collider
SWITZERLAND: Daikin has supplied two air-cooled chiller units running on low GWP HFO refrigerant R1234ze to CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, for the Large…
10th February 2022
Ripe returns for CO2 heat pumps
GERMANY: High-temperature CO2 heat pumps from Engie Refrigeration have replaced gas-fired burners to heat greenhouses for a major Croatian food producer. Five HHR 1000 type…
6th February 2022
UK could pioneer the use of heat from the seabed
UK: The UK could be a world leader in the utilisation of geothermal energy from the seabed if it could tap the rich potential of…
6th February 2022
Ciat heat pumps are class performers
UK: Ciat heat pumps are being used in a £5m project in several schools in Yorkshire being funded under the government’s Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme…
2nd February 2022
Fujitsu energy boost towards net zero
UK: Fujitsu has provided a significant air conditioning upgrade for a major manufacturer in Derbyshire, pledged to reduce its operational emissions to net zero by…
28th January 2022
Panasonic provides cool makeovers
UK: Panasonic air conditioning units have been included in stores recently opened by a well-known high-end cosmetic retailer at two of the UK’s largest shopping…
26th January 2022
Bitzer “charged” with energy storage
UK: Bitzer open-drive ammonia screw compressors are being employed in a new energy storage technology being developed by UK company O-Hx. The patented EnergiVault is…