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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…
18th January 2022
Indoor air quality as a service
USA: Johnson Controls has launched its OpenBlue Indoor Air Quality solution as a Service for buildings, by delivering energy-efficient, clean air outcomes with an innovative financing model. …
17th January 2022
China wins Olympic honour for “green” refrigeration
CHINA: Of the nine ice rink venues at the forthcoming Olympic and Paralympic winter games, five are using CO2 refrigeration systems and four using R449A.…
9th January 2022
R1234ze chiller is the best medicine
AUSTRIA: Daikin has supplied two screw inverter chillers operating on Low GWP HFO refrigerant R1234ze to a major pharmaceutical company’s facility in Vienna, Austria. The…
5th January 2022
Brazilian store switches to R290 refrigeration
BRAZIL: AHT has supplied R290 refrigerated cabinets to replace R404A units in 36 Swift stores across Brazil. After a test run at a Swift store…
2nd January 2022
Epta serves Donnybrook Fair with distinction
UK: Epta UK has supplied tailor-made refrigerated solutions to the latest Donnybrook Fair food hall and restaurant opened at the beginning of December in the…
30th December 2021
Glass that regulates both heating and cooling
SINGAPORE: Scientists claim to have developed a coating for windows that can switch between heating and cooling in response to changing temperatures. The international research…
25th December 2021
Happy holidays
The Cooling Post would like to extend very best wishes to all those celebrating this holiday season. These offices will remain open throughout this period…
13th December 2021
Free-coolers provide major hospital savings
UK: The addition of remote free coolers to an existing chiller installation at one of eastern England’s major hospitals is said to have reduced emissions…
6th December 2021
Jelly ice cubes are compostable and hygienic
USA: Scientists have developed a cooling cube that could revolutionise how food is kept cold and shipped fresh without relying on ice or traditional cooling…
2nd December 2021
Evaporative cooling boost for Delhaize
ITALY: Carel’s ChillBooster evaporative cooling system is providing an energy efficiency boost in more than 100 Delhaize supermarkets across Belgium. ChillBooster is an adiabatic atomiser that uses evaporative cooling to…
1st December 2021
Opera House is ideal stage for Panasonic
UK: Panasonic air conditioning is now helping create the right atmosphere at the recently renovated Belfast Grand Opera House. Built in 1895, the Belfast Grand…
28th November 2021
Toyota hands recovered R407C to Daikin Loop scheme
CZECHIA: Toyota Motor Manufacturing Czech Republic has handed over Daikin 295.2kg of R407C to Daikin’s Loop (L∞P) circular programme to reclaim and reuse recovered refrigerants.…
22nd November 2021
R32 rooftops provide year-round efficiency
BELGIUM: Daikin’s R32 Bluevolution rooftop units have replaced an existing system and gas boiler at a plumbing and heating product showroom in Belgium. Based in…
8th November 2021
A role in the hay for Carrier Aquaforce
UK: A Leicestershire farming company has installed three Carrier AquaForce ground-source heat pumps, totalling 8MW, in two projects on the farm to increase the quality…
1st November 2021
GEA responsible for innocent carbon-neutral factory
GERMANY: GEA has provided Innocent, the well-known smoothie and juice brand, with the process technology for the world's first carbon-neutral juice factory. Located at the…
1st November 2021
Fenagy to supply CO2 heat pumps to Danish district heating plant
DENMARK: Danish refrigeration company Fenagy is to supply CO2 heat pumps, totalling 3.3MW, to a district heating plant in Sonder Felding, Denmark. The order, worth…
27th October 2021
Carrier supplies a winning hand
CHINA: Carrier Hong Kong has supplied chillers, heat pumps and fan coil units to the new Grand Lisboa Palace Resort Macau. The recently-opened casino resort…
22nd October 2021
R1234ze Carrier heat pump makes UK debut
UK: The first UK installation of Carrier’s AquaForce 61XW heat pump using low GWP refrigerant R1234ze is providing cost-effective cooling and heating for one of…
15th October 2021
Epta monitors fridges in cashier-free store
DUBAI: The first cashier-free supermarket in the Middle East, recently opened in Dubai, relies on remotely-monitored R290 vertical plug-ins from Epta. The futuristic 100m2 Carrefour…
3rd October 2021
Carrier ensures aquifer is not dead heat
UK: Two 1.5MW Carrier AquaForce heat pumps, tapped into an underground aquifer, are being used to dry a premium horse feed much in demand by…
2nd October 2021
Variable-speed test shows 41% saving
EUROPE: Tests with a variable-speed compressor in a vertical supermarket freezer is said to have achieved a 41% saving in energy, compared to a high…
21st September 2021
Carrier displays art of air conditioning
VATICAN CITY: An innovative air conditioning solution from Carrier is helping to ensure optimal ventilation and comfort in the Vatican’s historic Raphael Rooms.
19th September 2021
Bitzer boost for vaccine storage
GERMANY: Bitzer compressors have played their part in China’s achievement in delivering over 2 billion covid-19 vaccines. Bitzer China supplied reciprocating and screw compressors have…
19th September 2021
Co-op store proves Copeland CO2 capability
UK: The European roll-out of Emerson’s new Copeland CO2 scroll technology for transcritical booster systems follows a successful 18-month trial at a Co-op supermarket in Malmesbury,…
9th September 2021
Carrier UK supplies first R515B chiller
UK: One of the first Carrier AquaForce chillers using the new non-flammable lower GWP refrigerant R515B has been installed in the UK. Principal contractor SPIE…