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3rd September 2021
Carrier cools London City landmark
22 Bishopsgate towers above other famous buildings in London's financial district UK: Carrier has supplied centrifugal chillers delivering 16MW of cooling to 22 Bishopsgate, the…
29th August 2021
Energy efficient store refurb saves 357,000kWh
USA: A family-owned Asian supermarket chain is estimated to have saved 357,000kWh in switching from an R22 refrigeration system to one using the non-ozone-depleting, HFC…
29th August 2021
Daikin France completes refrigerant loop
FRANCE: Daikin France has delivered the first HVAC system in the country under the company’s Loop (L∞P) circular programme to reclaim and reuse recovered refrigerants.…
18th August 2021
Danfoss Optyma Plus helps protect rare blood samples
UK: Danfoss Optyma Plus condensing units are helping to provide the ideal conditions for rare and specialised blood samples. Across the NHS, millions of pints…
8th August 2021
NASA studies space cooling
USA: NASA is investigating new methods of heat transfer in order to cool the equipment that will be required for future missions to explore the…
1st August 2021
Pinder goal is best cellar
UK: Commercial refrigeration and air conditioning specialist Pinder Cooling & Heating has been appointed by Football League Two side Bradford City AFC to support the…
29th July 2021
Weiss Technik approves Danfoss valve with low temperature R469A
GERMANY: Environmental test chamber manufacturer Weiss Technik has proven the long-term compatibility of Danfoss AKV expansion valves with its newly developed cryogenic refrigerant R469A. The…
21st July 2021
Ammonia chiller reduces energy use by 77%
UK: The installation of a low charge ammonia chiller system at a major UK food manufacturer’s storage facility is said to have led to a…
14th July 2021
Lu-Ve supplies 500 coolers to Chinese mega plant
ITALY/CHINA: Lu-Ve has completed delivery of 500 unit coolers for the expansion of the Nansha International Logistics Centre in China, one of the largest logistics…
12th July 2021
Star’s monitoring software saves ASDA 5GWh of energy
UK: Retailer ASDA is said to have saved 5GWh on energy costs over the last four and a half years across six of its UK…
11th July 2021
Swedish scheme encourages automotive refrigerant recycling
SWEDEN: A group of Swedish automotive associations are backing efforts to create a sustainable, circular economy for refrigerant recovery and reclamation. The aims of the…
8th July 2021
City Multi Hybrid is match for city Hub hotel
UK: Mitsubishi Electric has provided Edinburgh’s Haymarket Hub hotel with a City Multi Hybrid VRF air conditioning system to deliver energy efficient, controllable comfort. During…
8th July 2021
3-in-1 cooling for advanced data centre
ITALY: A system offering free cooling, adiabatic cooling and DX technologies in one unit is providing cooling to a TIER III type hyperscale data centre…
7th July 2021
Solar fridge provides lifeline for Indian farmers
INDIA: Three portable solar-powered cold rooms have provided a lifeline to small-scale strawberry farmers in India beset by the coronavirus pandemic.
7th July 2021
Ciat takes quiet care
UK: An ultra-low noise Ciat chiller operating on R32 refrigerant is minimising disturbance at Craigavon Area Hospital’s Trauma and Orthopaedic Department. Equipped with the additional…
7th July 2021
Improving supermarket fridge efficiency with robots
UK: A programme aimed at improving the energy efficiency of supermarket refrigeration cabinets is employing robots to emulate the real-world opening and closing of fridge…
2nd July 2021
Ammonia chiller is first choice for First Milk
UK: Star Refrigeration has boosted capacity and efficiency at a cheese chill plant by replacing an ageing R404A cooling system with its latest low-charge ammonia…
22nd June 2021
Green Point pinpoints bad points
UK: Green Point UK, Bitzer’s compressor remanufacturing and services arm, has solved the cause of multiple refrigeration plant failures at a major UK food manufacturing…
21st June 2021
Toshiba Carrier’s rapid response to Covid call
UK: Toshiba Carrier has stepped in at short notice to maintain a comfortable work environment during the rapid roll-out of Covid-19 testing laboratories for NHS…
8th June 2021
Dental crown for Panasonic nanoe
UK: Panasonic’s nanoe X air cleaning technology is to deployed in 27 dental practices operated by Riverdale Healthcare to enhance protection for patients and staff.…
4th June 2021
Elderly at higher indoor heat risk
USA: New research suggests that exposure to extreme indoor heat may be connected to a greater number of heat-related deaths amongst the elderly than previously…
19th May 2021
R449A selected for Olympic trio
CHINA: Three of the venues for next year’s Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games will be employing R449A, the lower GWP alternative to R404A, in…
4th May 2021
Makkah refurb project sees installation of 41 York chillers
SAUDI ARABIA: Al Salem Johnson Controls has undertaken its largest ever chiller replacement project, replacing 44 York chillers at the Makkah Construction and Development Company’s…
2nd May 2021
R1234ze installation has sweet taste of success
ITALY: Chillers running the low GWP HFO refrigerant R1234ze are providing flexible and efficient refrigeration for a new 30,000m2 warehouse of a leading Italian confectionery…
29th April 2021
Chemours’ R513A is San Jose playmaker
USA: Chemours lower GWP refrigerant R513A has been employed in Trane chillers at the home of US National Hockey League team San Jose Sharks. Marketed…
28th April 2021
Cool airflow is more than a feeling
JAPAN: Researchers at Kyushu University and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries have been investigating whether simply changing the direction of an air conditioner vent could improve occupant…
23rd April 2021
Data centre cooled using river water
USA: A 7MW data centre constructed on a barge is being cooled using water from the San Joaquin River on which it stands at Port…