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CO2 cooling on World Refrigeration Day

UK: The potential of CO2 in sustainable cooling is the subject of a webinar organised by RAC magazine to coincide with World Refrigeration Day, June 26.

Sponsored by Panasonic, and with a welcome message from World Refrigeration Day founder Steve Gill, the webinar will take the form of a discussion with a mix of presentations, expert panellists and audience questions. 

Panelists include John Skelton, refrigeration manager at Marks and Spencer, Xavier Debray, MD of Chertsey-based contractor Versan, Jaume Casanovas, Panasonic’s European CO2 expert, Indy Tharnvithian, Panasonic UK CO2 technical engineer and Alfredos Armaos, Panasonic UK and IRE country manager.

Registration details here.

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