News Headlines
8th May 2024
Solid refrigerant system attracts $8m investment
USA: A startup developing high-efficiency heat pumps, air conditioners and refrigerators based on solid refrigerant technology has raised $8m from investors.
8th May 2024
US stores slow to adopt HFC-free technology
USA: US supermarkets are accused of a lack of transparency and sluggish adoption of HFC-free refrigeration technology.
3rd May 2024
German heat pump sales down 52%
GERMANY: Heat pumps sales in Germany declined 52% in the first quarter of the year, according to new figures from the German heating industry association BDH.
8th May 2024
Solid refrigerant system attracts $8m investment
USA: A startup developing high-efficiency heat pumps, air conditioners and refrigerators based on solid refrigerant technology has raised $8m from investors.
8th May 2024
Trane joins RTU heat pump challenge
USA: Trane Technologies is to participate in the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Commercial Building Heat Pump Technology Challenge.
8th May 2024
US stores slow to adopt HFC-free technology
USA: US supermarkets are accused of a lack of transparency and sluggish adoption of HFC-free refrigeration technology.
8th May 2024
Luke Haile joins Team UK for WorldSkills Lyon
UK: Luke Haile, winner of the WorldSkills UK Gold medal in 2022, is to represent the UK in refrigeration and air conditioning at WorldSkills in Lyon in September.
7th May 2024
Airedale acquires additional space in Bradford
UK: Airedale by Modine, the Leeds-headquartered critical cooling specialists, has purchased a 14.6 acre manufacturing site in nearby Bradford to provide increased production, test, office and storage capabilities.
1st May 2024
Heat pump projects receive £5.3m funding
UK: The UK government has announced a further £5.3m in funding under its Heat Pump Ready scheme to support the development of innovative heat pump solutions.
1st May 2024
JCI-Hitachi’s first cold-climate VRF
USA: Johnson Controls-Hitachi Air Conditioning has launched its first cold-climate VRF heat pump in North America.
1st May 2024
Taking control of commercial HVAC
UK: MELCloud Commercial is Mitsubishi Electric’s new IoT platform that can remotely manage, monitor and control HVAC systems in multiple buildings from one central location.
30th April 2024
Ideal launches commercial R290 heat pump
UK: Ideal Heating Commercial has announced the launch of its next generation R290 Ecomod heat pumps and the imminent launch of a CO2 model.
5th May 2024
Daikin remote leak detection prevents downtime
ITALY: As well as benefitting the environment, the timely detection of a chiller refrigerant leak has saved costs and potential production downtime for a leading aluminium die-casting foundry.
5th May 2024
Bitzer Ecolites provide prime cuts
UK: Three Bitzer Ecolite condensing units running on R454C have been installed at a leading Gloucestershire meat processor, one of the first such projects to be installed in the UK.
3rd May 2024
Marstair tops the bill with R454C
UK: The latest lower GWP Marstair cellar coolers are being employed to service the bars within one of Glasgow’s most historic live music venues.
10th August 2022
Heatwaves and CO2 refrigeration
Following this summer's extreme high temperatures in the UK, Daniel Clark, MD of Isentra, asks whether 130bar transcritical systems have now become a necessity?
1st December 2021
Refrigerant choice in HVAC chillers
In the light of the worldwide phase-down of high GWP refrigerants, Dave Richards, UK head of sales at refrigerant supplier Climalife, looks at the various options available for HVAC chillers.
1st August 2021
The cheapest and greenest energy is the energy we don’t use
Recognising the crucial need to use energy wisely, Jürgen Fischer, Danfoss president of Climate Solutions, argues the importance of energy efficiency in the drive to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
8th May 2024
ICS opens product training centre
UK: Critical and process temperature control solutions specialists ICS Cool Energy has opened a new training suite at its facility in Totton, Hampshire.
6th May 2024
HPA hosts refrigerant awareness seminar
UK: The Heat Pump Association (HPA) is to host a free heat pump refrigerant awareness webinar, in collaboration with the InstallerSHOW organiser Elemental.
23rd April 2024
IoR celebrates Lord Kelvin at 200
UK: The Institute of Refrigeration will mark this year’s World Refrigeration Day with a celebration of the achievements and contributions of mechanical refrigeration pioneer Lord Kelvin.