World News

Industry news and insights from Europe and around the World

UK News

Latest news and developments in the United Kingdom

Products

Keep up-to-date with the latest new products and technology

Features

General articles, applications and industry analysis

Panasonic joins Procure Plus

UK: Panasonic Heating and Cooling UK has joined the four-year Procure Plus framework framework to boost the deployment of renewable technologies across the UK social housing sector.

Procure Plus is a commercial, not-for-profit company specialising in social housing procurement. It supports housing providers and local authorities in delivering large-scale retrofit programmes to improve energy efficiency and reduce emissions in UK homes. It is focused on cost efficiency, quality and compliance, innovation and social value.

Panasonic will provide its wide range of Aquarea air-source heat pumps, hot water cylinders, and smart controls in four lots. Specifically, these are: air-source heat pumps up to and including 15kW (lot 2), air source heat pumps of 16kW+ (lot 3), hot water cylinders (lot 4), and support of smart controls (lot 9).

Latest News

26th July 2026

GEA fruit storage system cuts peak demand

GERMANY: GEA has enabled a South African producer of apples and pears to reduce its peak power consumption while expanding its cold storage capabilities with a new controlled-atmosphere facility.
26th July 2026

Tokyo tops air conditioning usage

JAPAN: Tokyo was found to have the highest air conditioning usage in a survey of AC owners in 12 cities worldwide, with around 30% of Tokyo residents using their air…
25th July 2026

High temp industrial heat pump uses R1234ze

SPAIN: Keyter’s new Arion eco KZTB high-temperature water-to-water heat pump uses low GWP refrigerant R1234ze.
24th July 2026

Systemair buys Canadian manufacturer Temspec

SWEDEN: Swedish HVAC company Systemair AB has acquired Temspec Inc, a leading Canadian HVAC designer and manufacturer. 
24th July 2026

Man arrested for Greek HFC seizure

GREECE: A 43-year-old man has been arrested for illegally importing 286kg of HFC refrigerants from Albania to Greece and their onward trafficking.
23rd July 2026

Carrier acquires intelligent building company 75F

USA: Carrier has acquired 75F, a Minneapolis-based innovator of cloud-native, wireless, AI-enabled building automation systems.