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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).

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US AC and heat pump shipments down 20% in 2025

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IOR names two new fellows

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Mitsubishi Thai subsidiary to change name

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Panasonic proves nanoe effect on hay fever

JAPAN: Human clinical trials of Panasonic’s nanoe air purification technology is said to have shown overall improvements in hay fever symptoms.
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Polish plant reclaims 100% of used refrigerants

POLAND: A new refrigerant reclamation plant near Warsaw is using two processes to separate mixtures and reclaim nearly 100% of used refrigerants.