World News

USA: Johnson Controls has produced an absorption chiller design guide to convert waste heat from data centres and reduce cooling electrical demand by up to…

UK: The man behind the establishment of World Refrigeration Day has initiated an international women’s community week to connect HVACR voices across the world.

SWITZERLAND: Two cooling towers have been shut down during a legionnaires' disease outbreak in Basel which has so far seen 26 confirmed cases and one death.

SWEDEN: Backed by $50m funding, start-up company Endra is introducing its AI-driven automated design platform for mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems to the US and UK.

USA: A man who attempted to smuggle six 25lb cylinders of R410A into the US has been fined $1400.

IRELAND: Trane has reported record bookings in the second quarter of this year driven by its commercial HVAC business.

USA: Japanese manufacturer Mitsubishi Electric is to establish a new US company, MEHITS US Inc, in Mason, Ohio, to manufacture IT cooling equipment.

USA: A 13% increase in refrigerant sales helped push total Solstice sales for the second quarter to $1,148m.

USA: Carrier has reported better than expected financial results for the second quarter of 2026, with net sales up 4% to $6,351m.

USA: Copeland has announced its entry into exclusive negotiations to purchase Dickson, a test and measurement compliance company based in Addison, Illinois, that develops environmental monitoring systems.

EUROPE: Organisations are calling for the implementation of the revised EPBD after the EC opened infringement procedures against all 27 EU members for failing to transpose the directive into national law.

SOUTH KOREA: LG Electronics has achieved NVIDIA certification for its 600kW coolant distribution unit (CDU), meeting over 100 rigorous evaluation criteria for AI factory standardisation.

USA: The row over the US Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to roll back parts of the AIM Act rumbles on, with retailers now seeking to intervene in recently filed judicial review petitions.

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 conditioners 24-hours a day.

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

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

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

SPAIN: The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) has warned a Spanish retailers association that moves to delay the phase down of F-gases risk crippling the very retailers they claim to protect.

SWEDEN: Beijer Ref CEO Christopher Norbye has announced that he will step down from his post to pursue “new opportunities" elsewhere.

SPAIN: A group representing Spanish supermarkets is calling for changes to the F-gas regulation, claiming it fails to account for the cooling needs of countries with high ambient temperatures.

FRANCE: Air conditioners using R290 refrigerant could now be used in French high-rise buildings after changes to its stringent safety regulations.

USA: California and Washington are among a coalition of 19 attorney generals and one city suing the US EPA over its rule to roll back refrigerant transition deadlines.

ITALY: Netherlands-based indoor climate solutions company BDR Thermea has announced the full, 100% acquisition of Italian HVAC manufacturer G I Holding.

USA: The Sustainable PFAS Action Network (SPAN), a US coalition advocating for what it calls science-based, risk-focused PFAS policies, has formed a working group to stress the importance of refrigerants.

BELGIUM: The European Partnership for Energy and the Environment (EPEE) has called for a dedicated European heating and cooling initiative, accompanied by financial support and fiscal incentives.

FRANCE: A new technical brief from the International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR) reviews typical air conditioning processes involving dehumidification and major air dehumidification technologies.

EUROPE: The European Commission is asking member states to bring down domestic electricity-to-gas price ratios to a maximum of 2.5 and to a maximum of 2 for industry by 2030.