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Efficient Energy appoints head of engineering

GERMANY: Efficient Energy, the chiller manufacturer using water as the refrigerant, has appointed Klaus Gebauer as head of engineering.

The 61-year-old is in charge of the company’s entire predevelopment, development and production activities. This will include responsibility for the strategic alignment and implementation of the development and expansion of the laboratory and production infrastructure. 

Gebauer, whose has a doctorate in combustion engines and measuring technology, can call on on many years’ experience in managing R&D, engineering and operating divisions for mechanical, electronic and optical systems. He has worked over the past 25 years for prominent international automotive suppliers and manufacturers, medium-sized technology groups and smaller CHP and plant manufacturers.

He has a special interest in sustainable technical solutions, Gebauer will play a pioneering role in further developing systems using water as a refrigerant. 

Gebauer was appointed at a strategically important time for the company. Efficient Energy GmbH recently introduced the eChiller120, the new model of the eChiller series with up to 120 kW refrigeration capacity. With this chiller, customers with greater cooling requirements can also now use Clean Cooling with water as the refrigerant.

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