World News
14th September 2018
ASHRAE improves standards review access
USA: ASHRAE has improved its online standards review database to simplify access to public review drafts and to submit comments. The new system offers…
14th September 2018
Connecticut joins HFC phase out move
USA: Connecticut has joined California, New York and Maryland in announcing its intention to phase out the use of HFC refrigerants. State governor Dannel P…
13th September 2018
Maryland joins US HFC phase out move
USA: Maryland has joined New York and California in pursuing measures to phase out the use of HFC refrigerants. After the EPA’s efforts to phase…
12th September 2018
Honeywell launches A2L competitor to R32
BELGIUM: Honeywell has announced the commercial availability of R452B, the lower GWP “mildly flammable” refrigerant alternative to R410A. Seen as a competitor to R32, R452B…
12th September 2018
R32 units now 60% of Daikin sales
BELGIUM: Daikin has reported that its R32 air conditioning systems now account for around 60% of sales across Europe. In some countries – Belgium, Italy,…
11th September 2018
Emirati woman fridge engineer honoured
DUBAI: Eurovent Middle East is to award its first honorary membership to Roudha Bin Bahr, the first Emirati woman to participate in the refrigeration and…
11th September 2018
New York to phase out HFC refrigerants
USA: New York has announced it will follow California and adopt regulations to phase out the use of HFC refrigerants. New York governor Andrew M…
9th September 2018
Haier extends nanotech cooling deal
USA/CHINA: Air conditioning manufacturer Haier has signed a second two-part license agreement with US nanotechnology company Dais Analytic for a new cooling product. The product,…
9th September 2018
Spain pledges €1.5m for low GWP systems
SPAIN: The Spanish government has approved a plan for €1.5m in aid for the conversion or replacement of supermarket refrigeration systems to alternative low GWP…
7th September 2018
Banned R22 openly sold in disposables
POLAND: The Cooling Post has found that illegal ozone-depleting R22 refrigerant is being openly sold in illegal disposable cylinders in Poland under the very noses…
5th September 2018
Danfoss gears up for Refrigerant Week
DENMARK: Danfoss is gearing up for its week-long focus on the transition to lower GWP refrigerants when it hosts its 2nd annual Refrigerant Week from…
5th September 2018
Stalknecht steps down as ACCA president
[caption id="attachment_47938" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Paul Stalknecht: pursuing other opportunities[/caption] USA: Paul Stalknecht, the president and CEO of the Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA), is…
4th September 2018
Registration opens for ASHRAE conference
USA: Registration is now open for the ASHRAE Winter Conference in Atlanta in January. This year’s conference will feature eight conference tracks, tours, social events,…
4th September 2018
“Naturals” workshop moves to Vermont
USA: The North American Sustainable Refrigeration Council (NASRC) is to run another one-day workshop focussing on the natural refrigerant options for grocery stores. Building on the…
3rd September 2018
Home air conditioner wins consumer award
GERMANY: Japanese manufacturer Midea won the Product Technical Innovation Award at this week’s IFA2018 home appliance show for its AirX air conditioner. First launched at…
3rd September 2018
Fraunhofer develops propane heat pump
[caption id="attachment_47924" align="aligncenter" width="630"] The newly developed distributor is said to be based on the branches of a tree[/caption] GERMANY: Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute…
2nd September 2018
$3m search for energy efficient cooling
USA: At least $3m is being offered in a bid to find a radically more energy efficient home cooling technology. Faced with climate change concerns…
2nd September 2018
Daikin invests $40.3m in new factory
USA: Daikin Applied Americas is to spend $40.3m on its new manufacturing operation in Faribault, Minnesota, it has been revealed. The Minnesota Department of Employment…
31st August 2018
California votes to restrict HFC use
USA: California has voted to pass the California Cooling Act which will restrict the use of high GWP HFC refrigerants and other HFC compounds. Approval…
31st August 2018
Carel builds new Chinese factory
[caption id="attachment_47901" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Luciano Marzaro, MD of Carel Electronic Suzhou and Alberto Catullo, Carel’s regional CEO North APAC (centre) help perform the cornerstone-laying ceremony[/caption]…
30th August 2018
A-Gas warning on cheap refrigerant
GERMANY: A-Gas has warned customers to beware of offers of cut-price refrigerant as these may be stolen or illegal imports. Confirming a break-in at the…
29th August 2018
Supplier hit by 1,000 cylinder heist
[caption id="attachment_47895" align="aligncenter" width="630"] The seized haul is thought to be part of a haul stolen from German refrigerant supplier Arthur Friedrichs Kaeltemittel[/caption] GERMANY: Thieves…
29th August 2018
Seized R22 with nowhere to go
TONGA: Some 30 cylinders of banned HCFC refrigerant R22 are reported to be languishing in Tongan Customs since being seized in September 2013. With no…
29th August 2018
Bulgarian customs seize disposables
BULGARIA: Customs inspectors in the Bulgarian city of Ruse, on the border with Romania, have seized 12 illegal disposable cylinders of refrigerant on their way…
28th August 2018
Baltic states hit by illegal imports
[caption id="attachment_47883" align="aligncenter" width="630"] The Bridge of Friendship over the Narova River is one of the links between Estonia and Russia.[/caption] EUROPE: The illegal import…
27th August 2018
Factory owner dies in ammonia leak
THAILAND: The owner of an ice factory in southern Thailand is reported to have died after an ammonia gas leak at his plant yesterday (August…
27th August 2018
Exkal opens new Chinese factory
CHINA: Spanish commercial refrigeration manufacturer Exkal has opened a new 11,000m² factory in Nantong, China. Founded in 2005 with its headquarters in Marcilla, in the…