World News
16th August 2016
Danfoss sponsors ice hockey league
DENMARK: Danfoss is one of the main sponsors of the Champions Hockey League, Europe’s premier club ice hockey competition. The 2016/17 Champions Hockey League season,…
16th August 2016
Shade switching glass could reduce ac use
USA: A team of researchers at MIT has developed a new window that can switch from transparent to opaque, potentially saving energy by reducing the…
14th August 2016
US ac shipments improve in June
USA: US Shipments of both central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps showed significant increases in June, according to figures released by the AHRI. Combined…
14th August 2016
Gree on standby for Olympics
BRAZIL: Air conditioning manufacturer Gree has a service team on standby at the Rio Olympic Games after equipping a number of Olympic venues with its…
14th August 2016
HFO developer named ACS Fellow
USA: Arkema's Dr Robert Syvret has been made a Fellow of the American Chemistry Society for his role in the development of the HFOs 1234yf…
11th August 2016
Ohio man jailed for venting refrigerant
USA: A 48-year-old Ohio man has been sentenced to 4½ years in prison and a fine of over $29,000 for the illegal venting of refrigerant.…
10th August 2016
Emerson goes small to hit new energy targets
USA: Emerson Climate Technologies is expanding its existing Copeland compressor and condensing unit ranges to meet new energy reduction standards. By 2017, the US Department…
10th August 2016
Daikin targets Egyptian market
EGYPT: Air conditioning manufacturer Daikin has established Daikin Airconditioning Egypt SAE in partnership with Egyptian private equity firm BPE Partners. Daikin established the Egyptian subsidiary…
10th August 2016
Court rejects refrigeration efficiency action
USA: Manufacturers of commercial refrigeration equipment must comply with new US energy efficiency standards by March 2017 after a US court rejected a challenge from…
9th August 2016
10% increase on non-refillable cylinder prices
USA: Cylinder manufacturer Worthington Industries has announced a 10% increase on the price of all its non-refillable refrigerant cylinders. Effective with shipments starting on September…
9th August 2016
SRF to double R32 production
INDIA: Chemical company SRF is to spend an estimated €22m on a new R32 refrigerant plant at Dahej in Gujarat. The new plant will be…
9th August 2016
India tests expose ac inefficiencies
INDIA: A sustainable energy group has called for a revision of air conditioning energy consumption standards in India after tests showed huge inefficiencies at higher…
4th August 2016
$5.2bn Emerson sales to fund acquisitions
USA: Emerson, manufacturers of Copeland refrigeration and ac compressors, could be on the acquisition trail after selling three of its businesses for $5.2bn. On Tuesday,…
3rd August 2016
Manufacturers warn of unapproved retrofits
With the move towards a phase down of HFCs, manufacturing groups have warned against using unapproved refrigerants in equipment not designed for their use. The…
3rd August 2016
IIR forms careers working group
[caption id="attachment_17068" align="alignright" width="200"] Catarina Marques: chairing the new careers working group[/caption] FRANCE: The International Institute of Refrigeration has established a new working group to…
3rd August 2016
$2.5m funding for refrigeration battery
USA: Axiom Exergy, a California-based developer of thermal energy storage systems, has raised $2.5m towards the development of its Refrigeration Battery for grocery stores and…
2nd August 2016
Chemours to stay in Wilmington
USA: After months of discussions refrigerant manufacturer Chemours has announced that its global headquarters will remain in Wilmington, Delaware. Chemours currently owns and operates from…
31st July 2016
Air conditioning boost for Mitsubishi sales
JAPAN: Increased sales of Mitsubishi Electric air conditioning has helped offset a sales decrease across the group for the first fiscal quarter of the year…
31st July 2016
R410A “drop-ins” match performance
[caption id="attachment_16331" align="alignright" width="220"] Tests with DR-5A have previously been carried out on a Trane Precedent rooftop heat pump with similar results[/caption] FRANCE: Two new…
31st July 2016
“Rethink energy” is heat pump theme
SWEDEN: Rethink Energy, Act Now will be the theme of the 12th IEA Heat Pump Conference to be held from May 15-18, 2017, at the…
28th July 2016
Woman crushed at York ac plant
USA: A 37-year-old woman has died after reportedly being crushed at Johnson Controls’ York air conditioning plant in York, Pennsylvania. Local reports, confirmed by the York…
28th July 2016
Emerson to extend low GWP offering
USA: Emerson Climate Technologies is updating its Copeland compressor range in the light of the move to allow the wider use of natural and alternative…
27th July 2016
Carrier sells 150th AquaEdge chiller to China
CHINA: Carrier has sold its 150th two-stage AquaEdge 19XR centrifugal chiller into China. Carrier Air Conditioning Sales & Service (Shanghai) reached the milestone following an…
27th July 2016
Carel sales up over 12%
ITALY: Controls and humidification equipment manufacturer Carel has recorded sales of €203.5m in 2015, a 12.8% increase on the previous year. Growth is said to…
26th July 2016
Petition calls for government removal of ac
[caption id="attachment_24168" align="alignright" width="300"] John Kerry: feeling the heat[/caption] USA: An online petition calling for the removal of air conditioning from all US government owned…
26th July 2016
Leaders call for tougher energy targets
[caption id="attachment_12688" align="alignright" width="380"] Danfoss' Niels B Christiansen calling for tougher energy targets[/caption] BELGIUM: The heads of leading RAC equipment manufacturers are amongst leaders of…
26th July 2016
ASHRAE membership hits 14-year high
USA: Membership of ASHRAE is said to have exceeded 56,000 – its highest level for 14 years. While some industry societies are struggling to retain…