News Headlines
9th May 2024
Daikin chairman Inoue to retire
JAPAN: Daikin Industries’ executive chairman and global group representative executive officer Noriyuki Inoue is set to retire at the age of 89 after 67 years with the company.
8th May 2024
Solid refrigerant system attracts $8m investment
USA: A startup developing high-efficiency heat pumps, air conditioners and refrigerators based on solid refrigerant technology has raised $8m from investors.
8th May 2024
US stores slow to adopt HFC-free technology
USA: US supermarkets are accused of a lack of transparency and sluggish adoption of HFC-free refrigeration technology.
12th May 2024
Keeprite to build new Texas plant
USA: Keeprite Refrigeration is to relocate its Longview, Texas, manufacturing plant to a larger facility in nearby Kilgore.
12th May 2024
US continues crack down on illegal HFCs
USA: US authorities continue to enforce controls on HFCs under the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act, seizing illegal shipments and pursuing illegal importers.
10th May 2024
US manufacturers line up behind R454B
USA: Lennox has become the latest US manufacturer to announce a switch to lower GWP refrigerant R454B across all its residential HVAC products.
9th May 2024
Daikin UK integrates Altherma with smart home technology
UK: Daikin UK is to integrate its Altherma heat pumps with Hive, one of the UK’s leading smart thermostat providers.
8th May 2024
Luke Haile joins Team UK for WorldSkills Lyon
UK: Luke Haile, winner of the WorldSkills UK Gold medal in 2022, is to represent the UK in refrigeration and air conditioning at WorldSkills in Lyon in September.
7th May 2024
Airedale acquires additional space in Bradford
UK: Airedale by Modine, the Leeds-headquartered critical cooling specialists, has purchased a 14.6 acre manufacturing site in nearby Bradford to provide increased production, test, office and storage capabilities.
1st May 2024
JCI-Hitachi’s first cold-climate VRF
USA: Johnson Controls-Hitachi Air Conditioning has launched its first cold-climate VRF heat pump in North America.
1st May 2024
Taking control of commercial HVAC
UK: MELCloud Commercial is Mitsubishi Electric’s new IoT platform that can remotely manage, monitor and control HVAC systems in multiple buildings from one central location.
30th April 2024
Ideal launches commercial R290 heat pump
UK: Ideal Heating Commercial has announced the launch of its next generation R290 Ecomod heat pumps and the imminent launch of a CO2 model.
5th May 2024
Daikin remote leak detection prevents downtime
ITALY: As well as benefitting the environment, the timely detection of a chiller refrigerant leak has saved costs and potential production downtime for a leading aluminium die-casting foundry.
5th May 2024
Bitzer Ecolites provide prime cuts
UK: Three Bitzer Ecolite condensing units running on R454C have been installed at a leading Gloucestershire meat processor, one of the first such projects to be installed in the UK.
3rd May 2024
Marstair tops the bill with R454C
UK: The latest lower GWP Marstair cellar coolers are being employed to service the bars within one of Glasgow’s most historic live music venues.
10th August 2022
Heatwaves and CO2 refrigeration
Following this summer's extreme high temperatures in the UK, Daniel Clark, MD of Isentra, asks whether 130bar transcritical systems have now become a necessity?
1st December 2021
Refrigerant choice in HVAC chillers
In the light of the worldwide phase-down of high GWP refrigerants, Dave Richards, UK head of sales at refrigerant supplier Climalife, looks at the various options available for HVAC chillers.
1st August 2021
The cheapest and greenest energy is the energy we don’t use
Recognising the crucial need to use energy wisely, Jürgen Fischer, Danfoss president of Climate Solutions, argues the importance of energy efficiency in the drive to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
8th May 2024
ICS opens product training centre
UK: Critical and process temperature control solutions specialists ICS Cool Energy has opened a new training suite at its facility in Totton, Hampshire.
6th May 2024
HPA hosts refrigerant awareness seminar
UK: The Heat Pump Association (HPA) is to host a free heat pump refrigerant awareness webinar, in collaboration with the InstallerSHOW organiser Elemental.
23rd April 2024
IoR celebrates Lord Kelvin at 200
UK: The Institute of Refrigeration will mark this year’s World Refrigeration Day with a celebration of the achievements and contributions of mechanical refrigeration pioneer Lord Kelvin.