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USA: A fire at a YMCA in Abington, Pennsylvania, is being blamed on a GE air conditioner which was the subject of a recall in…

BELGIUM: European contractors organisation AREA has updated its guidance on minimum requirements for contractors’ training and certification on low GWP Refrigerants. The revision includes lists…

FRANCE: Although set up primarily to eliminate ozone depleting substances, the Montreal Protocol is said to have eliminated 25 times more CO2 emissions than the…

USA: A Connecticut cold storage company has agreed to pay $124,181 to settle claims it violated the US Clean Air Act's chemical release prevention requirements.…

[caption id="attachment_9710" align="alignright" width="200"] Rajan Rajendran will lead Emerson's work at its recently announced Helix innovation centre[/caption] USA: Rajan Rajendran, one of Emerson Climate Technologies…

BELGIUM: A number of powerful manufacturers’ groups are calling for an exemption of spare parts from the Ecodesign requirements for fans. From January 1, 2015,…

PORTUGAL: The number of deaths attributed to the outbreak of legionnaires’ disease in Lisbon has climbed to eight. The number of cases confirmed in the…

GERMANY: Around 90% of HCFCs and high-GWP HFCs could be replaced in developing countries by substances with low or moderate GWP, says a new report…

GERMANY: One of Europe’s leading environmental research institutes has backed R32, HFO blends and propane as the most likely substitute refrigerants for R22 in high…

[caption id="attachment_9648" align="alignright" width="400"] The team behind the new molecule (l to r): Allan Jacobson, Ognjen Miljanić and Olafs Daugulis[/caption] USA: A team of chemistry…

[caption id="attachment_9644" align="alignright" width="400"] Thailand will benefit from $23.9m in grants to reduce its reliance on HCFCs[/caption] THAILAND: The World Bank is to provide Thailand…

BELGIUM: The European chemical industry is calling on parties to next week’s Montreal Protocol meeting in Paris to reach agreement on a global phase down…

UK: The threat of a global black market trade in ozone-depleting refrigerants is greater than ever, according to a new report from the EIA. New…

USA: Refrigerant manufacturer Mexichem says it is considering appealing the US decision not to impose duties on Chinese R134a. The announcement comes after the United…

CHINA: US president Barack Obama has reaffirmed the bilateral agreement with president Xi Jinping of China to phase-down the use of high GWP HFC refrigerants.…

[caption id="attachment_9607" align="alignright" width="400"] A guided tour of the new factory extension during the official opening. Top: The new factory during construction[/caption] GERMANY: Fan and…

USA: Johnson Controls’ air conditioning joint venture deal with Hitachi is not now likely to happen until the first half of next year. Johnson Controls…

PORTUGAL: A process refrigeration cooling tower at a fertiliser factory is thought to be the source of a legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Lisbon that has…

BANGLADESH: A second man has died following the chiller explosion at the Six Seasons Hotel in Gulshan, Dhaka, last Friday. Engineer Sohel Rana, 24, who…

USA: The majority of air-conditioners and heat pumps in the US are performing below rated energy efficiency levels due to installation faults. The claims made…

DENMARK: Danfoss’s newly released version of its Compass replacement compressor database has been extended to include condensing units. By indicating a few letters of the…

[caption id="attachment_9548" align="alignright" width="400"] Cuba is about to start a revolution in the destruction of ozone depleting refrigerants in Latin America[/caption] CUBA: The first plant…

[caption id="attachment_9544" align="alignright" width="350"] Nearly 43,000 visitors attended the last AHE Expo in New York last year[/caption] USA: The AHR Expo and ASHRAE winter conference…

[caption id="attachment_9538" align="alignright" width="350"] At the signing ceremony (l to r): Hideyuki Ariyasu,ceo, Hitachi Plant Qatar; Kunizo Sakai, vice president and executive officer, president and…

USA: Brussels-based marketing company Shecco has launched a monthly news magazine in the USA covering natural refrigerants. Best known as the organiser of the Atmosphere…

BANGLADESH: An engineer has died and two others injured when an air conditioning chiller exploded in Dhaka yesterday. Reports indicate that the incident happened while…

USA: An Ohio man has been sentenced to nearly two years in prison for releasing R22 refrigerant to atmosphere. Martin C Eldridge III, 35, pleaded…