News Headlines
13th November 2026
European HFC phase-out remains on track
DENMARK: The European HFC phase-out remained on track in 2025, with the amount of HFCs legitimately placed on the market 2% below the maximum quantity allowed by the F-gas regulation.
12th November 2026
Belgium warns of new Danfoss controller vulnerabilities
EUROPE: Belgium’s national cyber security authority has advised removing direct public internet exposure of Danfoss’ AK-SM800A refrigeration controllers after six new vulnerabilities were identified.
11th November 2026
A-Gas warns of contaminated refrigerant
NEW ZEALAND: A-Gas New Zealand has raised concerns over contaminated illegally-imported refrigerant being sold through online marketplaces and social media.
14th November 2026
Solstice to trial non-PFAS blowing agent
USA: Solstice claims to have reached a key milestone for a next-generation foam blowing agent and plans to begin customer trials in early 2027.
14th November 2026
US shipments of AC and heat pump up 27.3%
USA: US shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps grew again in September, up 27.3% on September 2025 to 673,286 units.
13th November 2026
European HFC phase-out remains on track
DENMARK: The European HFC phase-out remained on track in 2025, with the amount of HFCs legitimately placed on the market 2% below the maximum quantity allowed by the F-gas regulation.
13th November 2026
IOR Scotland celebrates apprentice success
UK: Aidan Hamilton of Carters was named the Institute of Refrigeration Scotland’s Apprentice of the Year at the recent annual dinner in Glasgow.
10th November 2026
Lamb and Parris elected to IOR board
UK: Rob Lamb of Star Refrigeration and Sam Parris of WAVE have been elected to the Institute of Refrigeration’s board of trustees.
9th November 2026
Harling to retire from Williams Refrigeration
UK: Malcolm Harling, sales and marketing director at Williams Refrigeration, is set to retire at the end of December, after over 25 years with the company.
14th November 2026
60MW AI factory cooling reference architecture
USA: Daikin Applied has announced a 60MW cooling blueprint for AI factories based on the NVIDIA DSX AI factory platform with NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72.
12th November 2026
Mitsubishi’s Little One targets new homes
UK: Mitsubishi Electric is launching a new compact Ecodan R290 air-to-water heat pump designed specifically for Britain’s new houses.
3rd November 2026
Indoor ground-source R290 heat pump
GERMANY: Viessmann has expanded its heat pump portfolio with the new Vitocal 300-G intelligent energy, an indoor ground-source heat pump.
23rd October 2026
Court installation judges R290 chillers
UK: Panasonic has supplied six 80kW ECOi-W Aqua-G Blue R290 chillers as part of a major cooling infrastructure upgrade at Leeds Magistrates Court.
19th October 2026
Wiesbaden supermarket is all CO2
GERMANY: A recently reopened supermarket in Wiesbaden claims to be the first to use CO2 refrigerant in all its commercial refrigeration, heating and air conditioning.
17th October 2026
Caverion stands out at Dusseldorf exhibition site
GERMANY: Caverion is to install the ventilation, refrigeration, plumbing, and compressed air systems for the renovation and expansion of Hall 9 at the Düsseldorf exhibition centre.
3rd May 2026
Skills gap: the answer’s already on the van
Will Overton, director of Vectis Refrigeration and founder of the Wisdom Group FM, argues that the skills gap in refrigeration and HVAC is not a training problem: it is a knowledge capture problem.
14th December 2025
When glycol loops go bad
David McKune, corporate account manager of Ecolab EU, a global sustainability leader offering water, hygiene and infection prevention solutions and services, discusses the hidden risks of ignoring coolant health in AI-era data centres.
2nd November 2025
Who really owns the S&M data?
Digital job systems and client portals have transformed service and maintenance efficiency, but they have also blurred the line between compliance reporting and intellectual property.
13th November 2026
Danfoss begins shipping training benches
DENMARK: The first refrigeration training benches from Danfoss’ Next Generation Installers initiative have left Danfoss headquarters in Nordborg, Denmark, on their way to technical schools around the world.
11th November 2026
IOR extends training outreach programme
UK: The Institute of Refrigeration (IOR) is to extend its education outreach programme, which supports the development of the skills pipeline for the RACHP sector, for a further year.
11th November 2026
Carrier promotes green careers to Sussex students
UK: Sussex secondary school students were recently introduced to sustainable heating and cooling technologies and the career opportunities they provide in a special presentation by Carrier Commercial HVAC.