News Headlines
3rd February 2026
Trane collaborates on oil-free compressor technology
USA: Trane has announced a strategic collaboration to accelerate next generation, oil-free centrifugal compressor technology for commercial HVAC applications.
31st January 2026
Modine $1bn spin-off sharpens climate solutions focus
USA: Modine has entered into a definitive agreement to spin-off its Performance Technologies business to become a pure-play climate solutions company.
31st January 2026
Beijer Ref 2025 sales up 3.9%
SWEDEN: Beijer Ref has reported stable growth in 2025 with record-high cash flow and EBITA margin.
3rd February 2026
Trane collaborates on oil-free compressor technology
USA: Trane has announced a strategic collaboration to accelerate next generation, oil-free centrifugal compressor technology for commercial HVAC applications.
1st February 2026
“Natural” refrigerants in data centres
BELGIUM: The “natural” refrigerants market accelerator Atmosphere ((formerly Shecco) has published a new report giving an overview of the state of “clean cooling” in the data centre sector.
31st January 2026
Modine $1bn spin-off sharpens climate solutions focus
USA: Modine has entered into a definitive agreement to spin-off its Performance Technologies business to become a pure-play climate solutions company.
3rd February 2026
IOR members gain access to CIBSE events
UK: Members of the Institute of Refrigeration (IOR) will be able to attend number of key Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) events this year at a discounted rate.
3rd February 2026
MP visits Vaillant heat pump facility
UK: MP Katie White, the parliamentary under secretary of state at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, recently visited Vaillant’s heat pump factory at Belper, Derbyshire.
30th January 2026
Work begins on new Lawton Tubes HQ
UK: Lawton Tubes has broken ground on its new £20m state-of-the-art headquarters in Coventry.
3rd February 2026
Digital hub for smarter buildings
USA: The Trane Cloud is a new digital hub which Trane Technologies says is designed to transform how building operators, facility teams, and energy managers interact with their buildings.
3rd February 2026
Carrier’s latest chillers and heat pumps
USA: Carrier’s latest additions to its line of water-cooled screw chillers and water-sourced heat pumps are the AquaForce 23XW and 23XQ.
2nd February 2026
York two-stage economised centrifugal chiller
USA: Johnson Controls is previewing the new high-density, compact York YK-HT two-stage economised centrifugal chiller at AHR Expo this week.
1st February 2026
CERN’s LHC cooling system supplies local heat network
FRANCE: Waste heat from the cooling system of CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is supplying a local residential and commercial heating network.
16th December 2025
Arup HQ switches to heat pumps
UK: Consultant Arup has significantly reduced the carbon footprint at its London headquarters by replacing gas boilers and R134a chillers with air-source heat pumps.
1st December 2025
Trane heat pumps land savings at Schipol Airport
NETHERLANDS: Trane heat pumps are combined with thermal energy storage (TES) systems in commercial office buildings located at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport.
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.
31st August 2025
Cooling at an AI crossroads
Piergiorgio Tagliapietra, senior director of application engineering thermal management EMEA at critical infrastructure technologies company Vertiv, looks at how AI workloads are reshaping data centre cooling requirements.
30th January 2026
Women in RACHP to hold training day
UK: The Institute of Refrigeration’s Women in RACHP Network is to hold a training day in Manchester in March, covering the principles and practical aspects…
18th January 2026
TrainME tool offers training pathway
UK: Mitsubishi Electric has launched TrainME, a new digital tool designed to provide installers, plumbers and engineers with a clear, structured pathway to becoming a professional heat pump installer.
11th January 2026
UCL event to consider domestic AC challenge
UK: A special event at the University College (UCL) will discuss whether the UK should embrace air conditioning in the face of climate change.