News Headlines
2nd March 2026
Heat pump sales up 11% across European 16
BELGIUM: Heat pump sales grew by 11% across 16 European countries on average last year, according to preliminary data from the European Heat Pump Association (EHPA).
26th February 2026
MPs to examine climate impact of data centres
UK: MPs have launched an inquiry into the environmental impacts of data centres in the UK, with energy secretary Ed Miliband claiming that their future energy demand “remains inherently uncertain”.
24th February 2026
Solstice fends off 1234yf patent challenge
USA: Solstice has successfully fought off another challenge to its patents on the car air conditioning refrigerant R1234yf.
2nd March 2026
Heat pump sales up 11% across European 16
BELGIUM: Heat pump sales grew by 11% across 16 European countries on average last year, according to preliminary data from the European Heat Pump Association (EHPA).
28th February 2026
Ampezzan named Lu-Ve COO
ITALY: Heat exchanger product manufacturer Lu-Ve has appointed Michele Ampezzan as chief commercial officer for both its cooling and components product lines.
27th February 2026
EuroShop attracts over 81,000 visitors
GERMANY: This week’s EuroShop exhibition, which ended its five-day run in Düsseldorf yesterday, was visited by over 81,000 trade visitors from 141 countries, according to the organiser.
26th February 2026
BUS applications down in January
UK: Latest government figures show that the 3,264 applications to the Boiler Upgrade Scheme in January was down 11% on January 2025.
26th February 2026
MPs to examine climate impact of data centres
UK: MPs have launched an inquiry into the environmental impacts of data centres in the UK, with energy secretary Ed Miliband claiming that their future energy demand “remains inherently uncertain”.
23rd February 2026
FEM brings back Gram Professional
UK: Glasgow-based refrigeration supplier Foodservice Equipment Marketing is to offer Gram Professional in the UK.
1st March 2026
Real-time control and monitoring of HVAC operations
UK: M-Access is described as a next-generation cloud-based platform developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Thermal Systems to give building owners and operators full visibility of their HVAC operations.
27th February 2026
Carrier 30CF chiller targets data centres
USA: Carrier has introduced the AquaEdge 30CF air-cooled centrifugal chiller, expanding the company's portfolio of integrated thermal management solutions for the data centre market.
25th February 2026
Trane extends R290 heat pump portfolio
BELGIUM: Trane has extended its R290 refrigerant equipment portfolio with the launch of the Flex N HP and Aries N HP air-to-water heat pumps.
26th February 2026
Praise for Panasonic at new Ellis Training site
UK: Ellis Training’s move into a former Methodist church, last year, has transformed the 19th-century building into a leading-edge HVACR training facility.
21st February 2026
Haier VRF keeps Knorr Bremse on track
HUNGARY: Haier VRF systems were chosen for a major upgrade of the heating and cooling requirements of the Budapest offices of Knorr Bremse Rail Systems.
21st February 2026
Vaillant heat pump proven in residential refurb
GERMANY: Heat pump technology, such as Vaillant’s Energy Unit 2.0, is helping to drive the European energy transition in existing multi-family buildings.
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.
24th February 2026
Strategic skills plan published
UK: The Engineering and Building Services Skills Alliance (EBSSA) has published its strategic Sector Skills Plan, a comprehensive document setting out the sector’s skills needs and gaps.
9th February 2026
Mitsubishi Electric expands heat pump training
UK: Mitsubishi Electric is offering a comprehensive suite of LCL Awards-certified, Ofqual-accredited heat pump and low temperature heating training courses at its Hatfield training centre.
6th February 2026
Trane opens sustainable refrigeration centre in India
USA/INDIA: Trane Technologies has collaborated with the Cambridge Institute of Technology (CIT) engineering college to create a new sustainable refrigeration hub in Bengaluru, India.