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31st January 2025
Webinar celebrates women’s cool contributions
EUROPE: Celebrating the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, the EU’s CoolLIFE project is to host a webinar emphasising the contributions of women in the HVACR sector.
31st January 2025
Electrocaloric device drops temperature 8.9ºC
USA: Materials scientists at UCLA are said to have developed a compact cooling technology that can pump away heat continuously using layers of flexing thin films.
31st January 2025
£25m boost to BUS scheme
UK: Encouraged by rising heat pump installations, the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has committed an additional £25m of funding to the Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS).
30th January 2025
UL expands heat pump test facilities in US and Europe
USA/ITALY: Testing, inspection and certification company UL Solutions is to expand its HVAC facilities in Plano, Texas, and Carugate, Italy, to meet demand for heat pump performance and safety evaluations.
29th January 2025
HVACR expert Reinhard Radermacher dies
USA: The Center for Environmental Energy Engineering (CEEE) has reported the sudden death of internationally recognised HVACR expert Reinhard Radermacher.
29th January 2025
Grocers back US challenge to HFC phase down
USA: The USA’s leading association of independent supermarkets has backed a resolution to nullify the US AIM Act to phase down HFC refrigerants.