Features
19th October 2022
Tool calculates CO2 emissions from buildings
USA: A US team has developed what is claimed to be a first-of-its-kind tool that can calculate how much carbon dioxide buildings and homes produce.…
17th October 2022
Dutch wholesaler chooses Haier heat pumps
NETHERLANDS: Haier MRV air-to-air heat pumps are being installed in branches of Dutch HVAC product wholesaler Wasco to replace gas boilers. The 260m2 Wasco branch…
10th October 2022
Toshiba walks the Golden Mile
UK: A combination of Toshiba three-pipe and two-pipe VRF systems is providing the ideal conditions for visitors to the new £26m Water and Leisure Centre…
5th October 2022
Solar provides 2.4MW to two NJ cold stores
USA: Rooftop solar installations will provide a total of 2.4MW of energy to two cold storage facilities in New Jersey. The installations were carried out…
4th October 2022
MHI delivers R1234ze(E) chillers to Marina Bay
SINGAPORE: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has delivered two R1234ze(E) centrifugal chillers with a total cooling capacity of 8,400RT to Singapore’s Marina Bay district cooling facility. The…
20th September 2022
Passive cooling idea uses three technologies
USA: An innovative system developed at MIT, which combines thermal insulation with evaporative and radiative cooling technologies, could reduce the load of air conditioners in buildings.
19th September 2022
Keeping fish fresh with slurry ice
GERMANY/ICELAND: Bitzer Ecoline tandem compressors are playing their part in extending the shelf life of fish for an Icelandic fishing company. The compressors, supplied by…
19th September 2022
Daikin VRV 5 contributes to green building award
FRANCE: Daikin VRV 5 series heat pump air conditioners are contributing to the low carbon footprint of a new commercial office complex in Grenoble. A…
18th August 2022
VFDs contribute to CO2 refrigeration efficiency
UK/NORWAY: Variable frequency drives from Welshpool-based Invertek Drives have been retrofitted to a CO2 based HVACR system at a hospital in Trondheim, Norway. A total…
15th August 2022
VFD retrofit saves 35% in energy costs
UK/COSTA RICA: Variable frequency drives retrofitted to a supermarket refrigeration system in Costa Rica is said to have achieved energy savings of 35%. Specialist US-based…
12th August 2022
Daikin R1234ze chiller boost for CERN
SWITZERLAND: Daikin has recently been involved in the commissioning of three water-cooled R1234ze chiller units at CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research and home of the Large Hadron Collider.
8th August 2022
Kaltra R1234ze chiller is Scotland bound
GERMANY: Kaltra has delivered an 800kW air-cooled chiller running on low GWP refrigerant R1234ze to an unnamed customer in Scotland. The chiller from German manufacturer…
3rd August 2022
Flexible heat pump offers increased efficiency
UK: Researchers from the University of Glasgow have developed a new type of flexible heat pump with integrated heat storage. In a new paper, published in…
31st July 2022
Propane refrigeration a boon for Dutch supermarket
NETHERLANDS: The latest Boon’s Markt local supermarket in the Dutch village of Wolphaartsdijk is using a range of Freor propane refrigeration and freezer cabinets operating with…
24th July 2022
Airedale US factory wins significant data centre order
USA: Airedale has confirmed a significant order with data centre giant Corscale for its 130-acre Gainesville Crossing Data Campus in Northern Virginia.
20th July 2022
Coal mine leads a green revolution
UK: An ammonia heat pump from German manufacturer GEA is being used in a project using the water in an abandoned coal mine to supply a…
18th July 2022
Heat exchanger surface design could improve efficiency
USA: Researchers at MIT claim to have found a way to improve the efficiency of systems with a specially tailored surface treatment for heat exchanger…
11th July 2022
Carrier CaaS offer for new financial centre
USA: Carrier is to own and operate the heating and air conditioning plant in a Cooling-as-a-Service initiative for a major new financial centre in Pittsburgh. In…
6th July 2022
Subway rides savings on R290 refrigeration
USA: Test installations of R290 self-contained refrigeration systems in walk-in coolers at two Subway restaurants in Connecticut are said to have shown average energy savings…
13th June 2022
Bitzer screws in novel data cooling project
GERMANY: Italian manufacturer HiRef SpA is using Bitzer screw compressors to cool a computing centre adiabatically with air-to-air heat exchangers. HiRef SpA, a specialist in…
13th June 2022
Evaporative humidifier boosts data centre cooling
UK: The Condair ME evaporative humidifier is helping UK manufacturer Weatherite reduce cooling system energy consumption for its data centre and telecoms clients by up…
10th June 2022
Toshiba achieves BREEAM landmark
UK: 120 Cannon Street, a landmark office building in the City of London, has been equipped with Toshiba heat recovery VRF air conditioning as part…
9th June 2022
Variable speed shows 29% saving in freezer tests
USA: Variable speed Embraco compressors are said to have shown a 29% energy saving in comparative trials with fixed speed units in Hussmann retail freezers.…
3rd June 2022
York chillers in R513A side-by-side trial
USA: A chiller retrofitted with the lower GWP refrigerant R513A is being trialled in a side-by-side comparison with a similar chiller running on R134a at the University of Kansas.
24th May 2022
Panasonic CO2 refrigeration makes prime cut
UK: Keen to increase sustainability in refrigeration at its new butchery in Devon, Riverford Organic Farm is now benefiting from the installation of four 10HP…
18th May 2022
Carrier chillers in Manchester landmark building
UK: Three Carrier AquaForce are supplying 2.4MW of cooling to Manchester Goods Yard, a new landmark building in the heart of Manchester’s St. John’s regeneration…
5th May 2022
Migros store benefits from Freor R290 cabinets
LITHUANIA/SWITERLAND: Freor, the Lithuanian manufacturer of commercial refrigeration equipment, has seen the successful installation of its R290 refrigeration cabinets at a new Migros supermarket. Migros, the…