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11th July 2021
Swedish scheme encourages automotive refrigerant recycling
SWEDEN: A group of Swedish automotive associations are backing efforts to create a sustainable, circular economy for refrigerant recovery and reclamation. The aims of the…
8th July 2021
City Multi Hybrid is match for city Hub hotel
UK: Mitsubishi Electric has provided Edinburgh’s Haymarket Hub hotel with a City Multi Hybrid VRF air conditioning system to deliver energy efficient, controllable comfort. During…
8th July 2021
3-in-1 cooling for advanced data centre
ITALY: A system offering free cooling, adiabatic cooling and DX technologies in one unit is providing cooling to a TIER III type hyperscale data centre…
7th July 2021
Solar fridge provides lifeline for Indian farmers
INDIA: Three portable solar-powered cold rooms have provided a lifeline to small-scale strawberry farmers in India beset by the coronavirus pandemic.
7th July 2021
Ciat takes quiet care
UK: An ultra-low noise Ciat chiller operating on R32 refrigerant is minimising disturbance at Craigavon Area Hospital’s Trauma and Orthopaedic Department. Equipped with the additional…
7th July 2021
Improving supermarket fridge efficiency with robots
UK: A programme aimed at improving the energy efficiency of supermarket refrigeration cabinets is employing robots to emulate the real-world opening and closing of fridge…
2nd July 2021
Ammonia chiller is first choice for First Milk
UK: Star Refrigeration has boosted capacity and efficiency at a cheese chill plant by replacing an ageing R404A cooling system with its latest low-charge ammonia…
22nd June 2021
Green Point pinpoints bad points
UK: Green Point UK, Bitzer’s compressor remanufacturing and services arm, has solved the cause of multiple refrigeration plant failures at a major UK food manufacturing…
21st June 2021
Toshiba Carrier’s rapid response to Covid call
UK: Toshiba Carrier has stepped in at short notice to maintain a comfortable work environment during the rapid roll-out of Covid-19 testing laboratories for NHS…
8th June 2021
Dental crown for Panasonic nanoe
UK: Panasonic’s nanoe X air cleaning technology is to deployed in 27 dental practices operated by Riverdale Healthcare to enhance protection for patients and staff.…
4th June 2021
Elderly at higher indoor heat risk
USA: New research suggests that exposure to extreme indoor heat may be connected to a greater number of heat-related deaths amongst the elderly than previously…
19th May 2021
R449A selected for Olympic trio
CHINA: Three of the venues for next year’s Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games will be employing R449A, the lower GWP alternative to R404A, in…
4th May 2021
Makkah refurb project sees installation of 41 York chillers
SAUDI ARABIA: Al Salem Johnson Controls has undertaken its largest ever chiller replacement project, replacing 44 York chillers at the Makkah Construction and Development Company’s…
2nd May 2021
R1234ze installation has sweet taste of success
ITALY: Chillers running the low GWP HFO refrigerant R1234ze are providing flexible and efficient refrigeration for a new 30,000m2 warehouse of a leading Italian confectionery…
29th April 2021
Chemours’ R513A is San Jose playmaker
USA: Chemours lower GWP refrigerant R513A has been employed in Trane chillers at the home of US National Hockey League team San Jose Sharks. Marketed…
28th April 2021
Cool airflow is more than a feeling
JAPAN: Researchers at Kyushu University and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries have been investigating whether simply changing the direction of an air conditioner vent could improve occupant…
23rd April 2021
Data centre cooled using river water
USA: A 7MW data centre constructed on a barge is being cooled using water from the San Joaquin River on which it stands at Port…
21st April 2021
CO2 systems back Waitrose online service
UK: Preston-based CO2 refrigeration manufacturer Isentra has supplied three dual temperature transcritical CO2 systems for the new Waitrose customer fulfilment centre in Greenford, West London.…
20th April 2021
US retailer adopts R448A for retrofits
USA: American multinational supermarket chain Whole Foods Market is reported to be retrofitting 100 of its US stores to lower GWP HFC/HFO blend refrigerant R448A.…
17th April 2021
Fridges in space
USA: Refrigeration engineers are developing a vapour compression fridge that will work at zero gravity and in different orientations to provide longer-lasting and more nutritious…
14th April 2021
Universal Studios Beijing adopts R448A
USA: Honeywell’s lower GWP refrigerant R448A has been selected for a cold storage warehouse at the Universal Studios Beijing theme park. Part of Universal Beijing…
26th March 2021
Berlin’s Potsdamer Platz to trial high-temperature heat pump
GERMANY: Siemens Energy and German energy provider Vattenfall Wärme Berlin AG have signed an agreement to demonstrate and trial a new large-scale, high-temperature heat pump…
25th March 2021
First in Ireland for Panasonic CO2
IRELAND: Panasonic CO2 condensing units have been installed for the first time in Ireland at a supermarket in Dublin. Five CO2 condensing units – three…
18th March 2021
Solar-powered reefer could save 1,000 litres of fuel per year
BELGIUM: Thermo King has provided its ThermoLite solar panels on 76 new refrigerated trailers of European logistics company ECS. The ThermoLite solar panels provide a…
3rd March 2021
Carrier CO2 reefers used as grocery collection units
SINGAPORE/ESTONIA: Carrier Transicold’s NaturaLine CO2 container refrigeration systems is being used for a novel robotics-based secure outdoor grocery pickup unit. The kiosks, made by Estonian…
18th February 2021
Carrier Rental supports Royal Papworth
UK: Carrier Rental Systems has supplied 1.6MW of auxiliary cooling to maintain ideal temperatures and humidity in critical areas of Royal Papworth Hospital. Royal…
17th February 2021
Danfoss moves to make data centres sustainable
DENMARK: The smart use of cutting-edge technologies in the construction of data centres could see these huge consumers of energy becoming sources of sustainable energy…