Features
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…
11th February 2021
LG air conditioners make net zero home
USA: LG air conditioning units are incorporated in the New American Remodel (TNAR), one of the energy efficient net zero show homes of the 2021…
3rd February 2021
CO2 heat pump to provide simultaneous heating and cooling
GERMANY: Engie Refrigeration is to install a Thermeco2 high-temperature CO2 heat pump to provide simultaneous heating and cooling to the Ludwigsburg council offices, near Stuttgart.…
31st January 2021
Five Daikin R1234ze chillers serve German factory
GERMANY: Five Daikin screw inverter chillers totalling 3,450kW and running on low GWP refrigerant R1234ze have been employed in the new Engelbert Strauss CI factory…
22nd January 2021
Tower project employs new air volume control system
JAPAN: A new 21-storey office block in Yokohama is to incorporate an optimal air volume control air conditioning system developed by Daikin in collaboration with…
17th January 2021
Underfloor AC transforms former warehouse
UK: An underfloor air conditioning system installed in a refurbished 1930s warehouse and former clothing factory in London has received a BREEAM ‘Excellent’ rating. Completed…
12th January 2021
Carrier fan coils in prestige London development
UK: A total of 816 Carrier fan coil units have been supplied to the latest prestige London mixed-use development at Goodman’s Fields. The transformation of…
22nd December 2020
Toshiba takes lead role in Liverpool Music Academy
UK: The new Liverpool Music Academy (LMA), which is co-owned by singer Robbie Williams, has adopted the latest R32-based air conditioning from Toshiba. The project…