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2 Jun 2014

ECEX urges people to prevent Legionnaires outbreaks this summer

June marks the anniversary of the widespread Legionnaires outbreak which affected 50 people throughout Edinburgh hospitals in 2012.

19 May 2014

SMI assists with South Pole mission

Legendary explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes has praised a Midlands company’s ‘amazing’ thermal insulation equipment which helped to protect his team on an ambitious trek across the South Pole.

28 Apr 2014

Smart tips on HVAC energy saving

New technologically advanced air conditioning systems can play a major part in helping facilities management professionals/building operators to achieve considerable savings in the face of ever-increasing energy bills in commercial/public buildings.

3 Apr 2014

Can we keep the lights on? A BSRIA and ECA event review

There has been much media speculation on the continuity of the UK’s electricity supply with the possibility of usage getting to within 2% of capacity, meaning the very real prospect of power outages and ensuing consequences.

1 Apr 2014

Less than a quarter happy with office temperatures

Less than a quarter of office workers find the temperature in their office comfortable, a survey indicates, with more than a third suggesting they take at least 10 minutes out of work each day due to temperature alone.Office temperature is often a ...

31 Mar 2014

LG Comfort Cooling believes in going the extra mile

LGCC, under director Jez Smith, is a long-standing VRF expert that has been successfully partnering LG since 2005.

26 Mar 2014

Andrews Chiller Hire prevents lost production at nuclear power station

When one of the UK’s largest nuclear power stations started losing supply of its process cooling water a call went out immediately to Andrews Chiller Hire.

17 Mar 2014

R22 – still a sizeable business opportunity

There’s a straightforward £200 million opportunity waiting for contractors, according to HRP group sales director Ralph Alliston.

23 Aug 2012

Battle to save historic ice factory

AN HISTORIC ice factory and its 80-year-old refrigeration equipment have become the subject of a preservation battle.

1 May 2010

Precision Air Conditioning: When close is not close enough

THROUGH simultaneous variable control of temperature, humidity, fan speed and capacity, the latest precision air conditioning can typically provide operators with a 30% increase in system efficiency compared with previous generation close control systems, according to Airedale project coordinator Adam Yarrington.

1 May 2010

Service and maintenance: The write way to make the job flow

REFRIGERATION and air conditioning engineers are not normally employed on the basis of their administrative capabilities. Keeping up to date with new technology is difficult enough without having to keep up with the mundane but vital service and maintenance paperwork that goes with it.

1 May 2010

Editorial: Carbon dioxide: don't suffocate the facts

IT'S an old refrigerant whose time has come again; the gas of choice for supermarkets that is being recommended for a host of other applications, writes Neil Everitt, editor of ACR News

1 May 2010

Service and Maintenance: Flush with success

The banning of R11 forced engineers to look again at methods for flushing a system. Advanced Engineering technical director Colin Pratt warns against the temptation to cut corners.

1 Mar 2010

Where next for refrigerants?

As the dust settles on R22, ACR News asks A-Gas md Ken Logan what gases we may be relying upon in the future.

1 Mar 2010

Refrigerants: Dealing with the pressure

AS A refrigerant with zero ozone depletion and negligible global warming potential, CO2 is expected by many to be the refrigerant of choice for many future applications.

1 Mar 2010

Editorial: Curbing emissions could save the planet

ENVIRONMENTALISTS have come in for so much criticism of late that further comment from me might seem like kicking a man when he is down, writes Neil Everitt, ACR News editor.

1 Jan 2010

All change or just a phase?

Will the development of phase-change materials lead to this technology being considered as an energy efficient cooling/heating option or supplement to conventional ac systems?

1 Dec 2009

Alternative Refrigerants: AREA squares up to alternatives

IN AN advisory paper to the European Commission, AREA has promoted the continuing use of HFCs, questioned the effectiveness of so-called "drop in" replacements for R22 and predicted a massive reduction in greenhouse gas emissions as a result of the F-gas regulations.

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