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 3 Jun 2015

Interview with Eric Delforge

In 2012, eurammon, the initiative for natural refrigerants, founded the ammonia working group. 
 13 May 2015

Cool solution for an eco-friendly bakery

The Maurer Bakery is a family bakery and retail business preparing bread and other products that are chilled or frozen for onward distribution to the company’s network of 42 bakery-café outlets in Germany. 
 21 Apr 2015

Star Refrigeration delivers eco-friendly refrigeration package for Farmfoods

Frozen food specialist Farmfoods has called on Star Refrigeration to deliver an environmentally conscious refrigeration package using zero carbon ammonia at its new Bristol facility. 
 10 Mar 2015

Ecodesign and HVACR

Mike Lawrence, chairman of the FETA Board, explains why the Ecodesign Directive is an important piece of legislation across the EU member states. 
 4 Mar 2015

Danfoss: growing opportunities in green data centres

To store the increasing amount of valuable data, government agencies, banks and large companies are investing in green data centres, and the market is expected to grow at an annual rate of more than 27%. 
 24 Feb 2015

Airedale International helps BAE Systems Warton to save energy

Through an extensive programme of capacity control upgrades at one of its major Military Air & Information sites in North West England, global defence, aerospace and security company BAE Systems has achieved annual savings of 70-80% on computer room air conditioning energy consumption at its Warton site, equivalent to £350,000. 
 5 Feb 2015

Cable & Wireless signs a $3.2m deal to install SolarCool

Bahamas Telecommunications Company Ltd (BTC), which became part of the Cable & Wireless group in 2011, has signed a $3.2m deal to install SolarCool air-conditioning systems across many of its Bahamian locations in the months ahead. 
 26 Jan 2015

Balancing heat in future buildings

Building owners and managers are increasingly seeking out climate control solutions that achieve high levels of energy efficiency while maintaining indoor comfort. 
 26 Jan 2015

Energy costs at fruit and veg store cut by 25%

Intelligent controls from Resource Data Management are saving fruit and vegetable distributor Sharrocks 25% in refrigeration running costs at its new fresh produce facility.The cold store, at the company’s headquarters near Preston, is being cooled ... 
 15 Dec 2014

Calsonic Kansei achieves major water and energy savings with adiabatic technology

Automotive components manufacturer, Calsonic Kansei, is saving tens of thousands of pounds in cooling costs thanks to an advanced energy and water saving solution from IsoCool. 
 3 Dec 2014

Energy savings up to 51 per cent from upgrading condensers

This trial demonstrates how the addition of ebm-papst’s new AxiTop diffuser to existing EC HyBlade axial fans can provide significant energy savings from 15 per cent to 51 per cent on condenser packs running at part load and even improvements of 26 per cent at full load. 
 2 Dec 2014

Farmfoods opens new frozen food warehouse in Bristol

ISD Solutions is completing work on a new frozen food distribution centre for frozen food retailer Farmfoods. 
 4 Nov 2014

Upgrading condensers offers energy savings

This trial demonstrates how the addition of ebm-papst’s new AxiTop diffuser to existing EC HyBlade axial fans can provide significant energy savings from 15 per cent to 51 per cent on condenser packs running at part load and even improvements of 26 per cent at full load. 
 29 Oct 2014

The search for the ‘silver bullet’ of refrigeration continues…

There still remains no ‘silver bullet’ within the refrigeration industry speakers told delegates at the Greening of Refrigeration seminar hosted by fan manufacturer ebm-papst. 
 8 Sep 2014

Data centres behind the times on energy monitoring and solutions

The UK data centre industry is lagging behind when it comes to monitoring energy efficiency and adopting simple energy saving technologies. 
 8 Sep 2014

Variable speed drives cut hospital energy bill

Bedford hospital is set to save around £15,000 a year on air handling costs following the installation of variable-speed drives (VSDs) by ABB authorised value provider Inverter Drive Systems (IDS). 
 4 Aug 2014

Scottish Parliament Building gets fan upgrade

ebm-papst UK and Airedale International recently worked together to provide the Scottish Parliament Building with a reduction of approximately 50% in power consumption on its computer room cooling. 
 18 Jul 2014

Scottish renewables grow 17%

The amount of heat generated by renewable sources in Scotland grew by 17% during 2013, according to the latest figures from the Energy Saving Trust.The figures compiled on behalf of Scottish Government showed the amount of heat generated from ... 
 18 Jul 2014

Free cooling at the UK’s largest office park

A high resilience cooling system from British cooling specialist, Airedale International, is outperforming targeted energy savings at a new 1,066 square metre data centre at Cobalt Park, the UK’s largest office park in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.Airedale ... 
 18 Jul 2014

Car park ventilation system overhauled

The NCP car park in Drury Lane, Covent Garden, has been refurbished with variable-speed drives (VSDs) from ABB, giving better control of the ventilation system and more energy efficiency. The car park, which offers 330 parking spaces, is sited in ... 
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