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 12 Jul 2022

Fantastic turnout for Star Refrigeration Scottish Roadshow

Engineers, contractors and business owners from the food and drink manufacturing, cold storage, pharma, petrochemical and ice rink sectors took advantage of Star Refrigeration’s free CPD events on 14 and 16 June 2022. The delegates arrived at Curl ... 
 12 Jul 2022

IOR President highlights opportunities and challenges for RACHP at IOR Annual Dinner 

IOR president, Mike Creamer FInstR, addressed members and guests at the IOR Annual Dinner, which took place in London on 30 June 2022. The speech was an opportunity to remind everyone of the importance of the refrigeration, air-conditioning and heat ... 
 12 Jul 2022

Buckingham Palace Road landmark upgrades to 2.4MW of Carrier chillers

A major refurbishment of London's iconic 111 Buckingham Palace Road, located near Buckingham Palace and Victoria Station, includes a new air conditioning system with high-efficiency Carrier screw chillers.... 
 4 Jul 2022

Midea delivers Premier League experience

Manchester City clinched the Premier League 2022 in dramatic fashion, and they certainly were a premier host to Midea Cooling & Heating UK, recently.... 
 1 Jul 2022

HVAC & Refrigeration Live returns

Datateam Business Media has announced that HVAC & Refrigeration Live is returning in the spring of 2023 after the pandemic hiatus.... 
 30 Jun 2022

The drive for effective decarbonisation – Daikin’s VRV R32 heat recovery solution

To drive the decarbonisation of buildings forward, new systems should reduce both the direct and indirect CO2eq impact. Daikin has focussed on maximising operational efficiency in real life conditions, minimising the impact. The new solution ... 
Stephen Morley.
 29 Jun 2022

Coolair Equipment expands with new presence in the South West and Wales

Coolair Equipment continues its expansion into new territories by establishing a permanent presence in South Wales. The move will allow the one-stop air-conditioning specialists to service clients in Wales and the South West.... 
Marco Masini.
 28 Jun 2022

Generation change at the top of ASERCOM

The Association of European Refrigeration Component Manufacturers, ASERCOM has appointed Marco Masini as its new president. He succeeds Wolfgang Zaremski, who will step down on 30 June 2022.... 
 27 Jun 2022

Launch of the IOR’s Women in RACHP Network podcast

The IOR's Women in RACHP Network released the first episode of its podcast "The States of Matter" on 23 June 2022 to mark International Women in Engineering Day.... 
Willis Carrier and the world's first centrifugal chiller.
 27 Jun 2022

Carrier celebrates 100th anniversary of founder’s invention of centrifugal chiller

On the evening of May 22, 1922, 300 people were invited by Willis Haviland Carrier to a sheet metal shop in Newark, New Jersey, for a free meal and a boxing match followed by the unveiling of the first centrifugal chiller technology. Today, Carrier ... 
 27 Jun 2022

Panasonic provides 5-Star heating and cooling for holiday rentals

The standard for holiday rentals in the UK is high, with a very competitive market post-pandemic. Overall guest comfort is an important factor to ensure a successful year-round holiday rental and having high quality heating and cooling can be the ... 
Tom Southall.
 24 Jun 2022

World Refrigeration Day: UK cold storage capacity now tops 40 million m3

To celebrate World Refrigeration Day 2022 on 26 June, the Cold Chain Federation has revealed that the UK cold storage capacity of the Federation’s members now tops 40 million cubic metres at 40,860,853m3 or the equivalent to the bowl volume of 35 ... 
 24 Jun 2022

New appointments at ICS Cool energy sales division

ICS Cool Energy, an international market leader specialising in complete temperature control solutions for manufacturing process and facilities applications, announced today new appointments within its sales division management team:... 
 22 Jun 2022

Competence and compliance award can reinforce safety message

A new award launched by the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has been designed to give contractors an extra incentive to prepare for dramatic changes to safety legislation.... 
 21 Jun 2022

Haier HVAC Solutions sponsors 19th Fina World Championships Budapest 2022

Haier HVAC Solutions is sponsoring the 19th FINA World Championships Budapest 2022 for swimming, artistic swimming, open water swimming, diving and water polo. Tens of thousands of tickets have been sold for the championships taking place in Hungary,... 
 21 Jun 2022

Women innovators vital for biggest engineering challenges

The number of women coming into engineering professions is growing and they are bringing crucial skills needed to tackle the biggest global challenges, according to the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA).... 
 21 Jun 2022

Grenfell is the building industry’s Piper Alpha says CIBSE

The recent passage of the Building Safety Act is a welcome recognition of the fact that making safe buildings is a highly skilled operation says the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers, endorsing the need for more effective ... 
 21 Jun 2022

IOR Annual Conference – Call for Abstracts

The 2022 IOR Annual Conference which will be held in Birmingham on 1 December 2022 will be focusing on the UK’s net-zero ambitions and what the RACHP industry is putting in place to meet these targets.... 
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