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15 Dec 2006
Magnetics prove attractive
MAGNETIC refrigeration could provide the answer to combating rising energy bills and improving consumption, according to an article in the Guardian.
8 Dec 2006
New force in industrial fans
RENOWNED as a manufacturer of domestic ventilation, Xpelair has entered the industrial fan market with a range of products targeted at its existing blue-chip client base, UK refurbishment, new build and key overseas markets.
8 Dec 2006
Raising the humidity issue
THE HEVAC Association's Humidity Group has produced another Code of Best Practice document, this time covering live steam humidification.
8 Dec 2006
Tube air con solution moves closer
LONDON Underground is getting closer to solving the problem of excessive heat on the Tube.
8 Dec 2006
Sporlan agent moves north
PARKER Hannifin is relocating all its UK refrigeration and air conditioning activities - Parker, Sporlan and Virginia KMP - to the Virginia KMP site in Brampton, Barnsley.
8 Dec 2006
Major contractor in takeover talks
CHESHIRE-based contractor Worthington Nicholls is understood to be in take-over talks with two UK companies and is looking into the possibility of acquiring two further targets. Earlier this year, the firm bought Project Air for £4.6.
1 Dec 2006
SkillCard: time for renewal?
THE operator of the Engineering Services SkillCard has introduced a simple renewal process for those holders with cards reaching their expiry date. Since being introduced in late 2001, thousands of cards have been issued to individuals across the hvacr sector. The first tranche of these cards are now reaching their expiry date.
1 Dec 2006
Carrier increases Chinese investment
CARRIER is reported to be investing up to $50m in research and development in China over the next three to five years.
1 Dec 2006
Energy gap threatening businesses
THE energy gap in the UK is widening faster than expected and will have a significant impact on businesses and industry in the future, a new report states.
1 Dec 2006
Energy advice in the north
CONCERN about climate change and the growing need for organisations in the public and private sectors to make energy savings have led energy management and engineering company Efficient Air to open new offices and a training centre in the north of England.
1 Dec 2006
Alternative Refrigerants: The sweetest heat transfer medium?
According to Peter Dinnage, business development manager of IDS Refrigeration, the search for more environmentally-acceptable heat transfer fluids for use in hvac systems is intensifying month by month
1 Dec 2006
Editors Comment: Facts, or a prediction of the world in spin?
THE publication of the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change certainly caused a stir in the press last month, predicting, as it did, a very bleak future unless we can get to grips with global warming.
1 Dec 2006
Refrigeration Controls an Instrumentation; The system shrink
Mike Creamer of Business Edge has discovered an electronic system analyser that also takes the sweat out of service and commissioning work
1 Dec 2006
SHOP TALK
A round-up of supermarket news and gossip
1 Dec 2006
Alternative Refrigerants: Refrigerant conversion bears fruit
ACTING on the advice of its refrigeration contractor Dresdner Kuhlanlagenbau and DuPont Refrigerants, German harbour logistics company, Hamburger Hafen Logistik (AG) (HHLA) is already addressing forthcoming refrigerant legislation by initiating a pilot project to convert several refrigerated warehouses to the non-ozone-depleting Isceon refrigerant. It is the first company at the harbour development in Hamburg to do so.
1 Dec 2006
Alternative Refrigerants: The natural choice?
THE European Union’s F-Gas Directive goes into effect in July 2007. Among other things, it stipulates that refrigeration and air conditioning facilities be regularly maintained and checked for leak tightness by qualified personnel. All service work must be continuously documented and traceable. The object of these regulations is to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases.
1 Dec 2006
Alternative Refrigerants: A gas for all seasons
WITH time running out for R22, many are considering turning to “drop-in” replacements as an immediate answer to their problem.
1 Dec 2006
Product Developments: Big two go head-to-head with domestic heat pump systems
Market leading air conditioning manufacturers Daikin and Mitsubishi Electric have both entered the domestic heating/cooling market with heat-pump-based systems supplying underfloor heating coils.
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