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 16 Dec 2021

Climate change agreement sees cold storage energy efficiency improve by 19%

New Environment Agency figures show that cold store operators smashed the target set for them to improve the energy efficiency of their cold stores in the past decade, says the Cold Chain Federation. The results are a positive sign coming shortly ... 
 15 Dec 2021

Major hospital in East England lowers carbon f00tprint

ICS Cool Energy has delivered new heating and cooling systems at one of UK’s major hospitals located in eastern England. The project, triggered by the hospital’s decarbonisation initiatives already saves over 95 tonnes of CO2 emissions thanks to the ... 
 15 Dec 2021

Stulz prepares for further growth with its new Benelux corporate headquarters

Stulz, the global mission critical air conditioning specialist, is expanding its presence across the Benelux region with a new corporate headquarters in the Netherlands. Located in the Dutch business centre of Hoofddorp, in the immediate vicinity of ... 
 15 Dec 2021

Diffusion supplies fan coils to 150 Bishopsgate

British heating and cooling equipment specialist Diffusion has provided heating and cooling at One Bishopsgate Plaza at 150 Bishopsgate, London. The company has supplied 980 of varying types and designs of fan coil units to the new 41-storey mixed-... 
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 10 Dec 2021

Tecumseh appoints new CEO

Tecumseh Products Company, a global leader of commercial refrigeration solutions has appointed Jay Pittas as chief executive and two proven industry leaders have taken new commercial management roles.... 
 9 Dec 2021

Call to help the IoR identify the skills for net-zero cooling

Would you like to join an IOR working Group to identify what are the key skills and areas of knowledge needed to support the move towards Net-Zero? The IOR’s Beyond Refrigeration Net Zero initiative identified seven overall issues that our sector ... 
 8 Dec 2021

Carrier invests in UK

Carrier has reaffirmed its commitment to investing in the UK as a key European geography for its advanced air conditioning and heat pump solutions.... 
 7 Dec 2021

Neil Roberts voted the vice president of the BRA

The British Refrigeration Association (BRA) has announced Neil Roberts, senior technical sales manager at refrigerant supplier Climalife, as its new Vice President. This follows the appointment of Mark Hughes as BRA President in July.... 
 6 Dec 2021

The IOR announces the date of the 2022 Annual Dinner

The IOR recently announced that its next Annual Dinner will be held as an ‘in person’ event on 30 June 2022. Traditionally taking place in February, the 121st Annual Dinner has been moved to a summer date to celebrate our industry’s achievements and ... 
 6 Dec 2021

Radisson RED and Radisson Hotel & Conference Centre at Heathrow get high-efficiency AC upgrade

Radisson RED London Heathrow and Radisson Hotel & Conference Centre London Heathrow, the largest hotel at the airport, have been equipped with the latest high-performance CIAT and Toshiba HVAC technology as part of a major refurbishment. The ... 
 6 Dec 2021

Smith retires from Beijer Ref

Beijer Ref has today announced that technical director for Beijer Ref UK and Ireland, John Smith will retire from his full time duties on 24 December 2021.... 
 3 Dec 2021

Honeywell supports decarbonisation of buildings with Danfoss compressors

Honeywell is using its Solstice technology to support a new range of ultra-low global warming potential (GWP) scroll compressors designed and manufactured by Danfoss for heating and cooling applications. The new compressors deliver improved energy ... 
 3 Dec 2021

A-Gas expands environmental services capability with the acquisition of Salience Solutions

A-Gas, the world leader in the supply and lifecycle management of refrigerants and associated services, has acquired the entire business and intellectual property of Salience Solutions. This acquisition adds to A-Gas’ existing in-house destruction ... 
 3 Dec 2021

Mitsubishi Electric launches low-carbon heat pump for multi-residential sector

Mitsubishi Electric has launched Ecodan Hydrodan - a new, highly efficient, water-to-water heat pump for the multi-residential market.... 
 2 Dec 2021

Class performance for Waterloo at the newly refurbished Warwick Arts Centre

Coventry’s redeveloped Warwick Arts Centre has opened its doors as one of the region’s key venues for the city’s tenure as the 2021 UK City of Culture, with low noise level air distribution products supplied by Waterloo.... 
 2 Dec 2021

EU remains on track to phase-down use of climate-damaging F-gases

The supply and use of climate-warming fluorinated greenhouse gases (F-gases) rose slightly across the European Union and United Kingdom in 2020, according to the latest annual update on the EU’s progress of phasing down the use of F-gases published ... 
 2 Dec 2021

District heating for an ecological transition in the comfort sector

District heating systems could be a key technology in achieving the international climate mitigation goals, both those laid out in the Paris Agreement and the more stringent ones set by the European Green Deal. In this sense, Frascold – a leading ... 
 2 Dec 2021

Managing cooling with Carel’s adiabatic humidification solutions

Adiabatic humidification technology has historically been developed and proposed by Carel due to its high versatility and immediate energy savings, with low installation costs. These characteristics make Carel’s chillBooster the ideal evaporative ... 
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