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11 Apr 2006

BESCA offers building reg self certification

CONTRACTORS needing to comply with the new building regulations can now self-certify their work online through BESCA, Building Engineering Services Competence Accreditation Ltd.

11 Apr 2006

Tecumseh to sell Little Giant

US CONDENSATE pump manufacturer Little Giant is to be sold by its parent Tecumseh to Indiana-based Franklin Electric for $121m.

11 Apr 2006

Boiler maker warms to ac potential

GERMAN domestic boiler manufacturer Vaillant has turned its attentions to air conditioning.

1 Apr 2006

SHOP TALK

A round-up of supermarket news and gossip

1 Apr 2006

Editors Comment: Lies, damn lies and statistics

WE ARE definitely our own worst critics in this country. Listening to environmentalists, for instance, you could easily get the impression that we are the main “dirty men” of Europe, if not the world. In contrast, countries like Denmark, particularly because of their stance in banning HFCs, are held up as paragons of virtue in “green” terms.

1 Apr 2006

Masterclass: Refrigeration Cycles - Part 4

In the last article we looked at the vapour compression cycle and the behaviour of the recirculating refrigerant (R22) as it passes through the evaporator, compressor and condenser. In this month’s article we continue with the expansion device and ...

23 Mar 2006

Daikin packs convenient punch

DAIKIN, the UK's leading air conditioning manufacturer has entered the refrigeration market with Conveni-pack, a combined air conditioning and refrigeration system for forecourts and convenience stores.

23 Mar 2006

Denco has a Ball at new factory opening

TV personality and engineering enthusiast Johnny Ball has officially opened Denco's new headquarters in Hereford.

23 Mar 2006

Clivet finds new avenues for heat pump sales

CLIVET heat pumps are being used in an innovative research project into the potential of using these highly efficient heat sources to keep roads free of ice as well as, on warmer days, to use the road surface as a heat store/collector

8 Mar 2006

Training brings new life to former factory

TOSHIBA'S former UK air conditioning factory in Plymouth, which ceased manufacturing in June last year, has become the centre for the company's first hands-on customer training facility outside of Japan.

8 Mar 2006

Still No 1 and now Poles apart

WITH LG retaining its position as the world's leading residential air conditioning producer for the sixth consecutive year, the Korean manufacturer, has announced plans to further boost production with a new factory in Poland.

8 Mar 2006

Ted Berry leaves Haier

TED Berry, md of Haier UK, the UK air conditioning arm of the Chinese white goods manufacturer, has left the company. General manager Norman Murphy is reported to be currently in charge of the day-to-day running of the business.

8 Mar 2006

Linde finally bags BOC for £8.2bn

GERMAN industrial group Linde has finally been successful with an £8.2bn bid for UK gas firm BOC. This latest offer follows last month's £7.6bn bid which was rejected by BOC.

1 Mar 2006

SHOP TALK

A round-up of supermarket news and gossip

1 Mar 2006

Editors Comment: Fudge: the refrigerant of choice

I USED to jokingly suggest that the answer to the quest to find a suitable non ozone depleting, non global warming, non toxic, non flammable refrigerant, probably lay somewhere unexpected – like liquid fudge! Little did I realise that a piece of European legislation designed to limit the effects of refrigerants on the environment, could one day be described as just that – a fudge.