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1 Jan 2007

Editors Comment: Taking a leaf out of the anarchists’ book

WE ALL complain about the the increasing amount of red tape and legislation we are forced to work under but what would it be like if we had no laws at all? What would it be like if anarchy reigned, a world where laws and private property ceased to exist?

1 Jan 2007

Heat Pumps: Mitsubishi enters the domestic market

MITSUBISHI Electric has launched a VRF water heating unit that can provide a significant reduction in CO2 emissions compared to traditional boiler plant, says the company.

1 Jan 2007

SHOP TALK

A round-up of Supermarket news and gossip

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.

1 Dec 2006

Refrigeration Controls and Instrumentation: Making good connections

A new Sabroe compressor controller is soon to be released by Johnson Controls. Boasting “ultimate connectivity”, Anders Amdi Soerensen, product manager for the company’s Refrigeration Controls Division describes the development and functions of the Unisab III

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

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

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 Nov 2006

Compressors: Sabroe’s Cube has extra beef

SABROE’S new SABCube screw compressor incorporates variable speed drive technology, optimised and combined with both a specially designed hybrid permanent magnet motor and a screw compressor with fewer moving parts and greater efficiency than the compressor it replaces.

1 Nov 2006