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1 Mar 2008

Refrigerants: Assessments are coming!

Neil Everitt discusses the forthcoming F-Gas assessments with John Ellis, md of Ellis Training and one of the people at the forefront of structuring the new assessment

1 Mar 2008

Editors Comment: Swedes? Boil for at least 30 mins

SOME of you may have missed a news story last month that the Swedish government is to capture the body heat from the thousands of people who pass through the Stockholm Central Station each day to heat a new adjacent office building, hotel and shops.

1 Mar 2008

Refrigerants: Luvata cooler joins the race to embrace CO2

THE latest CO2 technology, developed by Luvata’s coils and coolers division, has been selected by The Coca-Cola Company for use in vending machines for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

1 Mar 2008

SHOP TALK

A round-up of supermarket news and gossip

1 Feb 2008

40 Years of Beehive Coils: 40 years on and still a buzz about the place

Established in 1968, Beehive Coils Ltd celebrates its 40th Anniversary this year

1 Feb 2008

Service and Maintenance: Ready, willing and able

Faced with increasing maintenance problems over the air conditioning, refrigerated display cabinets and general refrigeration in its 160 shops, Pret A Manger turned to specialist maintenance provider, M J Quinn Integrated Services, for a solution. The company’s business development manager, Roy Groves, explains

1 Feb 2008

SHOP TALK

A round-up of supermarket news and gossip

1 Feb 2008

Editors Comment: Is time running out to plug that leak?

NOW that the F-Gas qualifications are in place they need to be made to work by ensuring that we implement regimes which will lead to a “significant” reduction in refrigerant leaks from HFC systems. The question is: will this be achievable in the time allowed?

1 Feb 2008

Energy Saving Equipment: Act on clean air

The push to improve building energy efficiency must not come at the cost of reduced indoor air quality, says Darren Finley, director of Vaillant’s air conditioning division

1 Feb 2008

Energy Saving Equipment: Keep in the loop with energy efficiency

Using a decentralised water loop heat pump system could be the answer to meeting the challenges of providing year-round heating and cooling says Andy Mayes of Clivet UK

1 Feb 2008

Editors Comment- Is time running out to plug that leak?

NOW that the F-Gas qualifications are in place they need to be made to work by ensuring that we implement regimes which will lead to a "significant" reduction in refrigerant leaks from HFC systems. The question is: will this be achievable in the time allowed?

1 Jan 2008

F-Gas Regulations: Breaking the legislative cycle

Dan Radford, managing director of Parasense, calls for system owners to adopt a more holistic and socially aware approach to the refrigeration industry instead of simply looking for the cheapest options

1 Jan 2008

Editor's Comment: Does higher efficiency = lower consumption?

A NEW report from America has raised again questions over whether an increased energy efficiency of appliances actually leads to a reduction in energy consumption. I say "again" because this is nothing new, similar studies have been carried out in this country and elsewhere since at the least the oil crisis of the 70s.

1 Jan 2008

SHOP TALK

A round-up of supermarket news and gossip

1 Jan 2008

Heat Pumps: Every home should have one

Bursting onto the residential heating market is the new generation of heat pump boilers based on refrigerant technology, but just where does this leave the humble ac installer and what potential is there in the residential market anyway? In this heat pump feature Mitsubishi Electric’s Jason Tinsley explains.

1 Dec 2007

Editor's Comment: Doubting Thomas -top man!

IT WAS the great British philosopher, historian, writer, mathematician, reformist, pacifist, and all-round egg-head Bertrand Russell who said: "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts."

1 Dec 2007

Service Engineering: New technology makes all the difference

HEFTY investment in state-of-the-art information technology has enabled Capital Cooling to provide unparalleled levels of customer service and speed of reaction.

1 Dec 2007

Training supplement sponsored by HRP: Pipework and brazing competency

THE importance of good, sound brazing techniques, along with an increased awareness of health and safety issues regarding the use of oxy-acetylene equipment is becoming increasingly important, particularly with the increased use of hydrofluorocarbon refrigerants, including R410A, with its comparatively high running and test pressures, as well as the use of potentially flammable hydrocarbon refrigerants, and the changes in working practices that these bring with them.

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