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5 Mar 2013

WR and Toshiba are big winners on night of achievements

Contractor WR Refrigeration and air conditioning manufacturer Toshiba were two of the big winners at this year's ACR News Awards.

3 Mar 2013

Historic refrigeration equipment to be centrepiece of new development

UK: The historic and irreplaceable refrigeration equipment rusting within the Grimsby Ice Factory could provide the centrepiece of a £12m development of the currently derelict building.

27 Feb 2013

"Wet" server could drastically cut cooling costs

UK: A computer server completely immersed in liquid could drastically cut the energy requirement of internet servers and data centres, according to scientists at the University of Leeds. Its designers calculate that the server cuts energy consumption for cooling by between 80 and 97%.

27 Feb 2013

R32 air conditioner boosts Daikin sales in Japan

JAPAN: Sales of its first air conditioner running on R32 have helped boost Daikin's residential sales in Japan, according to the company's latest financial results.

25 Feb 2013

Ice factory proposal will save historic refrigeration equipment

UK: Those fighting to save the Grimsby Ice Factory claim to have a come up with a proposal which will preserve both the building and the historic refrigeration equipment it contains.

22 Feb 2013

Heat pumps to benefit from new energy label

EUROPE: This week's adoption of the energy label for heaters in Europe from 2015 is expected to foster the uptake of renewable heating solutions and, in particular, heat pumps.

20 Feb 2013

Paul Kingswell 1961-2013

UK: ACR News is sad to report that Paul Kingswell, a well-known and highly respected member of the UK air conditioning and refrigeration community, passed away at the weekend.

19 Feb 2013

Just a few tickets left for ACR News Awards

UK: A few tickets are still available for the UK air conditioning and refrigeration industry's main event of the year - the ACR News Awards 2013.

18 Feb 2013

AHRI reports on dangerous refrigerant contamination

USA: Contamination of refrigerants may be far wider reaching than previously reported. A new white paper from the American Air Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) suggests that the R40 contamination is not restricted to R134a and has also been found in some counterfeit brand products.

15 Feb 2013

Epta and IARP combine businesses

EUROPE: Two of the largest Italian commercial refrigeration companies, Epta and IARP, have merged their businesses into one combined group.

14 Feb 2013

German plea to EC for an extension on MAC directive deadline

GERMANY: The German Federal Environment Agency, UBA, is reported to have called on the EC to offer Daimler a stay of execution on the MAC Directive until the end of 2015 if the German car maker agrees to replace R134a with CO2 in its car air conditioning systems.

12 Feb 2013

WR Refrigeration backs ACR News Awards

UK: Leading contractor WR Refrigeration is the latest big-name company to join the impressive list of companies sponsoring this year's ACR News Awards.

12 Feb 2013

Daikin launches R32 units in India

INDIA: Daikin Airconditioning India has launched air conditioners using the "mildly flammable" refrigerant R32.

11 Feb 2013

SAE regrets resignations but maintains 1234yf is safe

USA: The SAE International Cooperative Research Project (CRP) team charged with reviewing the use of R1234yf in car air conditioning sytems has expressed its disappointment at the resignation of German manufacturers Daimler, BMW and Audi from the group but maintains that the new refrigerant is safe and that Daimler's earlier tests ignored "real world" scenarios.

11 Feb 2013