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20 Sep 2012

Daikin heat pump top with Kiwi consumers

New Zealand: Daikin has come out on top in a consumer survey in New Zealand into levels of customer satisfaction with heat pumps.

20 Sep 2012

US laboratory identifies 1200 potential new refrigerants

USA: Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new computational method for identifying potential low GWP refrigerants.

18 Sep 2012

Mr Gu: "I am completely innocent"

CHINA: He's out and proclaiming his innocence. Gu Chujun, the former multi-millionaire chairman of refrigerator manufacturer Kelon, sentenced to 10 years for "economic crimes" in 2005, has made claims of being framed after his release from jail.

18 Sep 2012

Logicool appointment a logical step for Panasonic

UK: Derby-based air conditioning distributor Logicool has been appointed a distributor of Panasonic.

16 Sep 2012

Uncharged R22 units still being produced in the US

USA: An objection to a newspaper article by the USA's Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) has again highlighted the problem of US manufacturers "dry-shipping" air conditioning equipment for use with R22.

13 Sep 2012

Dürr acquires stake in German heat pump company Thermea

GERMANY: Dürr AG has acquired a 27% stake in fellow German heat pump specialist Thermea Energiesysteme GmbH. Thermea is one of the world's leading suppliers of large commercial heat pumps using CO2.

13 Sep 2012

Cool Designs into Midlands

UK: Sunderland-based air conditioning and heat pump distributor Cool Designs Ltd (CDL) has opened a new sales, design and training centre in Cannock.

13 Sep 2012

Greenhouse gas emissions down

EUROPE: Greenhouse gas emissions in the EU fell by 2.5% last year, despite higher coal consumption and a growing gross domestic product (GDP), according to new estimates from the European Environment Agency (EEA).

13 Sep 2012

It's official: Refrigeration is the greatest invention

UK: We already knew it and now it's official - refrigeration is the greatest invention in the history of food and drink. So says the Royal Society, the UK's pre-eminent national academy of science.

12 Sep 2012

Death toll in Quebec LD outbreak rises to 12

CANADA: The legionnaires' disease outbreak in Quebec has claimed a 12th victim in an outbreak which has so far seen 176 infected.

12 Sep 2012

UNEP acts to block illegal HCFC shipments through the EU

EUROPE: Suppliers of refrigerant have been reminded that it is an offence to import, transit or trans-ship ozone depleting substances through member states of the European Union after a number of illegal shipments were uncovered.

12 Sep 2012

Sainsbury's to pilot demand response initiative

UK: Leading supermarket chain Sainsbury's is to pioneer a power demand response programme at two of its distribution centres.

11 Sep 2012

Europe sees fall in HFC usage

EUROPE: Usage of HFCs in refrigeration and air conditioning equipment in Europe fell by 23% last year compared to 2010, according to a study of F-gas prodution, import and exports from the European Environment Agency (EEA).

11 Sep 2012

Search is on for outstanding refrigeration achievement

UK: The Institute of Refrigeration is calling for nominations of individuals or teams from around the world who have made recent outstanding technical achievements in refrigeration and related fields.

11 Sep 2012

Industry welcomes RHI for air-to-water heat pumps

UK: Peter Verkempynck, md of Daikin UK has added his suport to the news that Greg Barker, minister of state for energy and climate change, plans to include commercial scale air-to-water heat pumps in the non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive.

7 Sep 2012

Wind-up refrigerator is serious answer to drug storage

USA: A wind-up vaccine refrigerator has been named the US Winner of the James Dyson Award.

6 Sep 2012

Refrigeration compressors are works of art

USA: Emerson has brought a little colour into the compressor world by turning its Scroll compressor into works of art.

6 Sep 2012

George Barker fined £110,000 for fatal safety failures

UK: Bradford-based commercial refrigeration firm George Barker has been ordered to pay £140,000 in fines and costs after admitting safety failures that led to the death of 61-year-old employee Jim Murphy in December 2009.

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