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Viessmann and EWE Cooperate for Heating Transition in German
Viessmann Climate Solutions have signed a cooperation agreement with energy service provider EWE to jointly drive the heating transition in Germany. The partnership focuses on a shift to heat pumps in the private and commercial sectors. Dr. Frank Voßloh, managing director of Viessmann Germany, underscores that the cooperation makes it possible to seize the opportunity to change energy sup...
Scotland Bans Polluting Heating Systems in New Builds
On April 1, 2024, Scotland enforced the New Build Heat Standard (NBHS) that bans the use of direct-emission or polluting heating systems such as oil and gas boilers as well as bioenergy in new homes and buildings. Instead, they need to use climate-friendly alternatives such as heat pumps and heat networks. Heat networks can be used regardless of their fuel source, including ones using direct emiss...
UK Aims to Reduce GHG Emissions by Increasing Frozen Food Te
The opportunities and challenges of increasing the temperature set point of frozen food were discussed comprehensively during the Cold Chain Climate Summit 2024 held on March 13 in the United Kingdom ...
Steep Decline in New Builds in France
FFB, the French building federation, is extremely concerned about a decline in new builds in France in 2024 and the decline is expected to continue in 2025. The new housing and the renovation segments and the construction of new commercial premises are declining markedly. FFB considers that a lack of sound medium-term policy underlies the decline. And a decline in new builds exerts a negative impa...
Qualified Heat Pump Installers Increase in UK
The Heat Pump Association (HPA) in the United Kingdom has published data indicating a significant increase in the number of persons qualified to install heat pumps in the country. In 2023, the number of persons who completed training to become qualified heat pump installers rose a staggering 166% from just under 3,000 in 2022 to almost 8,000. This increase brings the total number of heat pump inst...
Panasonic Showcases Its Strong Resolve to Further Expand in
During Mostra Convegno Expocomfort (MCE) held at Fiera Milano in Milan, Italy, in March 2024, Panasonic held a press conference to announce its European business strategy and its new air-to-water (ATW...
OMS Machinery Introduces New Vertical Shrinkless Expander
OMS Machinery, one of the intelligent manufacturers in Guangdong, China, continues developing high-technology machinery for the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) industry, including hi...
Arkema Promotes Forane Low-GWP Refrigerants
During 2024 AHR Expo held in January in Chicago, the United States, JARN visited Arkema’s booth and interviewed its staff: Allen Karpman, director, Government Affairs, Glenn Haun, general manage...
ANICA Presents Future of Commercial Heating Systems
On March 13, during Mostra Convegno Expocomfort (MCE) 2024 held in Milan, Italy, ANICA, an Italian heating professional association, organized a conference titled ‘ANICA Convegno 2024 – He...
Panasonic and tado° Join Forces to Offer Smart Heat Pumps
Panasonic Heating & Ventilation A/C Company and tado° have set up a partnership combining stateof-the-art heat pump products and technology with market-leading smart heating control and energy...
Heat Pump Day in France
The heat pump sector in France is facing severe challenges, with sales of heat pumps dropping since the second half of 2023, and in January and February 2024 too. Génie Climatique has described...
Invotech — A Hi-Tech Star in Global Scroll Compressor Market
Suzhou Invotech Scroll Technologies is a brand that has attracted a lot of attention in the global scroll compressor market in recent years, especially in the heat pump and refrigeration segments. Hea...
