Europe
Too Many Refrigerants?
Bitzer’s latest Refrigerant Report lists and analyzes the properties of around 40 fluids currently on offer to the industry. The new EN378 standards are likely to add many more in the A2L flammability...
World Prospects for Commercial Refrigeration
Zion Market Research (the United States) forecasts a 70% growth in the world market for commercial refrigeration and cooling systems by 2021. The scope includes transport, retail, storage, and food processing and signifies a rise from US$ 36.6 billion in 2015 to US$ 61.4 billion in 2021. The most progressive sector will be transport refrigeration followed by the food and drinks industries. An impo...
Over-cooled Offices
When office workers are basking in warm sunshine on their holidays their colleagues at home could be shivering in the artificial winter of air conditioning. It is common, particularly for large urban centers in the United States, for buildings such as offices, cinemas, and smart shops to be held at 16°C when outside temperature is 30°C. The problem was first reported in the journal cci Zeit...
Systemair Acquires German High-end Air Curtain Manufacturer
Systemair acquires the German-based TTL Tur + Torluftschleier Lufttechnische Gerate, a manufacturer of high-end air curtains for commercial applications. TTL is located in Winterbach, west of Stuttgart, with turned over around ?4 million (US $ 441 mil-lion). Systemair will take over TTL’s 24 employees, a leased factory, and an office building of 4,000 m2 apart from the assets of the company...
Worcester, Bosch says report is a welcome roadmap for heatin
19 October 2016 A new report issued by the Government’s official climate advisors has been welcomed by a spokesperson for the Worcester, Bosch Group. Neil Schofield, head of government and exte...
GSHPA welcomes report on UK heat policy
19 October 2016 GSHPA (the Ground Source Heat Pump Association) has welcomed a new report by the Committee on Climate Change entitled ‘Next steps for UK heat policy’. The report gives a ringing endorsement of the use of heat pumps for low carbon heating. It says: ’Heating and hot water for UK buildings make up around 40% of our energy consumption and 20% of our greenhouse gas emissions. It will b...
BSRIA Instrument Solutions - TSI SidePak 520 & 520i Trade In
SidePak Personal Aerosol Monitor Trade In/Trade Up Promotion 2016 Oct 19, 2016 Trade In any previous TSI Personal Aerosol Monitor Models or competitive brands, in working or non-working conditi...
International milestone agreement on the phase-down of HFC p
18/10/2016 The 28th Meeting of the Parties (MOP28) to the Montreal Protocol which was held in Kigali, Rwanda, from October 10 to 14, 2016, led to an international agreement on the phase-down of the pr...
Asset Alliance enters rental market
October 18, 2016 Wolverhampton, UK: Asset Alliance Group is entering the commercial vehicle rental market with its new Flexi-Hire division. Flexi-Hire has a mixed fleet of more than 250 D...
Beijer Ref plans Benelux logistics centre
October 18, 2016 NETHERLANDS: Beijer Ref is to build a new centralised logistics and support centre near Einghoven to serve the Benelux area. The 18,707m2 site in the Westfields business area ...
