RAC/PAC
The long awaited ICR2015 is underway!
19 August 2015 Held every four years, this year ICR2015, currently underway in Yokohama, Japan, welcomes 1,011 conference delegates from 55 countries, making it a truly global refrigeration event. &nb...
Thailand receives technical assistance to switch ACs to R32
17/08/2015 Backed by the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and approved by the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol, a project to support refrigerant conversion of air-conditioning (AC) equipment from HCFC22 to HFC32 in Thailand has been launched. Thailand recently announced a policy to complete conversion from R22 to R32 by 2017 while Indo...
Indonesian AC Market Lacks Energy in the First Half of 2015
Yoshiharu Osumi , JARN’s HVAC&R advisor in Indonesia, reported about the country’s air conditioner market in the first half of 2015. Impacted by the slowdown in the Chinese economy, Indonesian GDP growth came to 4.7% in the first half of 2015, the lowest growth recorded in the past six years. The construction sector also saw a slowdown with lower activity in the real estate market. &nbs...
Late Summer Cools Global AC Market
Review of the Global Air Conditioner Market in the First Half of 2015 Summer in the Northern Hemisphere arrived quite late this year, and temperatures in many regions did not climb high until m...
Sharp to launch DC-powered AC
Aug. 18, 2015 JAPAN: Sharp is planning to launch a DC-powered air conditioner which would operate more efficiently from a storage battery. According to the Nikkei Business Press, a prototype of...
Trane Exhibits First Air-Cooled Chiller with Climate-Friendl
Yokohama, Japan, Aug. 16, 2015 - Trane, a leading global provider of indoor comfort and process solutions and services and a brand of Ingersoll Rand, presented the first-ever air-cooled demonstration ...
Toshiba targets air conditioning growth in Ireland
Aug 17, 2015 Toshiba is targeting growth in Ireland as its resurgent economy opens up significant opportunities in both the commercial and residential air conditioning and heat pump sectors. Ke...
CDL launches training and technical support programme
Aug 17, 2015 Expanding Toshiba distributor, Cool Designs Ltd, has launched a comprehensive programme of training and technical support to enable air conditioning installers to achieve national accredi...
44% more cooling with the BluCube(TM) 10-48kW Condensing Uni
Aug 17, 2015 Airedale’s high efficiency R410A condensing unit the BluCubeTM benefits from an extremely compact and modular design, the BluCubeTM provides heating and cooling for air handling units acr...
US AC shipments down
17 August 2015 USA: Shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps totalled 878,513 units in June - 8.2% down on June 2014, according to latest statistics from the AHRI. Air co...
