Europe
Sifa 2019 in Paris – a Great Success
French magazine La Revue Pratique du Froid (La RPF) reported that the fifth edition of Sifa, which was held in Paris on November 19 to 21, 2019, attracted 126 exhibitors and 3,600 visitors – an increase of 20% compared with the 2018 edition. The exhibitors included Advansor, Bitzer, CAREL France, Castel, Climalife, Daikin France, Dorin, ebm-papst, Embraco Eurosales, Emerson, Epta, Eurovent C...
Chemours Suspends Supply of High-GWP R404A and R507A in EU
Chemours suspended supply of high global warming potential (GWP) refrigerants R404A (GWP of 3,922) and R507A (GWP of 3,985) in the European Union (EU) as of January 1, 2020, to support the market transition driven by the EU F-gas Regulation to lower GWP alternatives and prepare for the next quota phasedown in 2021. From January 1, 2020, the F-gas Regulation prohibits the use of stationary refri...
EAV Launches Fully Temperature-controlled EAV-cool Bike
UK-based Electric Assisted Vehicles (EAV) has launched eCargo bike that is the claimed to be the world’s first fully temperature-controlled bike. Primarily designed for the urban transport and d...
CAREL Signs Cooperation Agreement with WUT
In November 2019, CAREL’s Polish subsidiary Alfaco Polska signed an agreement with the Warsaw University of Technology for cooperation in research and development (R&D) in the fields of air ...
Trends in the Spanish HVAC Market in the Context of Legislat
Reported by Pilar Budi, director general of Asociacion de Fabricantes de Equipos de Climatizacion (AFEC), Spain The evolution of the Spanish heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) sector...
GCHV to Display CHV Pro VRF & R32 Light Commercial AC
At MCE 2020, Guangdong Chigo Heating and Ventilation Equipment (GCHV) will display CHV Pro, its new VRF system developed in 2019 with DC inverter and enhanced vapor injection (EVI) technologies. Each ...
The race to design individual cooling devices
06/02/2020 According to the IEA « Baseline Scenario », energy needs for space cooling could triple by 2050 (see IIR website news (1)).The home cooling industry is a large market: for exam...
Cooling a drink in a few minutes will be possible soon!
06/02/2020 The Consumer Electronic Show is held annually in January in Las Vegas. It is a trade show dedicated to technological innovation in electronics for individuals. For instance, in 1970, the f...
Use of chillers in cannabis greenhouses
06/02/2020 Since 2011, the therapeutic use of cannabis has been authorised in the US State of New Jersey. On July 2, 2019, a new measure (1) made it possible to extend this use: for example, until th...
Wieland Thermal Solutions
5 February, 2020 How can enhanced chiller tubes improve the overall performance of shell and tube heat exchangers? Benefit from the knowledge of our expert Andreas Knöpfler at ASHRAE in the semi...
Danfoss targets CO2 neutrality latest by 2030
February 6, 2020 Danfoss is now embarking on an ambitious journey to become CO2 neutral in all of the company’s global operations at the latest by 2030. Kim Fausing, Danfoss CEO &nb...
Panasonic Announces Share Transfer of European Lighting Devi
6 February 2020 Osaka, Japan - Panasonic Corporation today announced it has entered into a share transfer agreement with Munich-based Fidelium Partners, under which all shares of Panasonic Lighting Europe GmbH, which focuses on the lighting device business in Europe as a wholly owned consolidated subsidiary of Panasonic, will be transferred to the German investment firm. Panasonic acquir...
