Europe
Heat Pumps in Finland
With a population of 5 million, Finland has one of the highest concentrations of heat pumps in Europe with a current stock of around 670,000 units. Sales in 2014 totaled 67,000 - a growth of 10% on the preceding year. Some 53,000 of these used air-source evaporators: geothermal installations accounted for 11,000 units - over half of these replaced existing oil-fired boilers. Exhaust ...
New Blend Refrigerant
UK manufacturer Precision Refrigeration - an equipment supplier to the food service industry - is to switch production to the relatively new HFO blend R448A which will replace the traditional R404A in its line of chillers and blast freezers. Because of its high global warming potential (GWP) of over 3,900, R404A is destined for fairly rapid phase-out in Europe under the F-gas regulations. B...
Future Heat Waves in Germany
A joint study by the German environmental agency Umweltbundesamt (UBA) and the German meteorological office Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD) has examined the likelihood of a repeat of the Europe -wide heat wave of 2003 which reputedly led to the deaths of 50,000 people. Based on model simulations the conclusion is that heat waves will be more frequent, more intense and will last longer. By the ...
Cordant Technical joins Data Centre Cooling Question Time -
19 March 2015 Frank Mills, Design Consultant for M&E company Cordant Technical has joined the panel for the forthcoming RAC Data Centre Question Time discussion event - London March 24 Spon...
Imperium- i
19 March 2015 Temperature control specialist ICS Cool Energy has recently enhanced their energy efficient A-rated chillers and heat pump range. Their new imperium-i, imperium-FC and the high temperatu...
DECC claims renewable energy costs report ignores reality of
19 March 2015 Renewable Energy: the most expensive domestic policy disaster in modern British history claims the electricity sector is being transformed into a vast Public Private Partnership, an outcome it says promises state control of investment funded by high cost private sector capital, with energy companies set to take the blame for high electricity bills. The Department for Energy an...
￡21m for community ownership of Scottish energy projects
19 March 2015 Five projects across Scotland will benefit from more than ￡20m in funding that will help reshape how energy is delivered and used in communities throughout the country. The funding allocation, from the Local Energy Challenge Fund, was announced by the Scottish Energy Minister Fergus Ewing at the Community and Renewable Energy Scheme (CARES) conference organised by Local Energ...
Success for BSRIA at ISH 2015
March 19, 2015 As an endorsing partner, BSRIA is pleased to announce this year’s ISH Exhibition, held at the Frankfurt Messe from 10-14 March, set a new record for the number of exhibitors and visitor...
BITZER software now available
March 18, 2015 The new BITZER selection software 6.4.3 is now available for download from the BITZER website and as an online version at www.bitzer-software.com . It always helps you to find the right...
Lowe's Markets begin testing of hydrocarbons frozen-food cas
Danfoss is delivering today’s solutions for tomorrow’s regulations. Energy Cost and the Environment - Critical factors that squeeze a restaurant’s bottom line Danfoss refrigeration controls are...
JG Speedfit wins two Wolseley awards
March 18, 2015 JG Speedfit has won two Wolseley Supplier of the Year Awards - Plumb Center (Pipe, Valves, Fittings) and bcg Distribution - for the second consecutive year. The company’s UK director of sales, Mike Riseley, was presented with the awards on 27 February at the Wolseley Supplier Conference - Plumbing & Heating Division, at the Ardencote Manor Hotel in Warwickshire. He said: ’It is hu...
Beijer Ref on acquisition trail again & continues internatio
17 Mar 2015 EUROPE: Swedish refrigeration technology group Beijer Ref AB, has announced it is acquiring all the shares in the refrigeration wholesale company, Patton, which has its head office in Auck...
