Europe
Refrigeration sector monitoring: COVID-19 news in the HVAC&R
5 Apr 2020 The IIR reviews the available information on the possible impact of air conditioning on the spread of COVID-19 and the recommendations for the operation and maintenance of HVAC systems. Fu...
Frascold - Reopening of production activity
5 Apr 2020 In order to ensure full continuity of the product lines in the sectors deemed essential and in full compliance with the Ministerial Decree of 22nd March and 1st April https://www.gazzett...
Frascold, always alongside his employees and their families
5 Apr 2020 Frascold promptly responded to the emergency from COVID-19, immediately activating various initiatives, in compliance with the urgent measures aimed at containing the contagion curre...
Haier Plans to Build a Refrigerator Plant in Romania
A local commercial media report from Ziarul Financiar in Romania on February 18, 2020 reported that Haier Group has announced an investment of over €50 million (US$ 7.2 million) to build a refrigerator plant in Ariceştii Rahtivani, Prahova County, Romania. Located at a commercial park, this plant covers an area of 54,000 m2, and, when complete, will offer 750 job opportunities with an annual ...
Renovation Wave for Buildings in Europe
A climate-neutral building stock by 2050 is crucial to achieve carbon-neutrality in Europe. Therefore, the Renovation Wave for Buildings should accelerate the replacement of the tens of millions of old, inefficient heating and cooling systems installed in Europe’s buildings with new, highly efficient and renewable-based ones. These technologies exist. In heating: condensing boilers working w...
The Energy-efficient CO2 Compressor Solution: Bitzer Ecoline
Bitzer works towards a climate- friendly future, consequently keeping the key elements natural refrigerants, energy efficiency and user- friendliness in mind. For more than 20 years already, the speci...
Short-term modeling of hybrid geothermal systems for model p
03/04/2020 Our partners Iago Cupeiro Figueroa, Damien Picard and Lieve Helsen from KU Leuven's recent Paper Short-term modeling of hybrid geothermal systems for Model Predictive Control ...
Apprenticeship Levy should be paused throughout COVID-19
03 April 2020 The Apprenticeship Levy should be paused throughout the COVID-19 outbreak to prevent businesses paying tax towards a funding programme they are unable to draw down from, according to FTA. With logistics businesses unable to recruit new apprentices due to social distancing rules, and with no new training programmes getting under way at this time, the business group is urging governme...
Melco: COVID-19 outbreak, production shut down update
03/04/2020 The Italian Government has extended the current measures against the outbreak of the coronavirus in the country for further 10 days. These measures are in place until April 13th included, ...
Danfoss: It’s time to switch to electronic liquid level swit
April 3, 2020 Safety takes many forms, and liquid level switches play a critical role in the functional safety of refrigeration systems—where they are used to prevent liquid from slugging in co...
High Quality Vaccine Production with GEA Technology
3 Apr 2020 GEA vaccination centrifuge package with fully automatic SIP (Sterilizing-In-Place). Steam-sterilizable and completely sealed, designed for maximum biosafety and containment. (Pho...
Statement given by Didier Coulomb, Director General of the I
3 April 2020 Statement Given by the Director General of the International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR) during the 31st Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol (MOP-31) in Rome (November 4-8, 2019). Dear Delegates, Recently - this year at the G7 and UN meetings - the refrigeration sector which includes air conditioning, cryogenics and heat pumps, was brought to the sp...
