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Daikin Agrees to Fund Conservation Activities on Iriomote Is
Daikin has agreed to provide funding for activities designed to conserve the natural environment on Iriomote Island in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of its founding. ...
Idemitsu Offers EMS that Interlocks EV/Storage Battery with
In April 2024, as one of the solutions developed under the name ‘idemitsu CN support service,’ Idemitsu Kosan began offering its energy management system (EMS) that interlocks charge/discharge of electric vehicle (EV)/storage battery with air conditioning output control to local governments and companies tackling CO2 emissions reductions and realization of carbon neutrality. The EMS...
Fukushima Galilei to Construct New RDC Plant
Fukushima Galilei has announced that it intends to construct Shiga (Konan) plant in Konan City, Shiga Prefecture. The new plant is for the manufacturing of refrigerated display cases (RDCs), and with ...
Yanmar Develops High-accuracy Failure Prediction Technology
Yanmar Energy System has developed a new failure prediction technology used for gas heat pumps (GHPs) in collaboration with Osaka Gas and Daigas Energy. Thanks to the new failure prediction technology, prediction accuracy in the failure prediction of targeted components is dramatically improved, thus enabling failure prevention and making maintenance work more efficient. Since April 2022, Yanma...
5 VRF Refrigerant Trends
As candidate refrigerants for variable refrigerant flow (VRF) systems, attention has been focused on refrigerants with low-global warming potential (GWP) values such as R32, R454B, and R466A until now...
4.3 RUSSIA
Reported by Litvinchuk Marketing, Russia In 2023, the Russian variable refrigerant flow (VRF) market achieved record results. More than 25,000 units were sold, making it one of the top three VRF ma...
Hisense Begins Construction of New Production Base in Changs
At the end of March, a groundbreaking ceremony for the second batch of major projects in Hunan Province in 2024 was held simultaneously in Hisense Changsha Comprehensive Production Base as well as in ...
Haier Unveils 1,400 RT Compressor with Air Levitation Bearin
On April 8 during China Refrigeration Expo (CR Expo), Haier Intelligent Buildings released its independently-developed compressor with air levitation bearing technology, with a single-unit cooling cap...
Canton Fair Highlights China’s Advanced Manufacturing
The first phase of the 135th Canton Fair, China Import and Export Fair, was held on April 15 to 19 as a hybrid event, showcasing electronic home appliances, industrial manufacturing, vehicles, lightin...
French Heat Pump Promotion Scheme Becoming a Fiasco
The number of renovation projects funded by the French government’s MaPrimeRénov’ scheme dropped more than 40% year on year during the first quarter of 2024. Le Figaro, a French daily newspaper, has published an article that pinpoints issues that are hampering the uptake of funding available for the renovation of poorly insulated and sub-optimally heated apartments and single...
