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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...
France Plans to Produce One Million Heat Pumps per Year
In the middle of April, Bruno Le Maire, minister of Economics, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty, and Roland Lescure, minister delegate for Industry and Energy, visited the production sit...
Heat Pump Parties Hosted by Owners in UK
The Telegraph, an UK daily newspaper, reported that in the United Kingdom, heat pump owners are hosting visitor days at their homes for potential buyers as the nation speeds up efforts to boost demand for heat pumps in an attempt to achieve net zero targets. Homeowners will enable neighbors to see the heat pumps in action by using a website launched by Nesta, UK’s innovation agency for socia...
Innovative AC Indoor Units for NZEBs & ZEBs
Reported by Jacques Gandini, managing director of Studio Gandini, Italy During Mostra Convegno Expocomfort (MCE) 2024 held in Milan Italy, AiCARR, Italian association of air conditioning, heating, ...
LG Ties in with AC Compressor Production with Shaker in Saud
LG Electronics (LG) has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Al Hassan Ghazi Ibrahim Shaker (Shaker Group), Saudi Arabia’s leading importer, manufacturer, and distri...
Fujitsu General Opens Training and Software Development Cent
On April 16, Fujitsu General America, celebrated opening its new innovation and training facility in Addison, Texas. The Airstage Innovation & Learning Center is a dual-purpose facility that provi...
Haier Adds Made in India CACs to Its Portfolio
On February 23, 2024, Haier Commercial Air Conditioning rolled its first locally produced commercial air conditioner (CAC) in India off the production line at Haier’s Pune Industrial Park, addin...
Castel Acquires Majority Share in Dieci Electric
Castel, a leader in the air conditioning and refrigeration (AC&R) components sector, announced in April that it had completed the acquisition of a majority stake in Dieci Electric, a company specialized in the design and implementation of solutions for the management and control of refrigeration systems. The acquisition reflects Castel’s determination to consolidate its position in th...
MCE 2024 Photo Report — Part II
Mostra Convegno Expocomfort (MCE) was held in Milan, Italy, on March 12 to 15, 2024. Here is Part II of the Photo Report featuring highlighted exhibits of the latest heating, ventilation, air conditio...
4.2 ITALY
Reported by Jacques Gandini, managing director of Studio Gandini, Italy The results of the 2023 statistical survey on the Italian components for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) sy...
