JARN News
Panasonic Combines Air Conditioning and Air Quality with New
Panasonic Heating & Cooling Solutions enhanced its air conditioner ranges with its new, wall-mounted TZ ZKE which has air cleaning nanoe X technology as a standard feature. Designed to fit into th...
Connectivity and Energy-saving with CAREL’s New μRack
CAREL has been chosen by MB Frigo, a company specializing in engineering, manufacturing, and service of air conditioning and refrigeration (AC&R) units, as its partner for equipping a small refrig...
Bitzer Announces Acquisition of Danish Company OJ Electronic
On May 25, 2023, Bitzer Group announced its intent to acquire OJ Electronics in Sønderborg, Denmark. The transaction is subject to the usual approvals and is expected to close no later than Q3 ...
thermondo Raises Heat Pump Installation Efficiency
thermondo, a German residential heating solutions provider, sees the potential to increase the productivity of skilled workers tenfold when installing heat pumps. In a report that thermondo prepared on behalf of SPRIND, the federal agency for disruptive innovations, the company pointed out that the most important drivers for scaling the installation lie in labor, standardization and digitization, ...
AREA Welcomes Launch of European Year of Skills 2023
To achieve the EU’s decarbonization goals and deployment of clean, low-carbon, and efficient heating and cooling technologies, a skilled workforce with optimal training and certification is of u...
CR 2022 Technical Reports — Chillers
Reported by Prof. Xu Rongji and Dr. Wang Gang from Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture At China Refrigeration Expo 2022 (CR 2022), Chinese leading brands such as Bingshan...
Samsung Leads UK’s ‘Heat-Pump-Ready’ Program in Oxford
The UK’s innovative Clean Heat Streets project to install up to 150 heat pumps in an area in Oxford aims to create a more streamlined approach to installations by establishing a network of skilled installers, as well as saving time, money, and resources to encourage more people to adopt heat pumps. A consortium led by Samsung Research UK has been awarded £3.2 million (about US$ 3.4 mil...
PFAS Restriction Is Now a Controversial Topic in EU
On February 7, 2023, the European Chemical Agency (ECHA) published details of the proposed restriction of around 10,000 perand polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), as JARN reported in the February regu...
BESA Launches New Phase of Heat Pump Training
In May, the UK Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) launched a new round of free heat pump installation training to help the industry upskill its workforce to keep pace with soaring demand...
Labor Day Holiday Promotion Yields AC Retail Value of RMB 12
According to statistics from AVC released on May 15, air conditioner sales saw a combined retail value of RMB 12.2 billion (about US$ 1.72 billion) during the Labor Day holiday, showing 32.4% year-on-year growth; the retail volume was 3.2 million units, rising by 24.3% year on year. As for prices, the first quarter saw intensified online competition; however, prices continued to rise, even during ...
