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2024.02.26

ATA Heat Pump Unit Sales in France in 2023

Sales of water-to-water (WTW) geothermal heat pumps rose 18% in 2023, reaching 3,517 units. This is a small market, but subsidies were raised to €5,000 for all income brackets in March 2023, and ...

2024.02.26

ATW Heat Pump Sales in France in 2023

In terms of refrigerants, in France, 62% of ATW heat pumps adopt R32 refrigerant. Heat pumps adopting R290 (propane), which has a GWP of 3, are gaining ground. A total of 6% of ATW heat pumps sold in ...

2024.02.26

French HVAC Market Shows Striking Contrasts in 2023

Uniclima, AFPAC (the French heat pump association) and Pac&Clim’Info have jointly presented trends in the French HVAC market in 2023. Overall, the HVAC sector shrank in 2023, and a number of factors influenced the market. The decrease above all affected equipment made in France, particularly boilers and radiators. However, air-to-air (ATA) heat pumps achieved 13% growth in 2023.   ...

2024.02.26

Manufacturers Display Their Serious Approaches to Carbon Neu

Panasonic—focused on four themes: ZEH / ZEH M, ZEB S olutions, BCP Countermeasures, and WellBeing, and displayed its products related to each theme such as the ‘with air Cube’ wholeb...

2024.02.26

Manufacturers Display Their Serious Approaches to Carbon Neu

HVAC&R Japan 2024 was held from January 30 to February 2 at Tokyo Big Sight, with ‘Find the future with HVAC&R’ as theme, and was organized by the Japan Refrigeration and Air Condi...

2024.02.26

Danfoss Signs MoU for Greener Warsaw

On February 1, 2024, Danfoss signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Municipality of Warsaw, the Royal Danish Embassy in Poland, Metro Warszawskie, and Rambøll Group to make the Pol...

2024.02.26

Panasonic and Innova Sign Capital and Business Alliance Agre

Panasonic Heating & Ventilation A/C Company has signed a capital and business alliance agreement with Innova, an Italian manufacturer of hydronic systems, air quality and air conditioning equipment, with Panasonic acquiring 40% of Innova’s total shares issued. Europe is promoting initiatives to achieve a decarbonized society, driven by its high level of concern regarding environmental...

2024.02.26

Baxi Expands Heat Pump Production in Spain

In November 2023, Baxi, a BDR Thermea Group company based in the United Kingdom, hosted the first official visit to its €13 million (about US$ 16 million) commercial heat pump site in Vilafranca ...

2024.02.26

Swegon Supplies 40 ATW Heat Pumps for a Finnish Energy Compa

Sweden-based Swegon has obtained a contract to supply 40 air-to-water (ATW) heat pumps to power plants of Fortum, a Finnish energy company, in Kolabacken, Kirkkonummi, and Hepokorpi in Espoo, Finland. These plants aim to set new benchmarks for sustainable energy solutions. Swegon’s 40 heat pumps with a total capacity of up to 24 megawatts (MWs) at 0ºC, Fortum’s power plants will r...

2024.02.26

Samsung Integrates SmartThings Energy with British Gas Servi

Samsung is to join forces with British Gas and provides SmartThings Energy’s Auto Demand Response (Auto DR) service, enabling customers to better manage their energy use in homes across the United Kingdom. One of the core outcomes of the collaborative relationship is the integration of SmartThings Energy’s Auto DR feature with British Gas’ PeakSave which rewards British Gas cu...