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COP21 UN climate change conference 2015
Feb 26, 2015 During this hallmark event, 194 countries will come together to reach a new international climate agreement, applicable to all countries, to keep global warming below the threshold of 2°C. Each participating country’s commitments, as discussed in Lima in December 2014, will be studied and renegotiated with this objective in mind. Bringing together cross-sector players fr...
Emerson Climate Technologies HVAC Check & Charge? Mobile App
26 February 2015 Free app released in late 2012 provides smart phone and tablet users with instant mobile access to Emerson’s HVAC refrigerant charge calculator St. Louis, February 26, 2015 -Em...
European Commission reveals plan to combine energy markets
26 February 2015 The European Commission has set out its strategy to achieve a resilient Energy Union with a forward-looking climate change policy. The proposed Energy Union would ensure that locally produced energy - including from renewables - can be absorbed easily and efficiently into the grid. The Commission will also stop member states intervening in the internal market in orde...
Rise in the number of housing starts must not compromise ene
26 Feb 2015 The Office of National Statistics (ONS) has reported a rise in the number of new homes started in England in 2014. Despite a small decline in the third quarter, the year ended with a conti...
ARCA Receives Patent for Refrigerant Recovery and Recycling
25th February, 2015 MINNEAPOLIS - Appliance Recycling Centers of America Inc. (ARCA) announced that it has been granted a patent (U.S. Patent No. 8,931,289) covering its systems, methods, and techniques for facilitating the recovery and recycling of refrigerants and oil from air conditioners, refrigerators, freezers, and other appliances that contain refrigerant. Using techniques described ...
Frascold opens Shanghai office
25th February, 2015 ITALY: Following its recent launch of a US subsidiary, Italian compressor manufacturer Frascold has opened an office in China. Following a successful history of using tradit...
Beijer Ref acquires Malaysian refrigeration wholesaler
25th February, 2015 EUROPE: Swedish refrigeration technology group, Beijer Ref AB, has today announced that it is acquiring all the shares in the refrigeration wholesale company, RNA Engineering & Trading, which has its head office located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. RNA Engineering & Trading was established in 1975. The company reports sales of approximately SEK 45M (?4.7M). R...
80% of ammonia refrigeration systems fail
25th February, 2015 UK: A survey of over 100 ammonia refrigeration systems operating in food manufacturing facilities in the UK found that less than 20% met DSEAR and ATEX Legislation. The survey by S...
Air Con and Refrigeration Efficiency in the Built Environmen
There are major energy savings available from air conditioning and refrigeration (HVACR) in Australia, in the order of $10 billion per year. Accessing these savings requires significant changes...
REI-TECH’s slice of Sydney at Tokyo’s Supermarket Trade Show
25 February 2015 It’s been a busy few weeks for leading Japanese distributor REI-TECH. Maintaining a presence at February’s ATMOsphere Asia 2015, SMTS and HOTERES trade shows in Japan, the company put...
