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LD Still a Problem
Outbreaks of Legionnaires’ disease (LD) in the United Kingdom are rarely reported by the popular press today but the problem has not gone away. Over 280 incidents were confirmed in 2013 of which 58 were in the London area. Although the technology exists to virtually eliminate the risk from evaporative condensers - the principal source for LD aerosols - it has not yet become part ...
Chillventa Record
Over 30,000 people attended the last Chillventa expo in Nuremberg in October 2014 - 7% more than in 2012. Exhibitors were listed at 984. At least half the visitors and two thirds of the exhibitors were from outside Germany. Next Chillventa is scheduled for October 11-13 in 2016.Source: HVR, UKcialiscialislevitraorder generic levitraorder generic levitralevitra side effects nihlevitra side eff...
Heat Pumps in Europe
In 2013 there were 6.7 million heat pump systems working in Europe according to the latest report from European Heat Pump Association (EHPA) which represents 21 countries. This is said to correspond to an installed capacity of 224 GW. Yearly sales have increased from 446,000 units in 2005 to 771,000 units in 2013. Three principal trends were identified in the report: air remains the dominan...
Refrigerant Demand Shrinks
Total demand for F-gases has been shrinking since 2007 according to records analyzed by the European Environment Agency (EEA). The period 2007/2013 registered a fall of around 8% in the ACR industries ? equivalent to reduction of 0.3% in global warming potential (GWP). The most widely used refrigerant is R134a at 39,000 tons in 2007 and accounts for a 52% share of the total. Source: cci Zeitung, G...
Heat Recovery Ventilation in Germany
Domestic sector mechanical ventilation packages with inbuilt heat recovery modules are becoming a high growth industry in Germany with 26,500 systems installed in the first six months of 2014 - a 12% increase on the same period in the year before. Around 1,500 of these were part of a heat pump system. Source: cci Zeitung, Germanycialiscialislevitraorder generic levitraorder generic levitralev...
IAQ Project for Offices
Sampling air quality and other environmental factors in new and recently refurbished office blocks in eight European countries has been the task of the Officair project set up by the research arm of the European Commission. Two of the most common complaints were that noise levels were too high and the air was too dry. Most of the million or so people involved were all working an eight hour ...
Atlantic Leads Heat Pump Market
Atlantic claims to be the number one supplier of air-to-water (ATW) heat pumps in France, second for air-toair (ATA) systems and fourth or fifth in line for VRF systems. ATW systems in particular now account for 50% of installations in new buildings in France and ATA systems 10%. Heat pumps are also becoming a popular replacement for electric radiators and convectors whose sales to new buil...
The End of R22
New year’s day was not a happy one for the several hundred thousand R22 installations still working in the United Kingdom. If they break down and lose refrigerant, it will be not possible to replace it even with recycled fluids. Although it will not be illegal to continue operating plant using R22, those most at risk from breakdowns will be where cooling is critical - such as in the health se...
Sharp J-Tech Series Debuts in Malaysia
Sharp-Roxy Sales & Service Company (SRSSC) launched its latest series of consumer appliances aimed at bringing more comfort and convenience to the homes of Malaysians while helping them save on ut...
Daikin Applied Ups the Ante with Trailblazer Air-cooled Scro
Heating and cooling commercial buildings account for significant amounts of energy consumption and related costs. When combined with the extensive use of air-cooled scroll chillers, the need for wide-...
