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Turbo Chiller Uses Water as a Refrigerant
A prototype 45 kW turbo chiller package (the Echiller) which used water as the refrigerant fluid was first presented at the ISH expo in Germany in 2013. Now Efficient Energy in Feldkirchen is increasing the range with two other standard packages of 20 kW and 90 kW which are to be launched in 2015. Production capacity will be around several hundred units per year. The higher cost of the Echiller is...
French ACR Industry Evaluated
A survey by the ACR trade body Uniclima of their 86 member firms identifies 283 locations in France and 83 production centers. Activities related to the industry, which also includes ventilation products, involve a total workforce of 22,000 and a combined turnover of ?6 billion (US$ 7.5 billion) of which 1.5 billion Euro(US$ 1.9 billion) in exports. Source: Clima+confort, Francecialiscialislevitra...
New EU Energy Regulations for Fan/Motor Units
The second stage of the Energy-related Products (ErP) Directive in Europe extends the original scope to include complete fan and motor assemblies and not just the motor. It applies to all assemblies from 125 W to 500 kW and includes the motor, the power train (e.g. direct coupled or belt drive) and the impeller. If the assembly does not meet the specified efficiency, it cannot be awarded t...
World Heat Pump Market
BSRIA estimates that 2 million heat pumps were sold worldwide in 2013 - 7% more than the year before but accompanied by a fall of 7% in total value. This is attributed partly to price cutting and partly to a change in the mix towards smaller lower capacity units. One of the principal drivers to growth was the increase in popularity of the air-source domestic hot water storage unit - a spurt of ne...
Swegon Enlarges Industrial Cooling Coverage
Swegon has enlarged its capability in data center and industrial cooling with the acquisition of German specialist Econdition (Munich) who logged a turnover of ?14 million (US$ 18 million) in 2013. This is seen as another step in Swegon’s strategy of enlarging its influence in the German ACR market in IT center cooling. Source: KI, Germanycialiscialislevitraorder generic levitraorder generi...
New Owner for Airwell
The Airwell Group (France), which announced its insolvency earlier this year, has found a buyer in Swedish ACR specialist Systemair (Skinnskatteberg). The take-over includes the brand name, the sales network and the 36,000 m2 production facility in Tillieres-sur-Avre which specializes in heat pump units. Estimated annual turnover is 35 million Euro(US$ 44 million). Systemair, who are notabl...
Haier Realizes Its Dream through Technology Enhancement
Haier has been ramping up its R&D in recent years and has released several advanced products such as an oil-free centrifugal chiller thanks to this effort. JARN interviewed Wang Li, director of Ha...
EPEE F-gas Pledge to be Catalyst for Global Action
Following the UN Climate Summit on September 23, 2014, the European Partnership for Energy and the Environment (EPEE) issued a pledge in which the European refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump industry commits to taking concrete, proactive action to facilitate the implementation of the EU F-gas Regulation. “EPEE members are determined to make the EU’s new F-gas rules work and are r...
U.S. DOE Updates National Reference Standard for Commercial
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a ruling that establishes the 2013 standard as the commercial building reference standard for state building energy codes. In an announcement in the September 26, 2014 edition of The Federal Register, DOE attributes the greater energy savings to improvements in ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1- 2013, Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise R...
GMCC Hosts R290 Seminar at IIR Gustav Lorentzen Conference
The 11th IIR Gustav Lorentzen Conference on Natural Refrigerants (GL2014) was held from September 1 to 2, 2014 at Shangri-La Hotel Hangzhou in China. More than 300 scholars and experts from both China...
