eJARN News
Carel Turns Forty
Carel is now forty years old. On September 7, this milestone was celebrated with staff from the headquarters in Brugine (30 km from Venice, Italy), at the splendid Dominio di Bagnoli (Padua Province, ...
Climaveneta Chillers Serving New Coca-Cola Headquarters in L
Coca-Cola Enterprises’ UK and European headquarters has moved over 550 staff to New Bakers Court, a retrofitted 1960s building in Uxbridge, west London, that totals 109,000 ft2. New Bakers Cour...
World Air Conditioning Future
Looking at a possible world future scenario for air conditioning, Michael Sivak at the University of Michigan calculates that if developing countries adopted the same summer comfort standards as the United States, global energy demand could theoretically rise to 50 times as much as the United States uses at the moment. His analysis looked at eight countries including China, India and the Philippin...
Limiting Chiller Noise
A means of reducing noise emission from chillers when the level exceeds a set point has been developed by Cool- Therm in the United Kingdom who markets the Turbocor machine. This so-called dynamic noise control (DNC) technique uses an audio processing system in which the detecting microphone is mounted either on the chiller or at a point where noise level is a critical factor: for example, where i...
Controlled Fresh Air
More and more households in Germany are using controlled mechanical ventilation systems to supply their basic fresh air, a trend linked to the increasing standards of air tightness in construction and the need to conserve energy. The air conditioning trade association FGK compared sales figures for the first six months of the years 2011 to 2013 showing a rise from 16,300 to 20,500 units. In the pe...
Australia’s ACR Industry Analyzed
A study published in July 2013 by the Australian Department of the Environment gives the total annual value of the ACR industry in terms of equipment and installation as A$ 5.9 billion. A further A$ 530 million was spent on refrigerant gases. There were 45 million units of room air conditioner (RAC) equipment operating in 2012 which consumed 59 TWh of electricity - over 20% of the national to...
