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Taco Forms Collaboration with Askoll for Joint R&D, New Pump
5 December 2014 CRANSTON, R.I. -- Taco has formed a strategic collaboration with Italian pump manufacturer Askoll to share technology and work together on research and development relating to new circulator designs as well as other joint product and marketing initiatives. The strategic partnering agreement was announced in a ceremony at the Taco Innovation & Design Center at Taco headqu...
ACCA Releases New Video Series for Code Officials
5 December 2014 ARLINGTON, Va. -- ACCA has released a new video series aimed at helping code officials understand the residential HVAC design process. The three-part series, “What Code Officials Need to Know about HVAC System Design,” gives an overview of the steps involved in doing a load calculation, equipment selection, and duct sizing in accordance with ACCA Manual J, Manual D, and Manual S, w...
Frigesco awarded DECC funding for defrost technology

5 December 2014 Frigesco has been awarded new DECC funding of £102,000 to develop the system for use in air source heat pumps. Flash defrost can reduce supermarket cooling energy costs by up t...
Reducing the environmental impact of our lorries

04/12/2014 We make around 1.1 million deliveries to stores each year, with our road fleet moving 1.3 billion cases to over 1,200 stores annually. Aware of our scale we have made improvements to our lo...
Improving cold chain infrastructure key to cutting world foo

04/12/2014 In its “A tank of cold: cleantech leapfrog to a more food secure world” report, UK Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) advises governments to prioritize support investment in cold ...
AREA presents its Vision & Strategy 2020
Maintaining a high standard in a changing world Constant technological evolutions and recent regulatory changes are reshaping the refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump (RACHP) sector. For contractors, the challenge is to embrace these developments whilst maintaining excellence. In its Vision & Strategy 2020, AREA identifies 6 key areas for a striving RACHP contracting sector. Th...
DECC fund development air source heat pumps
5 December 2014 Frigesco has been awarded £102,000 from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to develop flash defrost technology for use in air source heat pumps. The latest grant, discussed under DECC’s Energy Entrepreneurs’ Fund, will be used to fund joint research by Frigesco and heat pump specialist Glen Dimplex, designed to develop flash defrost technology for applicatio...
GEA becomes a partner of the Dairy Farming Institute in Chin

Dusseldorf, November 26, 2014 -- GEA Group will contribute its expertise to Nestle’s freshly inaugurated Dairy Farming Institute in Shuangcheng in Northeast China (Heilongjiang Province) as a designat...
GEA recieves Data Centre product award

4 December 2014 GEA Heat Exchangers receive China Data Center Product Application Award 2014 for its GEA Multi-DENCO close-control precision climate-control system. The Award took place as part...
Frigesco receive funding to develop air source heat pump fla

04 December 2014 UK: Frigesco, the company pioneering ultra-efficient flash defrost technology for refrigeration, has been awarded new DECC funding of £102,000 to develop the system for use in ...