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Australia: Code of Practice for Flammable Refrigerants
12/09/2013 Faced with the rising use of flammable refrigerants, AIRAH has issued a draft Code of Practice for handling these gases, which will be proposed as an approved code of practice under section...
Food invention: frozen tea cubes
12/09/2013 The British Frozen Food Federation (BFFF) challenged students to come up with a product that demonstrated the potential of frozen food. Sumaiyah Patel, the prize-winning studen...
Enclosure Cooling Units offer multiple mounting options
September 16, 2013 - With different mounting options, Thermoelectric Air Conditioners for electronic enclosures help users meet varying installation space requirements. Standard through-mount option a...
Prize-winning low-energy housing complex in Switzerland
Last year, the Solar City housing complex in the wine-growing region of Satigny was awarded the Swiss Solar Prize 2011 in the category "Energy Systems for Renewable Energies" for its eco-friendl y ene...
Rotary Compressors: Large Market Enjoying Sustained Growth
Growth in the rotary compressor market has been fostered by rising demand in the room air conditioner (RAC) market. Rotary compressors have strengthened their cost competitiveness through mass product...
Safety for systems with natural refrigerants
For environmental reasons, the trend today is moving towards natural refrigerants. Two categories are worth considering: non-combustible refrigerants such as CO2 and combustible refrigerants such as p...
Sisil celebrates 50 golden years of trust and reliability
September 11, 2013 Sisil, Sri Lanka’s locally-made refrigerator which has become an endeared household name over the yearscelebrates its golden anniversary this year. The Sisil fridge, at 50, is regarded around the country by many as almost a family member withstanding season after season and year after year dutifully and tirelesslywatching an entire generation grow up, get married and restart the...
Report shows Scottish renewable energy jobs overestimate
13 September 2013 A report by the Auditor General reveals that the job numbers created by Scotland’s renewable energy drive have been hugely overestimated. It was suggested by the Scottish government that 40,000 jobs would result from the country’s renewable energy efforts, while the actual figure is around 13,000, says the report. It also estimates that ￡209 million has been spent ...
NATE and RSES Offer Certification Testing at RSES Conference
13 - September - 2013 Arlington, Va. -- North American Technician Excellence (NATE), in partnership with Refrigeration Service Engineers Society (RSES), is offering NATE certification testing at the 76th RSES Conference & HVACR Technology Expo in conjunction with the EKA 50th Annual Conference. The conference runs from Oct. 23-26 at the Sheraton Station Square Hotel in Pittsburgh. The N...
Fujitsu goes the right route to market
13 - September - 2013 FG Eurofred, the face of Fujitsu air conditioning in the UK, is restructuring its sales operation to fine tune its long standing commitment to a dual route to market. The direct...
