Europe
The IIR Launches a Call to Action for World Refrigeration Da

April 26, 2019 In support of the world’s first refrigeration day — which will take place on June 26 — and with the aim of raising awareness and boosting accessibility of the refrige...
Belimo: New service and logistics center in Dresden

April 25, 2019 Belimo is expanding its global network of service locations and opening a new service and logistics center in Großröhrsdorf near Dresden (Germany). This will bring Belimo ev...
Unlocking the Possibilities of District Cooling

By WS Comstock, Contributing Editor, Europe & Middle East From HVAC&R Industry, April 25, 2019 DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES—District cooling has the potential to provide a susta...
Green material for cooling identified; Cambridge Enterprise
18th April 2019 Researchers from the UK and Spain have identified an eco-friendly solid that could replace the inefficient and polluting fluids used in most refrigerators and air conditioners. When put under pressure, plastic crystals of neopentylglycol (NPG) yield huge cooling effects—sufficient to make them competitive with conventional liquid coolants. In addition, the material ...
Microsoft's green plan: Our data centers will run on 60% ren
Microsoft sets new environmental targets and doubles its internal carbon tax. By Liam Tung | April 16, 2019 Microsoft says at the end of 2018 half the power used by its data centers came from renewable energy and it should hit 60 percent by the end of 2019. With the 60 percent milestone in sight, the company is now targeting over 70 percent renewable energy for its data centers ...
Danfoss: Innovative and sustainable icebreaker vessel

April 25, 2019 Finland demonstrates ice technology expertise with innovative and sustainable icebreaker vessel Icebreaker bow forms part of EU co-funded project aimed at...
Government warned over Brexit environmental enforcement gaps
25 April, 2019 By Neil Merrett Environmental Audit Committee report says a range of deficiencies in the government’s proposed post-Brexit environmental legislation would drastically undermine climate change mitigation “Serious concerns” over a lack of oversight and enforcement for the government’s environmental policies and targets post-Brexit have been identified...
New sales director for Wilo UK

April 24, 2019 David Williamson has been appointed as sales director for Wilo UK. David Williamson. He joins Wilo from Whitecroft Lighting where he was regional sales director for a...
Mitsubishi Electric Presents New Heat Pumps and Digital Solu

Mitsubishi Electric presented the wide range of solutions offered by Ecodan heat pumps at ISH 2019. It was also an opportunity for the company to highlight the excellent performance of the heat pump d...
Stiebel Eltron with Safe Solution for Refrigerant Phase-down
At the ISH, Stiebel Eltron presented the first heat pump series that will be launched on the market in 2020 and will utilize R454C, an extremely environmentally friendly refrigerant. At the same time, these heat pumps will have better coefficients of performance (COP) than before and enable high flow temperatures. This enables them on the one hand to ensure high temperatures for hot water supply t...