Europe
Aldi plans big UK expansion
May 12, 2017 Atherstone, UK: Aldi has set out an ambitious plan to increase the number of its UK stores. “If you look at the population, we think not only could we have a store in every town and city, but for every 25,000 to 30,000 people,” said Matthew Barnes, the UK and Ireland chief executive of the German grocer speaking to the Grocer magazine. With the UK’s population standing a...
Electrolux welcomes US hydrocarbon move
12 MAY 2017 SWEDEN: Moves to revise US safety standards and allow the use of hydrocarbon refrigerants in US domestic refrigerators have been welcomed by white goods manufacturer Electrolux. The recen...
Decarb Heat: Ristori on Decarbonising Europe
May. 12, 2017 | “We would like policy-makers to see the determination of the industry to decarbonize the heating and cooling sector” Martin Forsen, President of EHPA at Decarb Heat 2017 The fir...
Hot Works Issues
May 11, 2017 2 Billion LOKRINGS and counting for the dedicated HVAC cold pipe joint LOKRING. Lokring the dedicated HVAC Cold pipe jointing system suitable for R32, R410a and all other HC, HFO, ...
Euro Foods takes Carrier as sole supplier
May 11, 2017 Newport, UK: Euro Foods has adopted Carrier Transicold as its sole fridge supplier. Euro Food’s latest four new 7.5-tonne trucks have the XariosTM 500 systems from Carrier Transico...
Hot topics for discussion at TCS&D exhibition in Coventry
May 11, 2017 Coventry, UK: Brexit, sustainability, urban deliveries and shared logistics are among the key issues tabled for discussion at this year’s TCS&D exhibition in Coventry on 13 and 14 Sep...
The heat pumps for saving the planet
11 May 2017 Two international events on heat pumps are set to take place in mid-May in Europe. On 11 and 12 May it’s the turn of DecarbHeat, the conference organised by the European Heat Pump Associa...
Nu-Heat invests for future growth
11 May 2017 Nu-Heat, the UK supplier of underfloor heating and renewable systems, has secured investment from new shareholders as part of plans for continued growth. The company has a 25-year history of delivering fully designed, energy efficient underfloor heating and renewable systems. It has outperformed the growing underfloor heating market in recent years to become a ￡15m business and...
Commentary: The untapped potential of energy efficiency
11 May 2017 What is the world’s single most important fuel? (Hint: it is also the energy resource that all countries have in abundance.) The answer to this riddle is energy efficiency, which is someti...
Ability Matrix
May 10, 2017 A Matrix fan coil is, to all outward appearance, exactly the same as any other fan coil. However, the Matrix uses infinitely controllable and highly energy efficient EC/DC fans in combination with a unique control strategy that together provide a new and exciting fan coil solution. ‘LapCast’ Wireless Air Volume Balancing The concept is so simple but the benefits are many! With ...
