Europe
Cool Rail launches new refrigerated rail service in Europe
December 12, 2016 Valencia, Spain: Cool Rail has launched a new refrigerated rail service between Valencia and Cologne for fresh produce shippers, according to Coolstar. Cool Rail operates twice-weekly reefer services: the service takes three days which is one more than by road, but each container travels 83% fewer truck-km - resulting in a 70% reduction in CO2 emissions. Cool Rail u...
The Kigali HFC Amendment and its Potential Worldwide Impact
Dec. 12, 2016 On Oct. 15, representatives from more than 170 nations met in Kigali, Rwanda and agreed to a legally binding accord to reduce worldwide use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). Under the Kiga...
CAREL at EUREKA: sustainable technologies for a better life
Dec. 12, 2016 The CAREL Group will be a Diamond Sponsor at the “EUREKA 2016: Heating, Cooling & Ventilation: Sustainable technologies for a better life” conference, to be held in The Hague on 13 ...
Big battery project paves the way to low-carbon future
Dec. 12, 2016 A trial of the largest grid-scale battery in Britain has proved it can potentially transform the energy grid and play a major role in the transition towards a low-carbon economy. The ‘big battery’, designed and run by UK Power Networks and based in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, stores energy when demand is low and releases it at peak times. The Smarter Network Storage...
New A1 Flues recruit off to flying start with ￡100,000 of o
Dec. 12, 2016 A1 Flue Systems’ newest recruit has hit the ground running after securing five new projects worth more than ￡100,000 in his first two weeks with the company. Robert McGookin joined the team in a sales role to cover the whole of Ireland and has wasted no time in picking up orders for commercial flue and chimney systems for new office and apartment blocks that are springing up ...
BSRIA appoints new Worldwide Market Intelligence Business Ma
Dec. 12, 2016 BSRIA is delighted to announce the appointment of Krystyna Dawson B.Sc (Hons), MBA, MA as its new Business Manager of Worldwide Market Intelligence (WMI) at BSRIA, effective from Tuesday...
GEA awarded large-scale contract for nutritional powders pla
12 Dec 2016 GEA has been awarded a contract by Mataura Valley Milk Limited to construct a nutritional powders plant in McNab near to Gore in the south island of New Zealand. The plant will process f...
EC calls for flammability standards review
December 11, 2016 EUROPE: The European Commission sees current flammable refrigerant standards as a barrier to low GWP alternatives and recommends that these should be urgently addressed. In pa...
Opening of the Munich Technical Center by Panasonic Factory
Dec 09, 2016 Munich, Germany - On September 20, 2016, Panasonic Factory Solutions Europe opened its newly established Technical Center close to the Panasonic office near Munich. Panasonic founded the...
Helicopter transports NOVA air conditioners for ebm-papst in
09 December 2016 Some situations require new ways of thinking - and setting up the air conditioners on the roof of the ebm-papst location in Hagenmoos/St. Georgen was one of them! The factory hall is ...
