Europe
2.4.6 Turkey
In spite of the political turmoil and recent international tensions, the economic outlook still looks good with rising GDP expected for the next few years. Government plans for wide scale construction...
2.4.5 France
The current economic outlook is positive with growth in GDP at 1.1% in 2015 and 1.5% in 2016. Construction activity will also be reestablished in 2016. The total chiller market in 2015 was esti...
2.4.4 Russia
The country’s economy is under at-tack from sanctions, devaluation of the currency (by over 50% since July 2014) and the slowdown in global oil prices. Another factor has been the weakness in domestic...
2.4.3 Italy
The country’s economy has begun to recover from its negative growth in 2014 by gaining 0.7 % in GDP in 2015 (estimated by the OECD). Other sources forecast a doubling of this rate in 2016. The constru...
2.4.2 United Kindom
The UK economy is less export-driven than many other countries and this will give it more resistance to the impact of Brexit, the United Kingdom’s exit from the EU. Construction output is expected to grow, particularly in the new office buildings sector as well as for refurbishment projects, London being one of the principal centers of activity. The commercial sector remains the key application in...
2.4.1 Germany
As the fourth largest economy in the world and the largest in the EU, growth in GDP in Germany is projected to be 1.6% in 2017 which will subsequently level at 1.3% in 2018/2020. The high rate of immi...
2.4 Europe
Reported by Alan Field, based on the BSRIA market survey This is a report about the 2016 European market for central plant air conditioning equipment based on the World Air Conditioning 2016 report published earlier this year by the UK research association BSRIA. Statistical data in this article is quoted by permission of BSRIA from an updated version of the earlier report....
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