Europe
Secop Condensing Units for AC Voltage
Secop has a long tradition of delivering outstanding condensing units for AC voltage. Formerly known as Danfoss Compressor, Secop has been the mastermind behind several award-winning products. After a...
Views on Brexit
How Britain’s exit (Brexit) from the European Union (EU) will impact on the air conditioning and refrigeration industries has been the subject of speculation in the technical press over the last few months. Some things are predicable - for example the F-gas regulations, which emanated from Brussels, are now enshrined in UK law and will not be affected. Refcom, the certifying body for indust...
Relocating the UK’s ACR Show
Held in February this year the ACR Show is to open again in 2018 (January 23-25) in London and will be restyled the HVAC & Refrigeration Show and will have a wider coverage of the industry including heat pumps, heating and ventilation as well as refrigeration and air conditioning. The venue will be the dedicated expo center ExCel. More information from www.HVACRshow.com Source: ACR News...
BRE Survey of Air Conditioning in the UK
Energy used in air conditioning systems in the United Kingdom accounts for around 10% of the national total consumption of electricity according to a recent survey by the Building Research Establishment (BRE). Data from 2012 shows that around two thirds of office space and one third of retail space was air conditioned and penetration since then has been increasing. These systems have an average an...
Energy in Buildings Survey
The total stock of office buildings in Germany is around 311,000 representing an aggregate floor area of 456 million m2. One third of the stock was built before 1964 and one third in the period from 1965 to 1994. The remainder dates from 1995. An analysis by dena, the German energy agency, of some 33,500 buildings shows average annual energy demand to be 174 kWh/m2 and average consumption to be 13...
Growth of Hybrid Systems in France
Three years ago the idea of packaging a gas- or oil-fired boiler with an electrically driven heat pump and operating with an integrated control system was virtually unknown in France. But the first six months of 2016 have seen a rapid take off in sales to create a market greater than the current one for geothermal heat pumps. Although the general principle of using a heat pump to back up to...
New Owners for Flakt Woods
The investment group Triton is to buy air systems specialist Flakt Woods - itself a merger of the Swedish Flakt and UK fan manufacturer Woods of Colchester. Flakt Woods is represented in 25 countries worldwide, has a total workforce of 2,100 and annual sales of over ?420 million (US$ 469 million). Triton, which currently has 27 companies in its portfolio, has combined sales of over ?12 bill...
Retail Refrigeration Break-through
The technique of using pre-cooled air instead of refrigerant to chill retail display cases was developed nearly a decade ago but it is only today that it is becoming a commercial reality. The Mistral Air system has been trialed in the United Kingdom by supermarket leaders Asda (part of Walmart in the United States) and has now been written into its model specification - which could lead to a rapid...
RENEXPO Poland on October 19-21 in Warsaw
The Renewable Energy Exposition (RENEXPO) Poland, the sixth international trade fair and conferences for renewable energy and energy efficiency, will be held from October 19 to 21, 2016 at Warsaw Cent...
Climaveneta Units Installed at New Office Zucchetti Tower in
The renovation work of the former Lodi Province Palace in Italy is in full swing, which starting from the spring-summer 2017, will officially become Zucchetti Office Tower. The new headquarters...
