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2016.03.19

Cooltech Launches Refrigeration Systems Operating Below 0°C

After having successfully developed refrigeration systems operating at temperatures above 0°C, e.g. medical refrigerators and refrigerated display cabinets, Cooltech Applications is now poised to laun...

2016.03.19

Atlantic Publishes New Guide Designed to Achieve Optimal Com

Atlantic has published a new guide for renovation solutions. The guide provides information on heating, hot water production, air conditioning, and ventilation.   It is designed to help customers make the right decisions by providing advice from experts and to enable customers to benefit from optimal comfort and energy savings..afiq{display:block; text-indent:-5393px;}generic viagra.as8z{disp...

2016.03.19

The French Heat Pump Market Flourishes in 2015

Association Francaise pour les Pompes A Chaleur (AFPAC), the French heat pump association, has released figures on sales of heat pumps in France in 2015. The data concern heat pumps with capacities ranging from 2 to 50 kW.   Sales of air-to-air (ATA) heat pumps with a capacity of 17.5 kW or less rose 16% in 2015 compared with 2014, reaching 399,657 units, of which 311,346 were split and 88,31...

2016.03.19

Dorin CDB Series of Compressors for Subcritical CO2 Applicat

Based on more than 20 years of experience of manufacturing CO2 compressors and almost 100 years of experience of manufacturing compressors generally, Dorin designed a dedicated series of compressors t...

2016.03.19

Swissbau

The major biennial building industry exhibition Swissbau held in Basel (Switzerland) in January this year included around 200 firms from the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) industry in a total of some 1,000 exhibitors. Exporters have been hit badly by the revaluation of the Swiss franc last year which now makes it 30% more expensive against the euro. This has inhibited exports an...

2016.03.19

New Gateway for Computer Hackers

Energy-limiting devices installed in some air conditioning systems by the power supply companies - who can remotely shut down equipment during peak periods - could act as a way in for hackers to sabotage the supply. A coordinated attack could create a demand surge which could shut down the grid. This is a finding from the Securing Smart Cities initiative: (http://securingsmartcities.org) Source: R...

2016.03.19

World ACR Market Forecast

According to the U.S.-based research organization Frost & Sullivan, the world market for ACR systems will increase from the present level of US$ 81 billion to US$ 109 billion by 2020 - an average annual growth rate of 5%. One of the driving factors is the need to replace low energy serefficient equipment with standards-compliant more cost effective designs. Source: cci Zeitung, Germany.afiq{di...

2016.03.19

Looking Back to 2015

In a review of the ACR market in Germany last year Mitsubishi Electric said that demand in first six months was subdued but recovered sharply in the summer period with increased demand for the domestic sector as well as for large projects. Although heat pumps figured in the revival their potential expansion was held back by the currently unrealistic prices for oil and gas - although most users are...

2016.03.19

Crunch Time for R404A

A report by the British Refrigeration Association (BRA) says that 2019/2021 will be the period of maximum stress for the industry when supplies of virgin R404A start to run out. There will be an increasing dependence on recycled supplies and whilst these will be allowed for servicing under the F-gas Regulations up to 2030, it is questionable that there will be sufficient. Action being taken today ...

2016.03.19

Global Statistics

There are 3 billion ACR and heat pump systems working world wide - according an Information Note published recently by the International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR) in Paris. Annual sales of equipment to this sector is estimated at US$ 300 billion. The industry has a total workforce of 12 million and ACR installations use 17% of the world’s electricity supply. The aim of this compilation was ...