Europe
A-Gas increases ODS destruction capacity
23 December 2015 A-Gas Americas has announced a multi-million dollar investment for a second Plasma Arc, Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) destruction Unit at its Bowling Green, Ohio, production facili...
James Ramsay acquires HCS Energy
23 December 2015 Private equity firm, Nevis Capital, has supported its portfolio business, James Ramsay, to acquire the specialist boiler hire business, HCS Energy. The acquisition is the first...
ADEY hosts charity golf day
23 December 2015 ADEY Professional Heating Solutions has raised more than ￡3,500 hosting a charity golf event for The Children’s Air Ambulance, for the second consecutive year. ? Europe’s largest wat...
Viessmann cabinet shortlisted in ACR Awards
23 December 2015 Viessmann’s new Visio cabinet has been shortlisted for the title of Refrigeration Product of the Year in the ACR News Awards, the leading event for the air conditioning and refrigerat...
Netherlands has searchable F-gas register
Dec. 22, 2015 Netherlands: After years of lobbying by industry, the Netherlands has joined those countries offering an online searchable F-gas register. While a number of countries including the UK are without any reliable means of checking company certification and individual F-gas qualification, the Netherlands now joins Denmark, France, Italy, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain and Sweden as coun...
Heat Pump Forum 2016 | Yacht de Paris, 18-20 May 2016
Dec. 22, 2015 The 9th edition of EHPA’s annual Forum will take place in Paris,France; one of the biggest heat pump markets in Europe at the impressive Yacht de Paris. In 2016, the first Europea...
Heat pump industry agrees the Keymark as independently audit
December 22, 2015 A group of manufacturers and certification bodies, co-ordinated by the European Heat Pump Association has agreed the terms of the Heat Pump Keymark, which the participants say they expect to become the single certificate for heat pumps in the European market The Keymark is a quality assurance standard, like the well-known kitemark, backed by third party testing and factory...
ACR News Awards shortlist announced
December 22, 2015 Judging for the ACR News Awards 2016 has taken place, and the final list of entries released. The winners will be announced at the ACR News Awards evening which takes place on 17 Feb...
Commitment Towards A Renewable-based Energy System in Europe
Moving away from the extensive use of fossil fuels by focusing on renewable energy and energy efficiency is an absolute prerequisite to stay below a 2°C temperature increase. Technical solutions to ensure a fuel switch in electricity production, heating and cooling of buildings, industrial processes as well as transport already exist. But only a clear political commitment will ensure that these so...
DencoHappel Installs AHUs at Strasbourg Library
The National University Library in Strasbourg has been extensively renovated and is now equipped with DencoHappel air handling units (AHUs). The relative humidity inside France’s second largest library is maintained at 45 to 65% in order to optimally preserve the 3 million books and documents. Four geothermal heat pumps have been installed, and the water extracted from the ground is continu...
