Europe
IEA offers four key messages for COP21
How climate talks can enable a low-carbon energy sector - plus aid economic growth and energy access 25 November 2015 IEA Director of Sustainable Energy Policy and Technology Kamel Ben Naceur today p...
Construction input costs to rise by 4% per year to 2020
25 November 2015 Construction input costs will rise by 3-4 per cent annually over the next five years, according to forecasts from the Building Cost Information Service. Growth in overall input costs will be driven by tender price rises of 5-6 per cent annually to 2020, while materials and wage increases will be around the 3-4 per cent mark. The latest BCIS data shows that tender pri...
BREEAM and CEEQUAL standards to merge
25 November 2015 Two of the world’s leading sustainability standards are to merge, with BREEAM and CEEQUAL set to form one new programme. BRE and CEEQUAL announced today that they would create a “single, science-based sustainability standard and certification tool for civil engineering and infrastructure projects in the UK and around the world”. Starting today, CEEQUAL will transfer ...
New fluid 'to revolutionise' heat transfer
25 November 2015 Kilfrost has launched a heat transfer fluid formulated with sustainable GRAS heat transfer fluid bases and a low circulating viscosity to improve system efficiency. The company claims that installers of chillers, secondary refrigeration units and process cooling equipment no longer have to compromise between efficiency and toxicity. In a statement it said: “Optimum e...
Beijer Ref heats up UK refrigeration market with purchase of
23 November 2015 Swedish wholesale giant says operating HRP alongside Dean & Wood and RW Refrigeration Wholesale will ‘confirm the Group’s position as the market leader in the United Kingdom” The Swedish refrigeration group, Beijer Ref has confirmed one of the longest-running items of industry speculation by acquiring the remaining 56 per cent of shares in the wholesaler HRP and operati...
Munters to acquire Reventa
November 24, 2015 SWEDEN: Air treatment company Munters is to acquire Reventa, a German company specialising in climate control systems for livestock buildings. Reventa, headquartered in Horstm...
DencoHappel opens new test facility
November 24, 2015 GERMANY: DencoHappel has opened what it believes is the largest and most advanced test chamber for air conditioning equipment in Wurzen, near Leipzig. The company, formerly known a...
Mitsubishi Electric US New Vice President, Supply Chain Mana
Mitsubishi Electric US, Cooling and Heating Division, announced the appointment of Guillermo Juvera as vice president, supply chain management. In this role, Mr. Juvera is responsible for devel...
Eurovent Code Considers AHUs without Controller as Complete
With its recommendation ‘Eurovent 6-2 - 2015’, the Eurovent association has published a new Code of Good Practice, in which air handling unit (AHU) industry in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) has agreed that a CE mark has to be affixed also to AHUs without controller - similar to AHUs with a controller. A uniform interpretation of Directive 2006/42/EC on machinery was considered necessa...
A-Gas to attend ACR Show 2016
24 November 2015 A-Gas is attending next year’s ACR Show, which takes place from 16-18 February at the NEC in Birmingham. The company (stand C30) will be showcasing its GTO refrigerant and cyli...
