Europe
Refrigerant Recovery Saves France 2.4 Billion Euro
According to a study performed by the Climate Economics Chair of Paris Dauphine University on behalf of ADC3R, an association bringing together refrigerant distributors, packers, recovery, and recycling practitioners, has demonstrated that refrigerant recovery has saved France 2.4 billion Euro(US$ 2.7 billion) over the past 20 years. Jean-Rene Brunetiere, head of the Climate Economics Chair...
Daikin Celebrates 1 Million Heat Pumps Installed in France
Daikin is celebrating a landmark achievement: with 1 million Daikin heat pumps installed in France, the company has launched two special offers to mark the occasion. The first offer is for customers requesting an estimate for the purchase and installation of a Daikin heat pump between September 15 and December 15, 2015. Customers will be able to enter a competition and the winner of the dra...
Ammonia Leaks Cause Damage
This summer, ammonia leaks occurred in the refrigeration plants of several industrial sites in Western France, causing considerable damage. On August 31, an ammonia leak occurred in a chicken processing plant, Boscher Volailles, located in Mur-de-Bretagne. Following an alkali (i.e. a mixture of water and ammonia) leak, the site where 158 employees work had to be evacuated. Eight persons suf...
CIAT Inaugurates Yuna II Split Inverter Heat Pump
CIAT has launched a new air-to-water (ATW) split inverter heat pump for new single-family homes or small service sector premises. Yuna II has been designed for fast and easy installation. Highl...
The End to Higher Efficiencies?
Fujitsu General’s product manager in the United Kingdom Colin Goode reviews the spectacular efficiency gains achieved in air conditioning equipment over the last ten years which have virtually halved specific energy consumption and sees any further progress needing a dramatic step change which might become counter productive. For example, the use of R410A which resulted in smaller equipment with l...
Keeping Track of F-gases
End users and facility managers of ACR plant are failing to keep track of their refrigerants - now a mandatory requirement of the F-gas Regulations. Cooltherm in the United Kingdom says that in half the installations it visited records were incomplete or entirely absent. Such records are required for all plant where the refrigerant charge exceeds the equivalent of 5 tons of CO2 equivalent and cove...
Industrial Heat Pumps in Germany
The potential for heat pumps in industrial processes in Germany is virtually untapped, according to a study by the University of Stuttgart. The total demand for water at 70°C is estimated at around 211 PJ/year (64 billion kWh/year) or around 11% of the total industrial load. This is concentrated principally in the mechanical engineering and automotive production sectors. The opportunities expand s...
New Energy Labeling Proposals
The old energy rating system which assigned categories A to G to products was easy to comprehend but technical improvements over the years have resulted in confusion. Because most products now end up as A-rated (and virtually none in D, E, and G), a system of A-plus signs was introduced and we now have A+, A++ and A+++. This has been endlessly perplexing for buyers and the European Commission (EC)...
Setback in Heat Pump Market
The currently low price of domestic fuel oil in France - less than 0.7 Euro(US$ 0.8) per liter - is beginning to make an impact on the alternative energies sector including heat pumps. When an existing oil-fired boiler needs to be replaced the best solution, says ASF - the association for the promotion of fuel oil - is to replace it with a more efficient condensing version and add structural insul...
Climate pledges for COP21 slow energy sector emissions growt
But further effort will be needed to achieve two-degree goal 21 October 2015 Paris The International Energy Agency (IEA) released on Wednesday a World Energy Outlook (WEO) special briefing...
