Europe
Higher-efficiency Systems to Drive CHP Market for Commercial
July 8, 2015 LONDON - The global combined heat and power (CHP) market for commercial buildings is forecast to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of nearly 8 percent from 2015 to 2019, according to a new report from Technavio. CHP technology is a clean approach to generating both power and thermal energy from a single fuel source. The average efficiency of conventional fossil fuel ...
Research reveals industry not yet up to speed for BIM target
July 7, 2015 According to research conducted by UK Construction Week in partnership with BRE, three quarters of construction professionals do not believe the industry is ready to meet mandatory BIM Level 2 requirements by 2016. Just over 74 per cent of respondents think the industry will fall short of this target, which is due to come into effect for all procurement projects from central go...
Manor Refrigerated Cabinets achieves record roll-out
7 July 2015 Manor Refrigerated Cabinets recently completed a ￡1.6m shelving and merchandise roll-out for a leading retailer. This feat of complex deliveries across more than 800 UK stores was achiev...
Industry must limit refrigerant focus
July 6, 2015 FRANCE: Europe’s aircon and refrigeration component makers have warned that only with a very focused approach will industry be able to achieve the phase down targets within the statutory ...
Supermarket's take to twitter over Refrigeration failings
July 6, 2015 UK: As we all know, some of the of the larger Supermarket chains haven’t had the best of times of late. Losing customers to low-budget competition, profits dwindling and just as they thou...
Portable AC units can grow your business
6 July 2015 This week Hawco has launched a new state-of-the-art portable AC unit from Aspen Xtra, and with UK temperatures this July already reaching 36.7°C (the highest since records began 165 years ...
Micro-trigeneration trends and perspectives
03/07/2015 In a recent paper*, Deepesh Sonar et al. present a review of micro-trigeneration systems. Trigeneration systems use waste heat from prime movers to generate heating and cooling along with p...
Kasper succeeds Systemair founder
3 July 2015 SWEDEN: Roland Kasper has been appointed md and ceo of Systemair in succession to founder Gerald Engstrom who becomes chairman. Roland Kasper is 45 years old and started at Systemai...
Alfa Laval expands aftermarket business, acquires niche comp
3 July 2015 Alfa Laval Group - a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling - has acquired an aftermarket company, specialized in separation technology. The company will ...
Efficient, compact EC motors for high-performance fans and b
3 July 2015 Society is facing considerable challenges in the light of global warming and world population growth. And so the top priority has to be to reduce energy consumption. According to the WHO t...
