Europe
Portacool to open Spanish warehouse
09 Jun 2015 SPAIN: Portacool, the US manufacturer of evaporative coolers, is to open a new 3050m2 warehouse facility in Barcelona. The facility is designed to address the rising European demand...
DECC invites commercial property sector to heat pump roadsho
9 Jun 2015 The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) is providing a series of free one-day training courses, designed to help developers and managers in the commercial property sector to understand more about how heat pumps can deliver lower energy bills, greater comfort and better buildings. The roadshows will offer participants the chance to learn more about why heat pumps make s...
GEA launches new Group structure
8 Jun 2015 GEA has launched the optimized new Group structure developed as part of its “Fit for 2020” initiative, marking a fundamental shift both in its internal structure and organization, and in it...
Daikin to sponsor FC Bruges
08 June 2015 BELGIUM: Daikin has signed a shirt sponsorship deal with leading Belgian football team Club Brugge (aka FC Bruges). From next season Club Brugge, based just 30km from the Daikin Europe a...
Secop Case Story Chest Freezer
05 June 2015 Increase Cabinet Net Volume to 27.7 Litres with an efficient Secop DELTA Compressor Sometimes a little change can transform the business. With the aid of the ultra-efficient and ultra-com...
RenewableUK threatens legal action over subsidy cuts
8 June 2015 UK renewable energy trade body RenewableUK has said it will launch legal challenges if the government cuts the existing subsidy scheme for onshore wind power, Out-Law.com has reported. The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) plans to close the Renewable Obligation (RO) subsidy scheme a year earlier than planned, sources have told The Guardian. However, Renewabl...
The BIM Roadmap - new guide helps with implementing BIM
08 Jun 2015 BSRIA’s new BIM Roadmap guide provides a method for an organisation to chart or map their corporate BIM strategy (which meets the Level 2 requirement by UK Government) via a number of clea...
Not so F.A.B as Refrigerant prices set to Rocket
5 June 2015 UK: Experts attending last week’s RAC F-Gas Question Time have sent out a stark warning to industry saying they should act ‘sooner rather than later’ and make the switch to lower-GWP refrigerants or risk being left out in the cold with soaring refrigerant prices. The warning comes following the introduction of the new F-Gas regulation in January relating to the phase-down and qu...
Industry warned refrigerants costs rising 'ten to twenty tim
5 June 2015 Experts attending RAC’s F-Gas Question Time warn industry should act ‘sooner rather than later’ on lower-GWP refrigerants UK cooling companies faces the prospect of soaring refriger...
Cardiff to trial groundwater heat pump technology for distri
5 June 2015 Welsh capital looks to Norway for inspiration for heating scheme City of Cardiff Council is to undertake a ￡250,000 trial of groundwater heat pump technology to see whether its groundwater resources will support a larger scale district heating scheme for the city. The partnership project between the council,, Cardiff-based business WDS Green Energy and the British Geolog...
