Europe
European Commission publishes new F-gas leaflet
14 May 2015 The European Commission has released a new tri-fold leaflet that provides helpful information for technical personnel and companies working with equipment containing fluorinated greenhouse gases. To download the leaflet follow the link at bit.ly/1EDXfFr where the leaflet is posted on the Space Air website. Fluorinated gases (F-gases) are potent greenhouse gases and include hydrofluor...
Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Courses for 2015
14 May 2015 Leading British manufacturer of precision air conditioning, IT cooling systems, chillers and air handling units, Airedale International, has extended its training programme for 2015. With ...
Scottish Government: District heating at Centre of energy pl
14 May 2015 Scottish energy minister announces district heating will ‘play a major part’ in decarbonising heat across Scotland. Scottish energy minister Fergus Ewing told conference attendees at the Association for Decentralised Energy’s annual district heating conference in Edinburgh: “We want to make significant progress by 2020 towards our low carbon future to ensure Scotland is a leadin...
Waterloo collaborates on ground-breaking air distribution pr
13 May 2015 Waterloo collaborates with Bakkavor Group, Brunel University London and the College of Engineering, Design and Physical Sciences to overcome energy wastage. Waterloo Air Products ha...
Cofely Refrigeration extends Quantum G chiller series
13 May 2015 Demand for green refrigeration is on the rise and that is one of the reasons why Cofely Refrigeration is expanding its existing German-manufactured water cooled Quantum G chiller series, w...
Innovative transcritical CO2 ice rink installation
12/05/2015 In Gimo, Sweden, a transcritical CO2 unit was installed to provide cooling for a new ice rink. This unit, from the Mistral model system supplied by Green & Cool, has options providing high/medium/low temperature and swept volume as well as heat recovery for heating and hot water services. The excess heat from the heat recovery is transferred to deep drilled wells for geotherm...
Renewable Energy Skills Forum holds inaugural meeting
13 May 2015 A national forum established to improve renewable heat skills and training has met for the first time to agree actions and priorities. The Renewable Energy Skills Forum includes Gov...
Hitachi appoints technical support engineer
12 May 2015 Hitachi Air Conditioning Europe SAS is continuing to expand its customer service offering with the appointment of Darren Kelf as a new technical support engineer. Based at Hitachi’s...
Air Conditioning distributor amp launches loyalty scheme
12 May 2015 amp, the UK independent AC distributor, has announced the launch of amp Diamonds, its loyalty reward programme. The initiative, which amp launched in partnership with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, gives new and existing customers the ability to collect points on MHI purchases which can be redeemed at some of the biggest brands, including Amazon, John Lewis, Red Letter Days, Hotel...
Croatia and Estonia RAC Associations join AREA
May 11, 2015 EUROPE: The European organisation of air-conditioning, refrigeration and heat pumps contractors AREA, has announced that CRACA, the Croatian Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Association, and EKL, the Estonian Refrigeration Association are the latest organisations to become members which now counts 22 members in 19 countries. CRACA was created 3 years ago with the mission of c...
