Europe
HFC phase-down talks at stalemate
28 November 2013 MEPs and member state negotiators appear unlikely to reach a deal at a final round of negotiations this week on a timetable for phasing out HFCs. According to European Voice Dutch Green MEP Bas Eickhout, who is leading negotiations for the Parliament, said: “It’s going to be tough, there’s still a huge gap between the positions. If I just look at the official mandate now on...
Conference debates heating sector’s role in reaching EU ener
28 November 2013 The Association of the European Heating Industry’s conference, “Heating in the spotlight: delivering energy efficiency”, brought together industry leaders and stakeholders to debate h...
TSI respirator Mask Integrity Test Accessory (MITA) availabl
November 28, 2013 The TSI MITA 8120, is an accessory for the PortaCount Respirator Fit Tester and is designed to test the integrity of full-face respirators, such as Self Contained Breathing Apparatus...
Five days of concentrated knowledge
November 2013 Choosing the right refrigerants, correct error analysis - and fast sports cars: there was a lot going on at this year’s BITZER International Refrigeration Seminar in November. More than ...
Alfa Laval wins offshore oil and gas order worth SEK 90 mill
November 27, 2013 Alfa Laval -- a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling - has won an order from a South Korean company for freshwater generators to an offshore oil p...
Swedish heat pump sales increased in the 3rd quarter of this
Nov. 27, 2013 In the third quarter of 2013, the negative trend of heat pump sales in Sweden ended. The market shows some more positive signals again. The largest increase is in the sales of exhaust air heat pumps (+ 23% in comparison with the 3rd quarter of 2012). This growth of exhaust air heat pumps is strongly connected to new constructions of little houses, which rose a lot under 2013. Since t...
Morgan Willis elected as Chair of the EHPA Education Committ
Nov. 26, 2013 EHPA is pleased to announce that Morgan Willis has been elected as the new Chair of its Education Commitee (Educom). Willis is working for the Swedish Heat Pump Association (SVEP) and in his role as Chair he will take a leading role in the management and development of the EUCERT programme. In the forthcoming two years, he will be assisted by the newly elected vice-Chair Svenn Hansen...
Toshiba Shifts Date for Reorganization of Home Appliances/Vi
Nov 27, 2013 Toshiba Corp. has rescheduled the reorganization of its home appliances and visual products businesses. Toshiba said it September it will spin off its visual products business and ...
New System Manages Life Cycle of Refrigerants as Assets
27 November 2013 San Francisco -- EOS Climate has announced the launch of its Refrigerant Asset System? (RAS), a cross-sector business model that focuses on refrigerants as assets. Refrigerants have traditionally been treated as consumables in a linear model, in that they are produced, used, and replaced on an ongoing basis. The Refrigerant Asset System allows businesses to manage refrigerants as ...
Sainsbury’s opens first ‘Triple Zero’ stores
27 November 2013 Sainsbury’s new supermarket in Leicester is one of two ‘Triple Zero’ stores the retailer has just opened. It is Sainsbury’s most environmentally friendly store to date and uses the ve...
Motor Driven Systems conference to help UK reduce energy and
27 November 2013 The Motor Driven Systems Conference visited the South-east last week in the fourth of five UK dates configured to help UK industry generate huge financial savings from its motor drive...
