Europe
Direct Energy Home Services Brands Named Top Home Services F
January 24, 2017 HOUSTON - One Hour Heating & Air Conditioning(R) (One Hour), Benjamin Franklin Plumbing(R) (Benjamin Franklin), and Mister Sparky(R) Electric, part of the Direct Energy family of brands with independently owned and operated locations throughout North America, have earned their highest rankings to date in Entrepreneur Magazine’s 38th Annual "Franchise 500(R)" list. One Hour and...
Record heat pump sales in Germany
Jan 24, 2017 GERMANY: Sales of heat pumps reached record levels in Germany last year on the back of high subsidy rates and more stringent energy policies. According to the trade association Bundesverband Warmepumpe (BWP), sales rose rose by 17% last year to 66,500 and beating the previous best year of 2008. Ground-source heat pump sales increased by 21.8% to 20,700 units, while sales...
Advansor to start production in Poland
Jan 24, 2017 DENMARK: Advansor, the CO2 refrigeration systems specialist, is setting up a new production plant in Szczecin, north-west Poland. The new facility is scheduled to commence operations in May 2017 with production concentrated on its CompSuper XS and S CO2 compressor racks. The company says that production will be ramped up over the next two to three years. Staff will be tr...
Winter challenges for energy security in France
24 January 2017 As a particularly cold winter settles on Europe, France finds itself experiencing peak electricity demand close to the historic peak recorded in 2012. Because of the country’s signifi...
MTH Launches New Series of RACs for the European Market
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Thermal Systems (MTH) developed two new series of wall-mounted room air conditioners (RACs) for the European market, with production and marketing to commence in October. T...
BIM product data: industry bodies agree single process
23 January 2017 Three leading construction industry bodies have acted to address increasing confusion over the process of standardising product information for use in Building Information Modelling (BIM). BESA (the Building Engineering Services Association), CIBSE (the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers) and the CPA (Construction Products Association) have agreed on the re...
ZAplus Energy-Saving Axial Fan
Jan 23, 2017 Optimised full nozzle with guide vane, motor suspension, and short diffuser aerofoil section, sickle-shaped blades, with serrated trailing edges and winglets based on bionic insights. Ava...
Ziehl-Abegg Cpro High Efficiency Empeller
Jan 23, 2017 Cpro free running impeller with 7 backward curved, three dimensionally profiled blades. Available in diameters from 250 to 630mm, made from ZAmid high performance composite material. &nbs...
BSRIA's Sustainable Construction Group Manager speaks at Res
23 January 2017 BSRIA’s Sustainable Construction Group Manager Jo Harris, spoke at a leading event at City Hall in London on Friday 6th January on resilient cities and creating sustainable urban envir...
New monitoring system from Quartix
January 22, 2017 Newtown, Powys, UK: Quartix’s new temperature-monitoring system for vehicles uses one or two Quartix temperature probes mounted on the vehicle’s chiller units. The probes conti...
Eurammon offers 5000 Euro 'naturals' award
22 JAN 2017 GERMANY: Eurammon is again offering ?5000 for the three best academic theses in the field of “natural” refrigerants and their application. The biennial Natural Refrigeration Award 2...
4 CONTRIBUTIONS: 4 |1 FRANCE
Reported by Susan Phalippou,JARN’s France Correspondent The French air conditioner market is influenced by a number of factors, including the number of new homes and commercial premises built or renov...
