Europe
Plant and asset management event returns in March
10 February 2016 This year the biennial co-located events: Drives & Controls, Plant and Asset Management, European Offshore Energy, Fluid Power & Systems, and Air-Tech Exhibitions- are again s...
ASERCOM General Assembly tackles key issues
10 February 2016 At its recent Annual General Assembly on 14 January ASERCOM outlined its activities over the past year and tackled the key issues facing the refrigeration and air conditioning industry. More than 70 guests from all branches of the industry took part in the event in Brussels where they exchanged views and opinions and networked. As the event concluded ASERCOM’s president Claude B...
German heat pump market situation
09/02/2016 For the first time since 2010 the sales figures for heat pumps in Germany had shown a slight decrease for 2014. 58 000 sold space heating heat pumps equals a decline of -3.3%. On the contrary, sanitary hot water heat pumps continued their upward trend with an increase in sales volume of 10.7% - 13 400 units were sold. The decrease in heat pump sales is a result of the overall mar...
Smart trends - market changes and the future
10/02/2016 Google acquiring Nest in 2014, Apple announcing its Siri Smart Home Application in the same year and Honda’s much publicised announcement of its “Smart Home USA” in 2013 heralded the arriva...
Too clever by half - managing smart technology in buildings
10/02/2016 Written by Roderic Bunn, Building performance analyst and manager of the Soft Landings initiative at BSRIA What you are about to read has been said many times. So to those who’ve rea...
Bosch appoints VRF sales manager
9 February 2016 Bosch Commercial and Industrial has boosted its sales team with the appointment of a new variable refrigerant flow (VRF) sales manager. Carlos Leyton joins Bosch with more than ...
ACR Show exhibitors back national competition
9 February 2016 The ACR Show, the UK’s only exhibition for the refrigeration, air conditioning, ventilation, heating and heat pump sectors is set to host the national SkillFRIDGE competition next week...
Heat pump sales triple in Poland
February 7, 2016 POLAND: Although a market still in its infancy, sales of electrically driven heat pumps in Poland are reported to have nearly tripled over the last six years. According to the...
Systemair first to new Eurovent standard
February 7, 2016 SWEDEN: Systemair is the first manufacturer to have products certified under the new Eurovent programme for residential air handling units (RAHU). The RAHU certification progr...
ZERO joins ukDEA
Feb 8, 2016Low-carbon heating solutions company, ZERO, has joined the UK District Energy Association (ukDEA), underlining its support for the UK district energy movement. It has become the 113th organisation to align itself with the ukDEA, an association created to bring together developers, operators and partners connected with the UK’s largest district energy schemes. The ukDEA aims to ...
Report Names Top 3 Trends Impacting the Industrial Refrigera
Feb 8, 2016 LONDON - A report on the global industrial refrigeration systems market from Technavio provides an analysis of the most important trends expected to impact the market outlook through 2020. The firm defines an emerging trend as a factor that has the potential to significantly affect the market and contribute to its growth or decline. According to Technavio’s report, the global in...
A-Gas named official refrigerant supplier for Skillfridge
Feb 8, 2016 A-Gas has been appointed as the refrigerant supplier for this year’s Skillfridge competition at the ACR Show, which takes places at the NEC, Birmingham, from February 16-18. Six app...
