Technical Note
New Year’s Resolutions from Global Association Leaders - ABR
The year 2022 ended in turbulence: the pandemic has not yet come to an end, energy crises led to energy hikes, large-scale disasters due to global warming were occurring, etc. Meeting such challenges,...
JSRAE and AFF to Deepen Relationship in the Future
The Japan Society of Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (JSRAE) has been conducting international activities through intercommunication with overseas organizations. In 2018, it entered into ...
Technical Trend: Smart ACs – Actual Usage Status & Future De
The terms ‘smart home appliances’ and ‘Internet of Things (IoT) home appliances’ have been bandied around in the consumer electronics market for a long time. Although these two...
Technical Trend-Portable Air Conditioners
Stationary and Portable ACs Air conditioners consist of centralized air conditioning types such as chillers and unitary systems, types with the combined features of centralized air conditioning and i...
Air Conditioning and Heatstroke/Heat Shock Response
Sei Suma, senior advisor, Japan Air Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration News (JARN) During the last week of June this year, about 15,000 people in Japan were transported to medical facili...
Data Center Cooling
What is a data center? In recent years, data center has become a more familiar term to the general public than ever before. But it seems that not many people understand the exact role of a data cente...
Climate, Houses, and Air Conditioning — AC Requirements Vary
Sei Suma, senior advisor, Japan Air Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration News (JARN) About 120 million air conditioners were sold worldwide in 2020. Sales more than tripled during the period spa...
CR 2021 Technical Report - Heat Pumps
Reported by Prof. Jiang Yiqiang, Prof. Dong Jiankai, and Dr. Zheng Wenke of Harbin Institute of Technology Many well-known heat pump brands, including Gree, Midea, Haier, TICA, Phnix, and McQuay, t...
CR 2021 Technical Report – Chillers
Reported by Associate Professor Xu Rongji and Dr. Wang Gang of Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture At China Refrigeration Expo 2021 (CR 2021), Chinese brands displayed types of...
JRAIA Clarifies Its Stance on Reviewed GWPs in AR6
On August 9, 2021, the ‘Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis’ was published by the Working Group I contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) of the Intergovernmental Pan...
