Europe
Danfoss Presents 100% CO2 Store Solution at ATMOsphere Asia
At ATMOsphere Asia held from February 3 to 5 in Tokyo, Japan, Danfoss presented a number of innovative products all designed to increase the energy efficiency of refrigeration solutions for supermarke...
Ground Source Regulations Simplified
In what is hoped to give a new impetus to the installation of geo-thermal heat pumps in France is an announcement in the official government bulletin Journal Officiel in January. It simplifies the otherwise complex and time consuming procedures to obtain approval for the installation of vertically drilled wells. It applies to wells up to 200 meters deep and loads of not more than 500 kW. &n...
Faults with Heat Pump Installations
A survey by the IEA Heat Pump Centre has highlighted some of the common design and installation faults with heat pump installations. These are: oversizing - leading to poor annual performance, too much or too little refrigerant, unbalanced air flow over the indoor heat ex-changer, unbalanced water supply to the indoor coils, malfunction of the hydronic control valves and leaks from the ductwork. A...
New Market Data for UK
Latest data from Eurovent Market Intelligence shows favorable results for the United Kingdom in the last quarter of 2014 when chiller sales rose by over 10% - higher than in Italy, France, and Germany. The 2014 market in Europe for air handling units was rated as ‘sluggish’ in the report with only the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Denmark showing perceptible growth. Fan coils shadowed the trend in f...
Cordant Technical joins Data Centre Cooling Question Time -
19 March 2015 Frank Mills, Design Consultant for M&E company Cordant Technical has joined the panel for the forthcoming RAC Data Centre Question Time discussion event - London March 24 Spon...
Imperium- i
19 March 2015 Temperature control specialist ICS Cool Energy has recently enhanced their energy efficient A-rated chillers and heat pump range. Their new imperium-i, imperium-FC and the high temperatu...
DECC claims renewable energy costs report ignores reality of
19 March 2015 Renewable Energy: the most expensive domestic policy disaster in modern British history claims the electricity sector is being transformed into a vast Public Private Partnership, an outcome it says promises state control of investment funded by high cost private sector capital, with energy companies set to take the blame for high electricity bills. The Department for Energy an...
￡21m for community ownership of Scottish energy projects
19 March 2015 Five projects across Scotland will benefit from more than ￡20m in funding that will help reshape how energy is delivered and used in communities throughout the country. The funding allocation, from the Local Energy Challenge Fund, was announced by the Scottish Energy Minister Fergus Ewing at the Community and Renewable Energy Scheme (CARES) conference organised by Local Energ...
