Europe
New Angle on Beating the R22 Ban
Labeling cardboard cartons of refrigerant cylinders as R134a was not a clever idea when customs opened the cartons they found the cylinders themselves were clearly stamped R22. The total consignment of some 20 tons - originating in China - was impounded by officials in Vyborg, Russia. Although R22 is still avail-able in Russia, its price is high, encouraging the demand for cheap illegal imports. &...
Growth in Mechanical Ventilation for Dwellings
Latest figures from Interconnection Consulting in Vienna, Austria, shows steady growth in the market for pack-aged ventilation systems in houses and flats in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. In 2014 sales totaled over 77,000 central ducted systems and 122,000 single room packaged units making a total value of around ?290 million (US$ 318 million). All these installations featured some form of he...
Carel Presents New Frontiers for Natural Refrigerants
Carel took part in the 6th ATMO-sphere Europe, the annual meeting held to discuss the latest technologies involving natural refrigerants in Europe, on March 16-17 in Brussels. The hot topic this year ...
TEGA gains rights to hydrocarbon blends
21 Apr 2015 GERMANY: TEGA has received exclusive rights to blend and distribute two new hydrocarbon refrigerants. The agreement with US company AS Trust & Holdings involves two refrigerants...
Supply Air to distribute Komfovent in the UK
21 Apr 2015 Independent H&V design and supply company, Supply Air Ltd, has been awarded the prestigious Amalva-Komfovent UK distribution rights for its full range of heat recovery and energy effic...
Cool-Therm prescribes Tonon chillers for Swindon Hospital
21 April 2015 Cool-Therm has supplied two low temperature Tonon chillers for a major replacement project at Swindon Hospital. The project, carried out jointly with Carillion, harnessed the low ...
EHPA welcomes Electra Air Conditioning Industries
Apr. 21, 2015 ELECTRA Israel is owned by ELCO Holding, a 2,4 Billion USD Israeli Company, former shareholder of the Airwell Group. Since 1945 ELECTRA produces air conditioners, today at the rate of 250.000 units a year, of which 110.000 are inverter heat pumps. Today ELECTRA produces its heat pump range only with inverter and variable compressor- fan speed. Early 1997 ELECTRA started...
Jet Environmental launches Outsourced Air
21 April 2015 Jet Environmental has a new division, Outsourced Air, which provides a service that lets businesses pay for temperature control and energy management in the same way that they buy other ...
New Zero-Emission Transport Refrigeration Technology Begins
Liquid Nitrogen-Powered Technology Is an Alternative to Diesel Refrigeration Units April 20, 2015 LONDON -- A new zero-emission refrigeration system for transportation applications, developed in the United Kingdom, which delivers both power and cooling from liquid nitrogen, has begun on-vehicle testing. Dearman said the system, which features the company’s liquid nitrogen-powered engine, has alrea...
Profits up but GEA plans further job losses
April 20, 2015 Germany: The GEA Group reports sales up 8.7% in the first quarter of this year but continued downsizing will see around 1,450 redundancies. According to preliminary figures, firs...
Thermo King sells first R452A fridge unit
April 20, 2015 BRUSSELS: Thermo King has supplied its first transport refrigeration units running on the R404A replacement R452A. Announced last year as a lower GWP option, Thermo King has now ...
Water-source HP to star at Euro summit
April 20, 2015 SERBIA: Dave Pearson of Star Renewable Energy is to discuss water-source heat pumps with mayors of European capital cities and major investors this week. The Star director will b...
