Europe

2015.03.23

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...

2015.03.11

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...

2015.03.12

The Poseidon Project

Code named Poseidon - this is an attempt to develop an automatic system for detecting the presence of Legionella bacteria in key equipment in air conditioning systems.   Legionnaire’s disease (LD) re-mains a hazard and not yet overcome in many installations in spite of regular maintenance (see JARN’s Press Review in January). At the moment the detection technique for the pathogen relies on hu...

2015.03.23

Heat Pumps in Finland

With a population of 5 million, Finland has one of the highest concentrations of heat pumps in Europe with a current stock of around 670,000 units. Sales in 2014 totaled 67,000 - a growth of 10% on the preceding year.   Some 53,000 of these used air-source evaporators: geothermal installations accounted for 11,000 units - over half of these replaced existing oil-fired boilers.   Exhaust ...

2015.03.13

New Blend Refrigerant

UK manufacturer Precision Refrigeration - an equipment supplier to the food service industry - is to switch production to the relatively new HFO blend R448A which will replace the traditional R404A in its line of chillers and blast freezers.   Because of its high global warming potential (GWP) of over 3,900, R404A is destined for fairly rapid phase-out in Europe under the F-gas regulations. B...

2015.03.11

Future Heat Waves in Germany

A joint study by the German environmental agency Umweltbundesamt (UBA) and the German meteorological office Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD) has examined the likelihood of a repeat of the Europe -wide heat wave of 2003 which reputedly led to the deaths of 50,000 people.   Based on model simulations the conclusion is that heat waves will be more frequent, more intense and will last longer. By the ...

2015.03.22

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...

2015.03.22

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...

2015.03.20

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...

2015.03.20

£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...

2015.03.21

Success for BSRIA at ISH 2015

March 19, 2015 As an endorsing partner, BSRIA is pleased to announce this year’s ISH Exhibition, held at the Frankfurt Messe from 10-14 March, set a new record for the number of exhibitors and visitor...

2015.03.13

BITZER software now available

March 18, 2015 The new BITZER selection software 6.4.3 is now available for download from the BITZER website and as an online version at www.bitzer-software.com . It always helps you to find the right...

 
 
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