Japan
Panasonic Strengthens Its IAQ Portfolio
As concern over air pollution including PM2.5 fine particulate matter is growing, Panasonic has strengthened its portfolio of indoor air quality (IAQ) products including air purifiers and ventilating ...
Hitachi Releases Matrix i-Style Modular Scroll Chiller
On January 5, 2015, Hitachi Appliances released a total of 36 models of modular scroll chiller units in the Matrix i-Style series. The units are air-cooled types and air-cooled heat pump types for use...
ICR2015 Gearing up to be Even More Successful
-- More than 900 Abstracts Already Submitted The 24th International Congress of Refrigeration (ICR2015) will be held from August 16 to 22, 2015, in Yokohama, Japan, sponsored by the Internation...
Eco-Products 2014 Challenges to Curb Climate Change--Photo R
Mitsubishi Electric--introduced its technologies and products conducive to environmental load reduction in an easyto- understand way from the dimensions of energy saving, energy creation, and energy c...
Eco-Products 2014 Challenges to Curb Climate Change
The Eco-Products 2014 exhibition took place at Tokyo Big Sight International Exhibition Center from December 11 to 13. Held annually since 1999, this marks the Eco-Products Exhibition’s 16th ed...
Daikin Applied Ups the Ante with Trailblazer Air-cooled Scro
Heating and cooling commercial buildings account for significant amounts of energy consumption and related costs. When combined with the extensive use of air-cooled scroll chillers, the need for wide-...
New Low-GWP Refrigerant from AGC
At the International Symposium on New Refrigerants and Environmental Technology held in Kobe in November 2014, Masato Fukushima, Senior R&D Engineer at Asahi Glass Company (AGC), Japan, gave a pre...
VRF Systems and Testing Towers
When VRF systems were released in Japan in the second half of the 1980s, the maximum height difference between the indoor and outdoor units of single split packaged air conditioners able to be connect...
New Year’s Resolutions from Global Association Leaders--JSRA
Masafumi Katsuta, president of the Japan Society of Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (JSRAE, Japan) The Japan Society of Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (JSRAE) and its...
New Year’s Resolutions from Global Association Leaders--JRAI
Tetsuji Okada, president of the Japan Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Industry Association (JRAIA, Japan) Happy New Year!! I hope you and your family celebrate a joyous New Year together. &n...
Daikin Applied Moves Forward with 'Internet of Things' Integ
January 21, 2015 ? This transition, which once seemed abstract and consumer-centric, has become a reality for the industrial and commercial markets. ? Daikin sources say it’s impacting how the HVAC in...
Japanese company to produce 1233zd
January 18, 2015 JAPAN: Central Glass Co is to produce commercial quantities of the new foaming agent and refrigerant HFO1233zd(E). Based in Ube City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Central Glass Co, a glass, chemical and fertiliser manufacturer, says it is to spend the equivalent of ?520m on the new production facility. The facility is expected to be completed in 2016. As well as being used ...
