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The agency’s extension of Section 608 to HFCs also applies to HFOs.

New components are helping to bring CO₂ refrigeration systems to warmer climates and heat pumps can broaden the application of this natural refrigerant still further, Giovanni Dorin, the company’s marketing director, told.

Refrigerant manufacturer Honeywell has repeated claims that European HFC imports are increasing despite the F-gas phase down.

Japanese manufacturer Mayekawa sees natural refrigerants playing a huge role in industrial refrigeration, both now and in the future.

An SCM Frigo-designed CO₂ system in an Italian supermarket featuring parallel compression, a CO₂ heat pump and air conditioning is delivering strong energy savings.

SPAR expects the system to improve energy efficiency and reduce the distribution centre’s carbon footprint. The new facility in Ebergassing is one of the most innovative and sustainable in the world, according to Gerald Geiger, director (building/energy/technology) at SPAR Austria. “Carrier’s CO₂ system meets our need for a long-term, cost-effective solution,” he said.

Demand for copper piping capable of withstanding the high pressures of CO₂ is increasing in Europe and the United States, Ronnie Nilsson of Mueller Industries told at Chillventa 2016.

Danish manufacturer Advansor is ready to capitalise on the European food retail sector’s move towards smaller stores by providing integrated heating and cooling systems, Managing Director Kim G. Christensen told at Chillventa 2016.

Coldway, a French company, has developed an ammonia mobile refrigeration unit for deliveries for the food, health and pharmaceutical sectors.

Following three exceptionally successful days with significant growth in display area and visitor numbers, Chillventa 2016 closed its doors. This year too, the event put its best foot forward. Trade visitors were up 5 percent over 2014, at a total 32,2061). As in previous years, exhibitor numbers remained high, with a total of 9821) companies participating. This year the growth in display area was particularly impressive, having increased by 13 percent compared with the previous event. On the day before the trade fair, the Chillventa CONGRESS impressed the professional community of 260 delegates and presenters from 31 countries with its high-calibre programme and first class speakers from all over the world.

“Ammonia is here to stay, because it doesn’t contribute to global warming or harm the ozone layer,” according to Isolde Dobelin, director of the OTTC, a major training centre for using ammonia in HVAC&R applications in South Africa.

The twenty-eighth Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (MOP 28) met from 10-14 October 2016, in Kigali, Rwanda. Over 500 participants from governments, UN agencies, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, academia, and industry attended the meeting.

French component manufacturer Carly reported growing demand for CO₂ components at last week’s Chillventa tradeshow, amid increased interest in natural refrigerant solutions as f-gas phase-down deadlines draw near.

Nearly 200 countries struck a landmark deal today to reduce the emissions of powerful greenhouse gases, hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), in a move that could prevent up to 0.5 degrees Celsius of global warming by the end of this century.

CAREL talk through their new control solutions for small-scale CO₂ systems and outline their expectations for the future of CO₂ as a refrigerant.

Stationary air-conditioning, commercial refrigeration and domestic refrigeration make up 80 percent of India’s installed cooling capacity. Currently 90 percent of India’s cooling capacity and annual refrigeration and air-conditioning (RAC) is based on hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) and hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFC) refrigerants, about 10 percent is based on naturals.

Tecumseh showcased its new hydrocarbon compressor range at Chillventa 2016.

The report, published on 12 October, was prepared by shecco on behalf of the Greens European Parliament political group and shows a marked increase in CO₂ transcritical stores and companies that are working with natural refrigerants.

With global HFC phase-down discussions and the drive for energy efficiency improvements picking up speed, the market for hydrocarbon technology is ripe for growth – particularly in the United States, SECOP CEO Mogens Søholm told at Chillventa 12 October.

Global policy efforts to phase down HFCs at this week’s Montreal Protocol meeting in Kigali – alongside strong regulation in place in Europe and the United States – are creating opportunities for natural refrigerant technologies worldwide, heard participants in today’s Chillventa Congress.