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Although global availability is still limited, as of March this year sales of air conditioners using the “mildly flammable” refrigerant R32 had already passed 3 million.

The standards of training and knowledge set by the European F-gas regulations are proving attractive to non-EU-member states.

Daikin has approved the use of “alternative materials for jointing and piping” on its air conditioning and heating systems.

A team at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is working with new materials in an effort to produce a viable energy efficient 3D-printed heat exchanger.

In a move to encourage the adoption of R32 refrigerant, Daikin is to offer rival manufacturers worldwide free access to its patents.

Green Point, Bitzer’s compressor remanufacturing operation, is expanding its service in the UK to include other makers of compressor.

The cooling demands of large hyper data centres are set dramatically change the market for precision cooling over the next five to 10 years.

The air conditioning and refrigeration industry has been saddened by the news of the passing of Bitzer CEO and owner Peter Schaufler.

First it went tiny with the mini-VRV, now Daikin has launched an “invisible” VRV air conditioning system.

A Trane air-cooled chiller employing a new low-GWP refrigerant replacement for R410A is to be presented at the IIR conference in Yokohama.

HFO-1336mzz(Z) is to be promoted as a potential working fluid for high temperature heat pumps at this week’s ICR 2015 conference in Japan.

Tools manufacturer Yellow Jacket has won a top US award for its ManTooth wireless P/T gauge.

ASHRAE has hit back at the Maastricht University study suggesting that methods to determine thermal comfort are biased against women.

Upgrading all existing room air conditioners to highest efficiency units, combined with the transition to lower GWP refrigerants, could save 25 gigatons of CO₂ equivalents by 2030.

A settlement has been reached in the court case between the AHRI and the US Department of Energy’s energy efficiency standards for commercial walk-in coolers and freezers.

With new US HFC refrigerant bans about to become law, industry pressure has delayed measures which could have banned R134a and R404A from the end of this year.

Refrigerant producers, refrigeration equipment manufacturers and green groups have welcomed the US EPA’s usage bans on high GWP HFCs.

The EPA has announced that low GWP alternative refrigerants R450A, R448A, R513A and R449A are to be approved for use.

Europe’s aircon and refrigeration component makers have warned that only with a very focused approach will industry be able to achieve the phase down targets within the statutory time frame.

Air conditioning units are reported to pose a greater fire risk than any other common household appliance in Singapore.