Social media reveals growing AC popularity
Data from social media has provided an insight into the increasing popularity of air conditioning worldwide.
HVAC
Turbo water chiller with water as refrigerant
Germany to face court over MAC directive
The European Commission is to refer Germany to the Court of Justice of the EU for its failure to apply the MAC Directive.
EC rejects petition to ban R1234yf
A petition calling for a ban on the use of “dangerous substance” R1234yf in vehicle air conditioning systems has been rejected by the European parliament.
R1234yf in 7 million cars by 2016
Refrigerant manufacturer DuPont expects to see the low GWP R1234yf replacement in 7 million car air conditioning systems by the end of next year.
Heat pumps are chosen in 32,2% of new residential buildings in Germany
According to the German Federal Bureau of Statistics, the share of heat pumps used as primary heating device for newly constructed residential buildings was 32,2% in 2013 – a gain of 2% compared to 2012.
The ministry for the environment of Germany considers necessary the development of transport CO2-based air-conditioning systems
The Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety of Germany made a statement about the continued development of transport air-conditioning systems based on the natural refrigerant CO2 instead of using doubtful alternative R1234yf.
Newsletter February 2013
It has previously been difficult to cost-effectively measure the performance of refrigeration systems in operation. Now there is the ClimaCheck method.