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Chemours is to partner with the National Hockey League (NHL) to identify sustainable alternatives for North American ice rinks, many of which are still operating on R22.

Refrigeration and air conditioning wholesaler FSW is to launch a CO₂ packaged condensing unit at a series of roadshows next month.

With prices of R410A rising and concerns over restrictions on supply, Daikin Germany says it will guarantee the availability of the refrigerant for its supplied VRV systems.

Early bird registration is now open for the 2018 EuroventSummit, the Eurovent association’s major gathering for key decision-makers in HVAC, process cooling, and cold chain technologies.

New air conditioning efficiency standards are needed if the world is to avoid an energy “cold crunch” from the growth in cooling demand in coming decades.

Scientists at the US Caloric Materials Consortium, CaloriCool, claim to be closer to producing a caloric refrigeration system that is markedly more efficient than current gas compression systems.

Epta’s FTE transcritical CO₂ refrigeration system has won the innovation award at the German Refrigeration Prize 2018.

Today (9 May) at the ‘Ensuring safety in China’s industrial refrigeration’ webinar Kristian Strand, VP Industrial Refrigeration, advocated balancing ‘safety and sustainability’ in the cooling sector.

Specialist in the industry Star Refrigeration have announced the launch of their new Envi range of eco-friendly, industrial CO₂ refrigeration packages to provide a long term solution for smaller scale industrial applications for temperature controlled storage, food and drink manufacturing, inline freezing and chilling, building services, industrial processes, data centres and leisure and ice applications.

Wholesaler Beijer Ref is continuing to benefit from investment and expansion of its manufacturing activities, reporting growth of around 21% in the first quarter of this year compared to 2017.

The Blu-Astrum line, which has been sold in Europe, has an ammonia charge of between 110 and 242 lbs.

The company reduced the charge from 3,600kg to just 750kg of ammonia at the existing plant while operating efficiently.

Panasonic has become the latest air conditioning manufacturer to announce a full switch to the lower GWP refrigerant R32.

Faced with increasing costs of R404A, cold store rental company Blue Cube is switching to lower GWP refrigerant blends.

Bitzer has supplied its landmark 100,000th CO₂ refrigeration compressor produced at its Schkeuditz factory to long-term supermarket customer Aldi Süd.

Heatcraft Worldwide Refrigeration has launched a low-charge NH₃/CO₂ cascade system for industrial applications, based on a similar commercial system.

On 26 March Lidl opened a new ammonia/CO₂ logistics centre for fruit in Moerdijk, in the West Brabant province of the Netherlands.

Taking advantage of the Trump administration’s anti-regulation posture, the International Institute of Ammonia Refrigeration (IIAR) is making progress working with federal agencies to update regulations in ways that will both benefit the industry and augment safety, according to a presenter at the IIAR 2018 Conference & Expo in Colorado Springs, Colo., in March.

Johnson Controls has opened a new state-of-the-art chiller research and development complex.

Toshiba UK has announced an immediate switch to lower GWP refrigerant R32 across its entire residential and light commercial air conditioning ranges.