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GI Industrial Holding is now offering the lower GWP refrigerant R452B across its full range of Clint brand air-cooled and water-cooled liquid chillers, heat pumps and multifunctional units.

Ingersoll Rand is expanding its Trane XStream product range and introducing new small capacity water-cooled chillers and water-to-water heat pumps.

The first UK installation of Carrier’s new AquaForce 30XAV chiller operating on low GWP HFO refrigerant R1234ze has been completed at Gatwick Airport.

Production of the low GWP HFO refrigerant R1234yf has started at Chemours’ Corpus Christi manufacturing plant in Ingleside, Texas.

The alternative refrigerants e-learning platform is now live in 15 languages and in nine separate learning modules.

Training providers and employers can benefit from two upcoming webinars on flammable refrigerants and CO₂.

R466A, Honeywell’s non-flammable, non-toxic, lower GWP replacement for R410A has passed ASHRAE approval and is on course for introduction in the second half of this year.

Daikin has announced an extension to its DZ oil-free centrifugal chiller portfolio, with the introduction of three new compressors in larger sizes.

Over 900 technical presentations will be presented at the forthcoming IIR International Congress of Refrigeration in Montreal.

GEA has introduced a new six-cylinder version of its HG66e semi-hermetic refrigeration and air conditioning compressor.

Bacharach’s new MGS-400 gas detectors monitors for leaks of numerous refrigerants including HFCs, HFOs, HCFCs, CO₂, and NH₃.

Trane is launching three new chillers and heat pumps using the HFO refrigerant R1234ze for small commercial buildings, industrial facilities and industrial processes.

A new design of compressor using refrigerant R1234ze could provide a long-term, low GWP solution for packaged air conditioning and VRF.

Johnson Controls has extended the capacity range of its York YZ R1233zd(E) centrifugal chiller to 1,350 tons (4747kW) of refrigeration.

BESA Training and Logic Certification are now offering offering training and qualifications in the handling of flammable refrigerants.

The company developing innovative spool compressors have produced two new models using the low GWP HFO refrigerant R1234ze.

Carrier has adopted the Chemours refrigerant R454B as its primary lower GWP replacement for R410A in ducted residential and light commercial air conditioners sold in North America.

The EU’s F-gas phase-down remained on track in 2017, according to the latest annual update published by the European Environment Agency (EEA).

The European Partnership for Energy and the Environment (EPEE) has produced a Q&A leaflet on the new low GWP HFO and HCFO refrigerants.

As an extension of the study published in 2014, AFCE publishes here the final report of this independent study launched end of 2017 entitled energy efficiency of possible alternatives . The study has been carried out by experts from EREIE – CEMAFROID and CITEPA.