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A “natural” refrigerants support group has launched a petition calling for a faster revision of codes and standards to allow for greater use of low-GWP refrigerants in commercial refrigeration.

On 16 March, the council of ministers of the Italian government on the initiative of the Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni and the Minister of Environment Gian Luca Galletti, approved a much-awaited preliminary measure to implement the EU F-Gas regulation in Italy (No. 517/2014).

The International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR) is seeking nominations for its quadrennial scientific prizes, which includes the €8,000 Gustav Lorentzen Medal.

Engie Refrigeration has supplied what it claims is the world’s largest chiller installation using the low GWP HFO refrigerant R1234ze.

Introduced on 30 November 2016 by the European Commission, the ‘Clean Energy for All Europeans’ package is a set of legislative measures to support the clean energy transition in the European Union. Accelerate Europe explains in the latest issue how this will affect market for natural refrigerant based equipment.

The Canadian Pacific Railway’s has ordered over 400 Thermo King refrigerated containers using the lower GWP refrigerant R452A.

Bitzer is to introduce a new compact screw compressor designed for use in air-cooled liquid chillers with a range of alternative refrigerants at next week’s Mostra Convegno exhibition in Milan.

The Institute of Refrigeration is proud to announce that it will be hosting the 1st IIR International Conference on the Application of HFO Refrigerants.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has introduced a commercial heat pump using the little-known lower GWP refrigerant R454C.

In this transitional period, new fluids are being developed to replace the high-GWP refrigerants. That’s why the blue book, an essential tool for all users of refrigerants, has just been republished and updated.

Carrier’s new AquaForce Vision 30KAV variable-speed screw chiller is said to exceed Ecodesign energy performance standards by 30%.

Carrier has announced that its AquaEdge 19XR and 23XR and AquaForce 30XV/XA chillers are compatible with the lower GWP refrigerant R513A.

The latest Climaveneta air source chillers, with fixed-speed screw compressors, are fully optimised for the low GWP refrigerant R1234ze.

Carrier Transicold is to introduce its PrimeLINE container units with the capability to switch to the lower GWP refrigerant R513A.

Stulz is the latest chiller manufacturer to produce a new range of air-cooled chillers specifically designed to operate on low GWP refrigerant R1234ze.

Henderson Group, owners of the Spar, Eurospar, ViVo, ViVoXtra and ViVo Essentials grocery franchises, has upgraded its refrigerated fleet with Thermo King SLXi units using lower GWP refrigerant R452A.

The Danfoss Turbocor TTH/TGH high-lift compressor has been named as the AHR Expo Product of the Year.

Engie Refrigeration has extended its R1234ze chiller range with the redesigned air-cooled Quantum series.

The International Institute of Refrigeration is now calling for abstracts of papers to be presented at the International Congress of Refrigeration (ICR) in Montreal in August 2019.

Bacharach, a manufacturer of refrigerant and gas leak detection, has added two new gas options, R514A and R452B, for its infrared refrigerant gas detector product family.