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As the F-gas phase down begins to bite, Wholesaler Climate Center says it is now stocking the lower GWP R404A alternative R448A in all its branches nationwide.

REAL Alternatives training to be expanded across Europe with support of European Commission environment and climate action programme.

Profroid says its new CO₂-refrigerant-based QuietCO₂OL condensing unit is aimed at helping smaller businesses reduce their carbon footprint, noise emissions and energy usage in a more serviceable package.

More pre-launch details have emerged of Daikin’s proposed new chillers using the low GWP refrigerant R1234ze.

Amongst a host of new products expected this year, Daikin has revealed that its Applied division will launch chillers using the HFO refrigerant R1234ze.

The Italian manufacturer explained how companies can realise 35% energy savings by using this technology.

If supermarkets use a heat pump to sell the excess heat back to the district-heating network they can substantially reduce costs and emissions by up to 40%.

In the light commercial compressor manufacturer’s latest report they mention four innovation aspects they consider when developing new technologies among them is natural refrigerants.

Daikin UK has released dates and details for its next round of R32 training courses.

Lennox EMEA has introduced a range of condensing units with dual compressors that can be used with a number of existing and lower GWP refrigerants.

In a recent study “A comparative study on the performance of HFO-1234yf and HFC-134a as an alternative in automotive air conditioning systems”, S. Daviran et al, have simulated an automotive air conditioning system and compared the performance of HFC-134a and HFO-1234yf as drop-in alternatives to HFC-134a.

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

Case studies by Scantec show significant energy savings and quick payback for low-charge NH₃ systems versus conventional HFC-based systems.

The expanded line of propane refrigerated cabinets use up to 60% less energy than the DOE’s mandated level.

Tesco, one of the world’s largest supermarket chains, is to convert more than 1,200 existing stores across the UK from R404A to lower GWP refrigerant R448A.

With the pressure on to quit using high GWP refrigerants like R404A, Honeywell is hosting a webinar on how to retrofit to a lower GWP alternative.

A-Gas is on schedule to double its refrigerant reclamation capacity at its Portbury, Bristol, site with the completion of the major structural components of a new refrigerant separator.

Daikin is set to introduce its new R32-based A-Series Sky Air commercial air conditioners to UK customers at this week’s Daikin D1 Dealer conference in London.

Bitzer will hold the Technical Roadshow event this July in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia and in Auckland, New Zealand.

Mitsubishi Electric’s UK has launched of R32 versions of its Mr Slim Power Inverter split air conditioning units at the same price as current R410A models.