Heat Exchanger

Josh Emerson from Swegon looks at the up to date guidance and perceived risk from Rotary Heat Exchangers

air conditioning, Heat pumps, Nigel Palmer, Pacair

Cool runnings

01 August, 2019

Karen Fletcher speaks to a company at the front line of changes in the air conditioning sector and learns how it is staying ahead of the game with an eye firmly on the future.

REFCOM, Graeme Fox, World Refrigeration Day, ASHRAE, FETA, Russell Beattie

The UK’s primary F Gas register Refcom played a key role in the first World Refrigeration Day (WRD) as co-host with the Institute of Refrigeration (IoR) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

Air conditioning, Mitsubishi Electric, Martin Fahey, wellbeing, cooling, sustainability, hybrid, climate change

Keep your cool

01 June, 2019

Martin Fahey examines the wellbeing arguments for effective use of modern cooling technologies.

Colin Goode, Fujitsu, air conditioning, wellbeing, fan speed, ISO, UK Green Building Council, wellbeing

Design for wellbeing

01 June, 2019

Colin Goode asks some searching questions about the design of air conditioning systems in a market that has some pretty tough demands.

Air conditioning, Daikin Applied, James Henley, Sir Richard Branson, Richard Branson, challenge, refrigerants, legislation, F Gas, R32, Virgin

Virgin founder and world-famous marketeer Richard Branson wants the air conditioning market to make radical technical changes, but Daikin Applied UK’s James Henley* believes that manufacturers are already on the right track.




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More refrigerant bans possible, says government

The government could tighten up the rules that restrict the use of global warming refrigerant gases including speeding up phase-out programmes and introducing new bans, according to a spokesman from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).

Baxi research suggests schools strongly support heat decarbonisation

A survey conducted by Baxi of 200 state school estates managers, consultant engineers and M&E contractors has found that while enthusiasm for Net Zero and support for low carbon heating systems in schools is thriving, persistent barriers remain.