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Kaltra is the latest manufacturer to offer refrigerant R452B as a lower-GWP alternative to R410A in its chillers.

It is one of the key dates for the refrigeration and air-conditioning industry on 27 and 28 June 2019, operators, planners, system engineers and an interested trade audience will all come together in Klostergut Paradies, Schaffhausen, Switzerland, for the eurammon Symposium 2019.

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.

Panasonic is to highlight its latest Aquarea J Generation heat pump running on R32 at next week’s ISH show in Frankfurt.

The UK’s Heat Pump Association (HPA) has become the first dedicated heat pump group to support World Refrigeration Day.

The Institute of Refrigeration Ireland (IRI) has become the latest body to support World Refrigeration Day on June 26.

Green Cooling recently provided a 2kW Panasonic CO₂ condensing unit for a walk-in freezer at an M&S Simply Food franchise within an NHS hospital.

A new report proposes an EU ecolabel for food retail stores covering their main environmental impacts including the cooling and refrigeration systems, the building’s design and operating procedures.

Bitzer UK has supplied its 300th CO₂-based refrigeration compressor for installation in Aldi UK’s Stores.

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

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) through its OzonAction division is the latest body to agree support for World Refrigeration Day on June 26.

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

The EIA has called on all US States to adopt policies similar to those in California and other areas of the world to reduce emissions from the refrigerant bank.

CIBSE and BSRIA have become the latest bodies to announce support for World Refrigeration Day on June 26.

The UK Environment Agency is said to be expanding its workforce to enable a better response to illegal sales of refrigerants and other F-gas compliance issues.

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.

Companies trading in HFC refrigerants or importing products that contain HFCs need to register in order to continue trading in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

Daikin has overseen the completion of the first UK applications of its EWAT-B air-cooled scroll chillers running on lower GWP refrigerant R32.

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