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Honeywell announced that its new Solsticeyf UV – a low-global-warming-potential (GWP) refrigerant incorporating ultraviolet (UV) dye for leak detection support in automobile air conditioning systems – is now available at all participating NAPA Auto Parts stores across the United States. This is the first time Solstice yf (R-1234yf) refrigerant with UV dye will be available in the aftermarket.

The Columbus Blue Jackets, which joined the National Hockey League (NHL) in 2000, will become the first NHL team to skate on ice produced by a transcritical CO₂ (R744)-based ice rink refrigeration system.

Scientists at Harvard University have built what is claimed to be a first-of-its-kind prototype cooling system using solid barocaloric refrigerants.

Daikin Europe has launched smaller capacity versions of its Altherma R32 Monobloc heat pump.

Bookings are now open for the IoR Annual Conference which this year focuses on examples of how the industry is helping cooling users to achieve the UK’s net-zero ambitions.

The Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia (EPA) through its National Ozone Unit over the weekend conducted a one-day training for 15 customs and law enforcement officers at Bo Waterside Border in Grand Cape Mount County.

German car manufacturer Volkswagen attributes the efficiency gains and resulting improved range of its first electric SUV coupe, the ID.5, to the CO₂ (R744) heat pump used for its mobile heating and air-conditioning.

Growing demand for frozen goods on the back of recent heatwaves in the UK and Europe is seeing retailers under pressure to ramp up cooling contingencies due to the adverse conditions.

The newly founded German transport refrigeration specialist ECOOLTEC Grosskopf has released an electrically driven transport refrigeration unit for trucks, including semi-trailers and rigid vehicle bodies, that uses a small charge of hydrocarbon propene (R1270) as the primary refrigerant, together with CO₂ (R744) in the secondary circuit.

Variable frequency drives from Welshpool-based Invertek Drives have been retrofitted to a CO₂ based HVACR system at a hospital in Trondheim, Norway.

The Clean Cooling Collaborative has detailed a refreshed four-year industry decarbonisation strategy that will combine work around technical innovation, system efficiency and building design.

The Washington, D.C.-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) has called on the U.S. heating and cooling sector to proactively get involved in modernizing outdated U.S. safety standards impeding the adoption of hydrocarbon air-conditioning.

A switch to propane refrigerant for space cooling could avoid a 0.09°C increase in global temperature by the end of the century, a new report suggests.

The models being launched come with a set of new features, in comparison with Embraco’s previous condensing units’ portfolios. One is the mini-channel condenser technology, which is based on thinner tubes that raise the pressure on the refrigerant and require a smaller refrigerant charge than other technologies. Another feature is the electronic fan motors (ECM technology) in all models, which further increases energy efficiency.

One livestream, 3 days, 32 Speakers, 650+ registrations from 100+ countries and 330 questions from the audience – The Green Cooling Summit in May 2021 challenged but also excited our team. This year there will be a new edition of the Summit, jointly organised by the German Environment Agency (UBA) and GIZ Proklima on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conversation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV) and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).

In a three-year research study testing the viability of German manufacturer Liebherr’s CO₂ (R744) air-conditioning system on a long-distance passenger train, the “eco2jet” project showed an energy efficiency improvement of 30%.

Functioning prototypes show how CO₂ (R744) can be successfully used in applications such as bottle coolers, refrigerated containers and mobile air-conditioning without increasing costs or compromising on efficiency as compared to HFCs, according to Stefan Elbel, CEO of Creative Thermal Solutions (CTS), the Urbana, Illinois (U.S.), HVAC&R research company.

Carrier Transicold is to make lower GWP refrigerant R452A the standard gas for all new transport refrigeration units in North America from October.

Emerson announced its E360 Webinar series, “The Journey to Lower-GWP Refrigerants” will include five webinars designed to prepare food retailers and other industry stakeholders for the U.S. phasedown of hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerants. The series, which kicked off with the webinars “Regulatory Update: The Latest in Refrigerant Rulemaking and Safety Standards” and “The Role of Emerging Refrigerants Alternatives: CO₂, A2Ls and R-290,” is designed to provide food retailers with strategies to achieve compliance of federal refrigerant mandates by exploring refrigerant and equipment options that align with their operational and sustainability goals.

Started accepting orders for commercial freezers using natural refrigerants.