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

Midea’s new All Easy Series residential split system air conditioner using propane refrigerant has been awarded a Blue Angel certificate for its environmentally friendly features.

The Italian refrigeration association, Assofrigoristi, has warned installers who retrofit R410A air conditioners with flammable R32 that they could face jail or a fine of up to to €5,200.

With R410A facing severe price and supply pressures, the lower GWP air conditioning refrigerant R32 finally came of age at this week’s Mostra Convengno Expocomfort (MCE) with major introductions by leading manufacturers.

После анонса европейского запуска в прошлом году, Panasonic показала, что его конденсационная установка CO₂ мощностью 4 кВт / 2 л.с. теперь доступна в Великобритании.

A varied programme of talks is promised at the next Hampshire Refrigeration Society Technical Breakfast Briefing.

Daikin is to launch two new R32 air conditioners in Europe – the Stylish and Sensira.

Kaori, a Taiwan-based brazed plate heat exchanger (BPHE) manufacturer, said at AHR Expo 2018 in Chicago that it has been supporting U.S. universities that want to study CO₂ heating and cooling technologies for different applications.

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Toshiba Air Conditioning UK has updated its pioneering refrigerant leak detection and management system with a new version that reduces costs and saves space.

Blue Diamond Pumps has donated a mix of condensate pumps for the refrigeration and air conditioning students at Eastleigh College.

Daikin UK has released dates for its upcoming Future Thinking seminars which will explore the theme Optimising Design and Performance.

While Japan remains the world leader in using CO₂-based heat pumps, hydrocarbons are gaining ground in the European heat pump market, according to a speaker from Emerson at the European Heat Pump Summit, sponsored by Chillventa.

The Swedish heat pump industry is seeking an exemption from the European F-gas phase down, arguing that high refrigerant prices and shortages will impact European environmental targets.

In the face of rapid changes in refrigerant supply, the British Refrigeration Association (BRA) has produced an update of its 2015 report Putting into Use Replacement Refrigerants (PURR).

Leading associations from all sectors have joined together to implore contractors to stop installing high GWP refrigerants R404A and R507A.

A new working group has been formed within the International Institute of Refrigeration looking at refrigeration safety.

A pioneer of R32 in air conditioning systems, Daikin will be the first to introduce the lower GWP refrigerant in air-to-water domestic heat pumps.

A joint initiative launched in China today seeks to improve the efficiency of China’s air conditioners.

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.