The U.K. Climate Change Committee (CCC) has called for the U.K. government to “match or exceed” the level of increased ambition that will be adopted following the revision of the EU F-gas Regulation.
Bitzer’s Ecolite condensing units are now available for use with a full range of A2L refrigerants, including ultra-low GWP R1234ze/yf and lower GWP R455A and R454C.
EFCTC says it now expects other EU countries to start using EU Single Window Environment for Customs to share vital information on refrigerant imports and F-Gas quotas.
The latest IIR Informatory Note outlines the options available for low-GWP refrigerants and their respective performance. It provides a series of recommendations on refrigerant selection criteria, research priorities and personnel training.
Mayekawa, a leading Japanese manufacturer of natural refrigerant refrigeration equipment, exhibited the new fourth-generation model of its NewTon ammonia (R717)/CO2 (R744) industrial refrigeration unit.
UN Environment Programme (UNEP) OzonAction organized a side event on “Women in Cooling – Challenges and Opportunities” on 11 July during the forty-fourth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol. This forum, the first of its kind, initiated a discussion about the context of women in cooling worldwide including the challenges they face in their careers, previewed an important global survey on this subject, and presented a new global initiative to support opportunities for women, more engagement and visibility within the cooling sector. The side event is part of a broader discussion that UNEP OzonAction is having both internally and with its partners on how to further incorporate gender mainstreaming into the work of the Montreal Protocol. The meeting was well attended by 93 participants (female 55, male 38).
The cold chain must be sustainable everywhere to be able to meet the Millennium’s targets indeed.
The U.S. supermarket sector continues to “inexcusably lag behind European counterparts,” says the Environmental Investigation Agency’s (EIA), an international NGO, based on analysis conducted for its latest Climate-Friendly Supermarket Scorecard.
OEM Kysor Warren Epta US has announced that it expects to bring its new CO2 (R744)-based condensing unit to the U.S. market by the end of 2022, according to a recent presentation by the company’s Sustainability and New Technologies Manager, Ignacio Chaparro.
A new plant manufacturing the low GWP HFO refrigerant 1233zd has commenced production in Dahej, Gujarat.
Global HVAC&R wholesaler and manufacturer Beijer Ref has partnered with Superior Training Centre, an Australian education provider, to offer Australia’s only nationally accredited CO2 (R744) training course at the newly opened Beijer Ref Academy in Sydney.
Integrating a building glycol loop to a supermarket transcritical CO2 (R744) system in Canada yielded “superior” results, according to Phillip Walker, Arneg’s Director of Refrigeration Solutions, who spoke during the ATMOsphere America 2022 conference on June 7–8.
EDF is concerned about the short-term availability and costs of HFCs vital to maintaining its nuclear facilities if the proposed accelerated phase-down under the F-gas regulations become law.
An inverter propane (R290) compressor can reduce the energy consumption of vending machines by up to 27% compared to a fixed-speed compressor, according to research conducted by Embraco, a Brazilian manufacturer and brand of Nidec Global Appliance.
Test installations of R290 self-contained refrigeration systems in walk-in coolers at two Subway restaurants in Connecticut are said to have shown average energy savings of 50%.
The first hypermarket opened by French multinational retailer Carrefour in Cameroon is also the first to feature CO2 refrigeration.
U.S.-based Lineage Logistics, one of the largest cold-storage operators in the world, has committed to becoming carbon net zero by 2040 in part by optimizing its refrigeration systems and use of refrigerants.
Green group the EIA and refrigerant producers body EFCTC have both called for similar measures to thwart the illegal trade in F-gases in Europe.
The high GWP refrigerants R134a, R404A, and R410A have experienced considerable increases in Europe over the last 12 months, according to the latest report by Öko-Recherche.
Congratulations to the latest countries which have ratified the Kigali Amendment.