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Ozone-depleting chemicals detected by scientists in the atmosphere in 1951 – decades earlier than expected
An international team led by the University of Bremen, Germany, has uncovered evidence of ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in the atmosphere as early as 1951. This finding pushes back the known...
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Sainsbury’s testing truck cooled by liquid nitrogen engine.
UK supermarket chain Sainsbury’s is currently testing a refrigerated delivery truck cooled by a liquid nitrogen powered engine.
Utility offers NYC grocery stores incentives to use energy storage for refrigeration.
To better manage the energy demand on the grid during peak times of day, a handful of grocery stores produced ice over night.
Portable “mini-fridge” to maintain vaccine temperature.
A new system, called Isobar, is specifically designed to maintain stable temperature control between 2 and 8°C, up to 30 days.
North America: Ice rinks and the phaseout of HCFC-22.
Retrofits in Minnesota and Michigan provide examples of good options.
ASHRAE publishes the Energy Standard 90.4 for Data Centers
Data centers consume significant amounts of electricity. ASHRAE publishes a standard to help builders focus on energy efficiency.
R290 units in Vietnam's cold stores delivering 20-25% efficiency gains over R22.
As part of a UNIDO project implemented in Vietnam, R290 units were installed in four companies to replace previous R22-based systems.
Alternative low-GWP refrigerants for transport refrigeration.
Summary of a paper presented during the 12th IIR Gustave Lorentzen conference on Natural refrigerant, available in Fridoc.
Future developments in magnetocaloric refrigeration and heat pumping.
Summary of a paper presented during the 7th International Conference on Magnetic Refrigeration at Room Temperature (Thermag VII), available in Fridoc.
Castle Lite’s ice cold campaign.
The South African beer refreshes its image.
A magnetocaloric air-conditioning system for an electric vehicle
Potential of natural refrigerants in China, the case of the heat pump market.
The European Commission adopts a proposal for the Europan Union to ratify the Kigali amendment.
The European Commission encourages a swift implementation of the Kigali amendment.
Refrigerant safety standards high on global agenda.
At the international level, many discussions are currently focusing on the necessity to revise safety standards in order to adapt them to refrigerants classified as mildly flammable or flammable. China and India invest themselves.
Chile installs its first CO2 transcritical refrigeration system.
Chila commits to promoting alternatives to HFCs.
A responsible community, from science to society
IIR newsletter focus, by Philippe Lebrun, President of the General Conference of the IIR
China first refrigerated container train leaves for Moscow.
A new transport link between China and Russia.
Permanent ice hotel thanks to solar cooling.
In Northern Sweden, Icehotel 365, a permanent ice hotel, opened in November 2016.
World desiccant wheel market.
A few figures to illustrate the desiccant wheel market.
China making push to reduce data center energy and water use.
The City of Beijing recently issued a ban on data centers with a power usage effictiveness (PUE) higher than 1.5.
India tests expose AC inefficiencies at higher temperatures
In India, air conditioners are responsible for peak energy consumption in urban districts.
Energy trends in German supermarkets.
According to a recent survey, the average energy used to provide cooling to chilled and frozen displays represents 40% of the total energy demand of German supermarkets.
A new energy efficiency labelling system in China.
China enforces an energy efficiency labelling system for room air conditioners and chillers.
The future of air conditioning.
Navigant Consulting, a specialized expert services firm, produced a report about the future of air conditioning for buildings providing interesting figures on the expected growth in air conditioning demand and its environmental impact.
France: successful initiative to recover fluorinated refrigerants.
An initiative from the French association ACD3R has helped to avoid the emission of 45 million tonnes CO2 between 1993 and 2013.
Energy use by air conditioning in UK.
Air conditioning to cool buildings may account for almost 10% of UK electricity consumption.
