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Europe: 4th quarter 2015 HVAC-R market trends
Eurovent Market Intelligence (EMI) has just released the latest trends for the European HVAC&R market.
50% of data center cooling systems soon upgraded in North America
According to Emerson Network Power, half of all data center cooling systems in North America will be upgraded before the end of 2016 in a drive for greater reliability, efficiency and additional capacity.
Italian heat pump market situation
In 2014, the market for reversible air/air heat pumps experienced a sharp decrease (-16%).
Czech Republic heat pump market situation
Total sales reached 7 804 units in 2014 – an increase of 4% compared to 2013.
French heat pump market situation
The total market showed an increase of sales in 2014 with a little over 192 967 units sold. This is a rise of 27% compared to 2013.
Slovakia heat pump market situation
Average end consumer prices, including VAT, for a turnkey installation in single family houses are in the range of euros 6 000 to euros 15 000 depending on the type and capacity of the heat pump.
Austrian heat pump market situation
The total heat pumps sales (for space heating) increased from 2013 to 2014 by 0.2%. They amounted to a total of 21 717 units in 2014.
Chinese heat pump market situation
Compared to 2013, the market value of the production volume increased by 26.2%, reaching over 7.3 billion yuans (over 1 billion euros). About 90% of that volume is being sold on the domestic market.
German heat pump market situation
The market share of heat pumps installed in newly erected residential buildings increased from 13.2% in 2007 to 32.2% in 2013.
Employment in the European heat pump sector
The European heat pump industry is estimated to exceed 43 465 persons, approx.36% of these being active in heat pump manufacturing.
Estimate of energy saved by heat pumps
All heat pumps installed in Europe in 2014 have saved 10.42 TWh of final and 4.7 TWh of primary energy.
European heat pump market
In the European market, heat pump sales grew slightly by 3.49% in 2014, leading to a total of 796 746 units sold across Europe.
European heat pump market repartition by energy source
Air continues to be the main energy source (more than 85%) used in the European heat pump markets. The aerothermal heat pump segment is dominated by air/air (with heating functionality) and air/water units used for heating and hot water production.
An innovative NH3/CO2 cascade system in the US
By deploying a NH3/CO2 cascade system, a supermarket in Columbus, Georgia, reduced its annual direct emissions by at least 95%
Heat pump market in Finland
According to the Finnish Heat Pump Association SULPU, 60 000 heat pumps were sold last year. In 2015, Finns invested approximately 350 million Euros in heat pumps, out of their own pockets.
Supercooling and superchilling to increase the shelf life and reduce food waste
Superchilling and supercooling have enormous potential to enable safe, high quality and long term storage of foods without the consumer perceived detrimental effects of freezing.
France: express food delivery (in French)
This solution allows autonomous cold production and control of the transport and storage of perishable food.
Efficient fridges reduce German retailer costs
More efficient refrigeration and LED lighting helped reduce energy costs in the German retail food industry by 5% in 2015.
The food industry in Europe
The processed meat market in Western Europe is worth EUR 117.3 billion, some 10.6 % of the overall food and drink market of EUR 1111 billion.
New in cooling tower technology.
This process offers greater safety and efficiencies combining the best of wet and dry cooling tower technologies.
The global refrigerated sea transportation market
Technavio’s market research analyst predicts the global refrigerated sea transportation market to grow steadily at a CAGR of around 4% during the period 2016-2020.
Natural gas and liquefied gases in the maritime transport
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) increased its share of global gas trade carried by sea in 2014. Volumes increased by 2.5%, taking the total to 333.3 billion cubic meters.
China : demand for fresh food increases
China’s appetite for fruit and vegetables, dairy and meat is expected to increase by 17% between 2015 and 2025.
The frozen food transport players in France (French)
Today, frozen foods represent at least 20% of the transport activity of perishable goods.
Turkey aims to be the European leader in air conditioning unit production
Over 90% of the nearly 40 air conditioning unit producers active in Turkey are comprised completely of local companies.
