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  • Domestic refrigerator temperatures in Lebanon

    A team of researchers from two major Lebanese Universities carried out a survey on the temperatures in domestic refrigerators and published the results in the International Journal of Refrigeration.

    • Publication date : 2015/06/26
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  • LNG Worldwide

    - Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) is found in many parts of the world (e.g. Algeria, Australia, Brunei, Indonesia, Libya, Malaysia, Nigeria, Oman, Qatar and Trinidad and Tobago), with the largest reserves in the Middle East. Worldwide, there are...

    • Publication date : 2004/04/28
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  • Markets: Chinese AC exports to Africa are soaring

    Exports of air conditioners from China to Africa grew to over 28.8 million units in the first 8 months of 2010, an increase of 51.3% over last year, according to Chinese customs figures. This growth is even greater than that of Chinese exports of...

    • Publication date : 2011/02/07
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  • North Africa air conditioner’s market

    North Africa air conditioner market is projected to grow at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 5.55% during 2016-22.

    • Publication date : 2016/09/28
    • Subjects: Figures, economy
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  • Global cold storage capacity in 2014

    The IARW report shows that the total capacity of refrigerated warehouses was estimated at 552 million cubic meters worldwide in 2014, an increase of 92 million cubic meters (20%) since 2012.

    • Publication date : 2015/01/30
    • Subjects: Figures, economy
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  • Thai frozen food industry

    In 1991, frozen food was firstly introduced to Thai consumers whereas they were well known for their taste sensation, reasonable price, safe and cleaning process in 1993.

    • Publication date : 2016/12/16
    • Subjects: Figures, economy
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  • Briefs: magnetic refrigeration

    Camfridge, which is developing magnetic gas-free refrigeration technology, has been ranked top of its category - electricals - in the Guardian/Library House "Cleantech 100" list. The 100 European companies that make up the list are selected by an...

    • Publication date : 2008/10/22
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  • Briefs: first bank of coral cells

    US scientists have created the first bank of frozen coral cells, intended to preserve endangered coral species in Hawaii and protect their diversity. The bank so far contains frozen sperm and embryonic cells from mushroom coral and rice...

    • Publication date : 2011/02/07
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  • US Senate votes to ratify the Kigali Amendment

    The historic vote on 21st September means that the US will soon join the 137 parties that have already ratified the Kigali Amendment. 

    • Publication date : 2022/10/03
    • Subjects: Regulation
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  • Global refrigerated warehouse capacity in 2020.

    The total capacity of refrigerated warehouses worldwide was estimated at 719 million cubic meters in 2020. The US, India and China reported the largest capacities.

    • Publication date : 2021/05/10
    • Subjects: Figures, economy
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  • US increasing food waste

    Food waste contributes to excess consumption of freshwater and fossil fuels which, along with methane and CO2 emissions from decomposing food, thus impact global climate change. In a recent paper published in the Public Library of Science ONE,...

    • Publication date : 2010/03/07
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  • Development and evaluation of a reversible CO2 residential air conditioning system compared to a state-of-the art R410a unit

    This paper was presented at the IIR Gustav Lorentzen Conference in Glasgow (Sep. 2004). A reversible CO2 prototype RAC split unit system was designed, built and installed in two calorimetric test chambers. The unit is based on the Lorentzen Cycle...

    • Publication date : 2004/11/24
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  • Women unaware of engineering opportunities

    In UK, a leading job site reveals that 71.8% of female engineers believe young women are unaware of the career opportunities available in the sector.

    • Publication date : 2016/09/05
    • Subjects: Figures, economy
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  • Emerging countries: Discover the key figures in their national cooling plans

    Several countries have recently published National Cooling Plans, which present an overview of their countries cooling demand and help support the implementation of sustainable,...

    • Publication date : 2023/04/26
    • Subjects: Figures, economy, Regulation, Developing country
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    World’s largest CO2-based seawater heat pump goes live in Esbjerg, Denmark

    This 70 MW heat pump now provides renewable district heating, supporting Esbjerg’s transition to carbon-neutral energy by 2030. 

    • Publication date : 2024/12/18
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