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Les frigorigènes naturels stimulent le marché mondial du froid commercial en 2023
Selon le JARN, les frigorigènes naturels utilisés dans les équipements commerciaux gagnent en popularité, contribuant notamment à dynamiser la demande de renouvellement des...
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Briefs: EU Directive recognizes heat pumps as a renewable energy technology
On December 17, 2008, the European Parliament adopted the EU Directive on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources. The final compromise text for the first time includes aerothermal and hydrothermal energy sources, effectively...
Briefs: US: Updating installation standards
It is estimated that over 50% of the air conditioners in US homes are under-efficient, due to improper installation; 62% are improperly charged, 50% are oversized and 70% lack proper airflow input at the coil. The performance of such poorly...
Briefs: Australia’s White Paper
In its White Paper "Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS): Australia's Low Pollution Future" - an amended version of the Green Paper issued in July 2008 - unveiled in December 2008, the Australian government gave details concerning its future...
Briefs: 5000th fridge bought back in Australia
The 5000th fridge has been collected as part of the NSW Government-backed Fridge Buyback programme. Climate Change Minister Carmel Tebbutt said the households that sold their second fridge to the scheme for AUD 35 would save a total of almost AUD...
New environmental measures are emerging
Two important (for the refrigeration and air-conditioning sector) United Nations conferences take place every year, on ozone depletion and on climate change. The IIR attends these conferences and presents a statement as an intergovernmental...
Markets: Worldwide refrigerator market
According to the Japan Electrical Manufacturer's Association (JEMA), the worldwide demand for refrigerators topped 79.3 million units in 2006, 82.3 million units in 2007, 85 million units in 2008 and is predicted to reach 90.1 million units in...
Markets: Russian refrigeration market
The Russian refrigeration market is rapidly expanding. According to Alexander Baranenko, Chairman of the International Academy of Refrigeration, 300 000 companies are currently involved in refrigeration in Russia. About 6 million refrigerating...
Markets: UK retail frozen food market
The latest information from TNS Worldpanel shows that the UK retail frozen food market is now worth GBP 4.8 billion, with the market showing 5.8% year on year growth as at November 30, 2008. The vegetables sector is now growing faster in value at...
Benefits of refrigeration in reducing stomach cancers highlighted
In its 2008 World Cancer Report, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that by 2010, cancer will be the leading cause of death in the world, surpassing heart disease and causing more deaths than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined. WHO...
Green buildings: not so expensive
A study sponsored by the investment firm Good Energies on 150 green building projects around the world shows that, on average, they cost only around 2% more than traditional buildings and yielded 33% savings on energy use. These results can...
Events: c-dig
The latest c-dig (carbon dioxide interest group) meeting took place in Lyon, France, on November 3-4, 2008 and was attended by about 40 researchers, compressor manufacturers and industry stakeholders. It gave an overview of the current state of...
Events: DKV news
DKV's annual conference held in Ulm in November 2008 was a resounding success: 590 participants, of whom 85 were from outside Germany, and 105 technical presentations. Three technical tours took place. Prof. Michael Arnemann is now President of...
Events: Chillventa: brilliant premiere
The first Chillventa show took place in Nuremberg, Germany, on October 15-17, 2008. The show drew almost 30000 trade visitors from over 90 countries and 804 exhibitors from 43 countries. Energy efficiency was showcased in a context of EU climate...
Briefs: NOAA Greenhouse Gas Index
Researchers at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) developed what they call a "scientifically unambiguous" index, that they say will allow them to track changes in the gases that contribute the most to the warming...
Briefs: AHRI update
Keith Coursin, president of Desert Aire Corp. headquartered in Germantown Wisconsin, USA, was elected chairman of the Board of Directors of the Air-Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) late 2008.
12th European Cold Chain Logistics Education Program
The 12th European Cold Chain Logistics Educational Seminar was held on January 26-27, 2009 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. This is a yearly two-day event under the patronage of the Global Cold Chain Alliance. GCCA unites four organizations, namely:...
Thriving Chinese Gas Market
The Chinese industrial gas market has been growing at a healthy rate for some time and it is believed that China could soon become the world's third largest industrial gas market if this growth is sustainable. This is quite possible: the Chinese...
Radiant floor cooling for giant European shopping centre
Dolce Vita Tejo, one of Europe's largest European shopping centres, located near Lisbon, Portugal, will use under-floor radiant cooling for its 423000 m² surface, 300 shops and 9000 parking spaces. In such a vast space, indoor climate would...
The HCFC phase-out challenge (4)
The results of a recent study* sponsored by the refrigerants manufacturer DuPont show that 65% of refrigerating plants in 9 key European Union markets were still using HCFC refrigerants 18 months before the ban on use of virgin HCFCs in EU...
Trends and Figures: World AC heat pump market
The use of heat pumps (HPs) is increasing in the European Union (EU), Japan, and China. According to JARN's figures, the global market for room air conditioners (RACs) and packaged air conditioners (PACs) was about 78.7 million units in 2007, 72%...
Cold storage: figures
According to the International Association of Refrigerated Warehouses (IARW) Global Cold Storage Capacity Report, public refrigerated warehouse storage is increasing around the world. Data from over 40 member countries was collected for the 2008...
Transport and storage sharing
The Sustainable Distribution Initiative, a cooperation scheme aimed at responding to spiralling energy costs and the demands of consumers to reduce the number of food miles in product distribution is being initiated by IGD, a food and grocery...
LHC accelerating science
The first beam in the Large Hadron Collider at CERN was steered around the full 27 km of the world's most powerful particle accelerator on September 10, 2008, in Geneva. Beams of protons circulating in opposite directions are to be brought into...
Mac news: the first service vehicle with a CO2 air-conditioning system
During the IAA Exhibition for commercial vehicles in Hanover on September 24, 2008, the German Environment Agency (UBA) presented the first service vehicle - a standard Volkswagen Touran -equipped with a CO2 air-conditioning system. According to...
