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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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Briefs: Energy-efficient district cooling in Paris
The chilled-water urban cooling network in Paris, run by Climespace is made up of 6 plants and chilled water storage systems, with a 250 MW total refrigerating capacity and distribution temperatures from 0.5°C-4°C. Two different technical...
Briefs: Antarctic ozone hole smallest in five years
The Antarctica ozone hole is the smallest it has been in 5 years, according to research from Niwa, New Zealand's National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research. Satellite data combined with ground-base measurements show the hole reached a...
Briefs: Illegal refrigerants
Over 108 tonnes of illegal refrigerant have been seized by customs officers around the world in a special operation code-named Sky-hole Patching II. The joint operation by the World Customs Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme...
Briefs: CO2 systems Receive Awards in the USA
Three companies developing or using CO2, received awards in the United States in 2010: Kysor/Warren, a company based in Georgia was honoured with the 2009-2010 GreenChill Distinguished Partner Award, from the US Environmental Agency (EPA) for its...
Out of the Ordinary: R2-D2 mini-refrigerator
This amazing R2-D2 USB (Artoo) mini-refrigerator was manufactured as a prize for an Attack of the Clones contest held in Japan back in 2002. Only 1000 robot fridges were made. ToyEast.com is selling one at a price of USD1070.
Out of the ordinary: Fridge still tireless after 74 years
Joan Pritchard's fridge has been running with virtually no interruption for 74 years. The fridge was specially fitted into the kitchen wall when she and her husband John bought the detached house in Colwyn Bay, North Wales in 1972; it was...
Climate change: moving slowly but surely
During the International meeting on the Montreal Protocol that took place in Geneva in June 2010 (see Newsletter No. 43, July 2010), proposals to phase down HFCs using the tools of the Montreal Protocol were discussed again. They were presented...
Market: EMEA HVAC&R market data: low profile
Eurovent Market Intelligence (EMI), a European statistics bureau, recently published HVAC&R sales results in the Europe and Middle East zone (EMEA). The air-handling-unit market amounted to € 1.5 billion in 2009, despite a drop of...
Market: European heat pump market
- The European Heat Pump Association (EHPA) has published an updated version of its outlook for the European heat pump market. The report shows that after 2 years of very difficult economic times, the market decline has stopped and heat pump...
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...
Refrigerant news: CGF
During the Cancún conference on climate change, the Consumer Goods Forum (CGF), a CEO-level organization of over 400 global consumer goods manufacturers and retailers across 70 countries has pledged to phase out HFCs from 2015. The board of...
Refrigerant news: Hydrocarbons in MAC in Oz
An Australian vehicle manufacturer of OKA four-wheel drive (4WD) vehicles has announced that it is the first manufacturer in the world to use hydrocarbon refrigerants for the air-conditioning systems of its vehicles. The manufacturer been...
Refrigerant news: Mexichem
Mexichem intends to compete with DuPont and Honeywell in the development of a replacement refrigerant for HFC-134a in car air conditioning systems. The company, which in February 2010 bought the Ineos fluorochemicals unit, has announced...
Refrigerant news: Dupont XP11
At Chillventa 2010, DuPont announced the development of a new refrigerant for use in commercial refrigeration systems. Opteon™ XP10 is based on HFO-1234yf and is characterized by its lower GWP (close to 600) compared with R134a, as well as...
Refrigerant news: DEFRA
In its "HFC consumption and emissions forecasting" September 2010 update of the 2008 report, the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) recently shows that while UK HFC emissions are actually higher than had...
Briefs: New online energy-efficiency benchmarking tool
The ICE-E (Improving Cold Storage Equipment in Europe) project is launching a new online benchmarking tool making it possible for users to compare the performance of their cold store against statistical data, identify potential energy savings and...
Briefs: Events
- With over 880 exhibitors from 42 countries and 29300 visitors (up 10% since 2008), the second edition of Chillventa held in Nuremberg, Germany, on October 13-15, 2010, was a resounding success. View a video featuring highlights and...
The future of HFCs was at the heart of discussions in Geneva
Several issues of importance for the refrigeration sector were handled during the 30th meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer in Geneva, on June 15-18, 2010 where...
Trends and markets: AC market
- According to a recent BSRIA press release, the air-conditioning market contracted by 11% compared to 2008, reaching USD 63.2 million in 2009. It is expected to see a slow recovery in 2010 with an expected growth rate of around 5%. In terms of...
Trends and markets: IARW Food Industry’s Return on Investment Guidelines
The IARW Food Industry's Return on Investment Guidelines provide valuable information regarding cold storage construction costs and trends in 2010. There are a number of variables that affect the cost of a project, ranging from building size to...
HFCs: projected emissions
Two recent studies on projected emissions of HFCs have been published: - US: according to the June 2010 US Climate Action report under the UNFCCC, from 2005 through 2020, total US greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are projected to rise by 4% under a...
HFO-1234yf news
HFO-1234yf, developed by DuPont and Honeywell as a substitute for HFC-134a in mobile air-conditioning applications in response to EU 2006/40 Directive which bans the use of refrigerants with a GWP higher than 150 in new types of vehicles by...
Briefs: China interested in NH3/CO2 and R-32 as HCFC alternatives
Late April 2010, China took a step in the quest for alternative refrigerants in the context of the HCFC phase-out under the Montreal Protocol (freeze of HCFC production in 2013 and complete phase-out in 2030). Instead of switching to high-GWP...
Briefs: Energy-efficient refrigeration in Switzerland
The Swiss Refrigeration Association, the Swiss Federal Office of Energy and the
Briefs: Eco Cute sales on the rise
According to statistics from the Japan Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Industry Association (JRAIA), shipments of Eco Cute heat pumps running on CO2 refrigerant amounted to 508141 units in fiscal year 2009 (April 2009-March 2010), up from...
