Cooling News & Trends

Eurovent announced that the globally renowned association has welcomed Deltrian (Deltrian International), a Belgian manufacturer of air filtration systems, as its newest Corresponding Member. The membership for Deltrian was formally approved during a meeting of the Eurovent Board of Directors in December 2021. New Eurovent member, Deltrian International Founded in 1967, Deltrian International has expertise in air quality management in various fields Founded in 1967, Deltrian International ha...

HydroGNSS is the second mission in the ESA Scout program, demonstrating Earth Observation science with a small budget and rapid schedule.  HydroGNSS is a 55kg satellite that will take measurements of key hydrological climate variables, including soil moisture, freeze-thaw state over permafrost, inundation, and wetlands, and above-ground biomass.  GNSS Reflectometry It uses a technique called GNSS Reflectometry that exploits signals from Global Navigation Satellites Systems as radar...

CoolAutomation, a pioneer in connected HVAC solutions, will be exhibiting at the AHR Expo 2022. The company will be presenting its new portfolio of cutting-edge HVAC cloud solutions - The CoolAutomation Cloud. The CoolAutomation Cloud is composed of several solutions, each providing specific capabilities to meet the various needs of HVAC professionals: HVAC Remote Diagnostics & HVAC Predictive Maintenance VRF Power Distribution HVAC Operations solutions HVAC Control Monitoring HVAC...

In line with the timing of Big Energy Saving Week, Baxi has compiled its list of top tips for educating homeowners in managing their energy usage and minimizing utility costs. As homeowners crank up the heating and keep the lights on for longer during the winter season, these increases in usage can have a significant impact on monthly costs, which are only exacerbated as UK energy prices continue to soar. Following are the ten top tips: Boiler replacement If the boiler in a home is...

Power management company Eaton, announces that Kurt McMaken has been named Senior Vice President, operations finance and finance transformation. In this role, McMaken will lead the global operations and transformation organization. This organization includes the company’s financial planning and analysis and operations finance teams, and has responsibility for the development of finance technology enhancements. McMaken will report to Tom Okray, Eaton’s Executive Vice President and Ch...

Ruskin has announced the release of the new EME620DD and BLD723 louvers, which are wind-driven rain AMCA certified louvers, made for exceptional protection against water, air, and wind penetration. EME620DD louver The EME620DD louver from Ruskin is a newly designed, 6" deep, horizontally bladed louver, which is specially designed for building applications that require wind driven rain protections. BLD723 bold line drainable louver Ideal for architects, who want to make a design statement, th...

Viessmann, the renowned family-led business firm, is committed to creating excellent employee conditions and providing employees with the best possible support in their everyday endeavors.  After a three-month certification process, the Top Employers Institute has certified Viessmann as a Top Employer 2022 in Germany and therefore, as a highly attractive employer. Recognition criteria The Top Employers Institute examined the participating employers in six overarching HR dimensions and 20...

The Brick Consortium, Inc. (The Brick Consortium), the non-profit membership-led organization that sponsors and encourages the research and development (R&D) of the open source - Brick schema specifications for the built environment, has announced that five companies have joined on as inaugural members: Carrier Corporation (Carrier), Clockworks Analytics, Johnson Controls, Mapped, and Schneider Electric. These commercial members join academic members, who hail from Carnegie Mellon Universit...

The internationally active Viessmann Group has taken a majority stake in Pacifica Home Services Ltd. (PHS), simultaneously backing the reinvestment of the management team. The deal includes the acquisition of Oakes Energy Services Ltd (Oakes Energy), which will be integral to the development of the new business. Pacifica Home Services Ltd. (PHS) is based in Durham, United Kingdom and well known to end-customers within the UK, under the brand - 0800 Repair. The Management team from PHS will stay...

Students and staff in the San Felipe Del Rio Consolidated Independent School District (SFDRCISD) are breathing easier with new district-wide indoor environmental quality enhancements. The school district teamed up with Trane® – by Trane Technologies., a global climate innovator – and Synexis® to improve the quality of indoor environment across the district’s five campuses in Texas. The district installed portable Synexis BioDefense Systems in every classroom in the dis...

SPX Cooling Technologies, Inc., a full-line, full-service industry front-runner in the design and manufacture of evaporative cooling towers and air-cooled heat exchangers, announces the SGS PC Series Industrial Evaporator, an airside product for industrial refrigeration. SGS Refrigeration, Inc. was acquired by SPX Cooling Technologies in 2019. Features The PC Series Evaporator supports large freezers/coolers for penthouse and carcass chilling. The extensive product line offers over 100 models...

SPX Cooling Technologies, Inc., a full-line, full-service industry front-runner in the design and manufacture of specialized heat exchangers, introduces the SGS brand IEC evaporative condenser, a blow-through condensing unit for industrial refrigeration applications, specifically designed and built to simplify installation for contractors and provide robust componentry and extended life for operators. Speed installation Among the IEC Evaporative Condenser features that speed installation for c...

SPX Cooling Technologies Inc. has released details of its expanded MH Fluid Cooler line, designed to meet an even more diverse range of applications. The MH Fluid Cooler is now available with three coil materials, each delivering its own advantages. MH Element™ Fluid Cooler The most recent innovation, the MH Element™ Fluid Cooler, is equipped with copper coils. Copper offers superior corrosion resistance and improved heat transfer. Compared with traditional hot-dip...

Senseware has announced that Boston Properties, Inc. (BXP), the largest publicly traded developer, owner, and manager of Class A office properties in the United States, has selected Senseware’s technology solution to implement real-time Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) monitoring across BXP's portfolio as part of its healthy building strategy. Data-driven approach to operations Doug Linde, President of Boston Properties, Inc. (BXP), said “As a leader in sustainable and healthy property dev...

Marston Holdings, the United Kingdom’s renowned provider of integrated, technology-enabled transport solutions, has announced its acquisition of Vortex IoT Limited (Vortex), supplier of environmental sensors, networks and data solutions that support improved air quality and decarbonization initiatives. Marston Holdings supports government, utilities and private sector clients through the delivery of market renowned integrated technology-enabled solutions, from design through to implementa...

Join Airdale on the 1st February 2022 at their Data Center Cooling Innovation Day to hear from Airedale experts on why now is the time for the company to go truly global, hear from the wider industry on their views on the future of data center cooling, take a look inside at their fantastic R&D facility and be the first to hear about FOUR new data center cooling innovations, launching live at the event. These solutions/innovations will back up the continuation of their global expansion strat...

Environmental health technology company, CASPR Group is pleased to announce Jon Zucker as its President. Jon Zucker joined the CASPR Group in late 2021. Jon Zucker’s goal is to guide CASPR Group into a scalable, sustainable company, as it manages increased demand for its proprietary Natural Catalytic Conversion (NCC) technology. The company’s solutions provide healthier indoor air and surface environments, across industries, including healthcare, education, transportation, and comme...

Eurovent Market Intelligence (EMI), the European statistics office for the HVACR market, launches its data collections for 2022. The aim is to collect data from manufacturers and provide them with a reliable map of the market. In 2021, around 400 manufacturers joined EMI resulting in an increase of +20% manufacturers providing the most comprehensive and reliable overview of the market, and thus remaining the largest collection of data on the HVACR market in terms of the number of market players...

Johnson Controls, the global pioneer for smart and sustainable buildings announced it has been named among the world's 100 most sustainable corporations in the 2022 Global 100 ranking by Corporate Knights. It is the eighth time Johnson Controls has received this honor. The company ranked first out of 26 in its Corporate Knights peer group for HVAC equipment manufacturing and first out of 74 in its industry group for Building Products. Johnson Controls jumped to 12th in the overall ran...

Kanomax USA will be exhibiting at AHR Expo 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada from Jan 31 to Feb 02, 2022!  The AHR Expo provides a unique forum where manufacturers of all sizes and specialties come together to share ideas and showcase the future of HVACR technology. The AHR Expo Since 1930, the AHR Expo has remained the industry’s best place for OEMs, engineers, contractors, technicians, facility operators, architects, educators, and other industry professionals to explore the latest trend...

Johnson Controls, the global pioneer for smart, healthy, and sustainable buildings announced the launch of OpenBlue Indoor Air Quality as a service. The new offering is the first dedicated “as-a-service" Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) solution for buildings, delivering energy-efficient, turnkey clean air outcomes with an innovative financing model. Healthy building strategy “Johnson Controls believes the best healthy buildings strategy is a holistic one,” said Ganesh Ramaswamy, vic...

Electric heat pumps use much less energy than furnaces, and can cool houses too – here’s how they work: Most heating systems in the U.S. use forced-air furnaces that run on natural gas or electricity, or in some cases, heating oil. To heat the building, the systems burn fuel or use electricity to heat up air, and then blow the warm air through ducts into individual rooms. A heat pump works more like a refrigerator, which extracts energy from the air inside the fridge and dumps...

The digital humidity and temperature sensing element - HTE501 from E+E Elektronik offers an excellent measurement accuracy of up to ±1.8 % RH incl. hysteresis and ±0.2 °C. The proven E+E sensor coating and the integrated constant current heater ensure a high level of reliability and durability of the sensing element even in harsh, dirty and condensing environments. The DFN enclosure, which measures just 2.5 x 2.5 x 0.9 mm, and the I2C interface enable simple design-in. The sen...

RectorSeal®, Houston, a manufacturer of quality HVAC/R and plumbing tools and accessories and a wholly-owned subsidiary of CSW Industrials, Inc., adds Metacaulk® Cast-In-Place Device (CID) tub box kits to the extensive line of over 1,500 products. Available with 2- and 3-inch Metacaulk CID, the tub box kits are designed to prevent the spread of fire from bathtubs or jet-spa drains to the upper level. No concrete drilling is required. The maximum slab height with kit components is 10-inc...

ActivePure, the globally renowned company in 24/7 surface and air purification technology, will attend and exhibit at the 2022 International Air-Conditioning, Heating, Refrigerating Exposition - AHR Expo 2022, the essential event for HVACR. The AHR Expo 2022 event is co-sponsored by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) and the Air-Conditioning, Heating, & Refrigeration Institute (AHRI), and is held concurrently with ASHRAE’s Winter Con...

Polymer pipework specialist REHAU will showcase its polymer district heating solutions at Futurebuild 2022 from 1 to 3 March. Displaying from stand A18 in the District Energy Pavilion at ExCeL London, REHAU will be demonstrating how it can support designers, contractors, and clients in developing low carbon projects. Visitors with be given the opportunity to experience product solutions for challenges, including the drive to net zero and the need for easy-to-install flexible pipework to meet am...

Carrier Corporation will showcase the latest products and services from across its global HVAC product portfolio, including building automation, digital solutions and its Healthy Buildings Program, at AHR Expo 2022, taking place in Las Vegas from Jan. 31 to Feb. 2, 2022. Carrier at AHR Expo 2022 Carrier is a part of Carrier Global Corporation, the renowned global provider of healthy, safe, sustainable and intelligent building and cold chain solutions. “We are excited to display our inno...

Vendigo Finance has exchanged contracts on a proposed acquisition by Hassle Free Boilers in a deal that brings together two of the fastest growing names in home improvement services and trade finance. The deal brings Vendigo Finance into the Hassle Free Boilers family of brands, which also includes The Trade Toolbox, a provider of home finance solutions for installers, and the recently acquired Hiberapp. The acquisition, which is subject to regulatory approval, will enable Hiber and The Trade...

CIAT UK is rolling out its automated indoor air quality (IAQ) system Epure® Dynamics for use in hospitality venues, offering hotels, restaurants and pubs enhanced levels of protection as they welcome back customers. The Epure Dynamic IAQ control system is available on CIAT fan coil units and ducted units and is part of #CIAT4life, a campaign to increase awareness of CIAT’s range of advanced IAQ  solutions and services. CIAT is part of Carrier Global Corporation, the global provid...

Globally renowned mobility supplier - DENSO, and powertrain supplier - Aisan announced their respective Board of Directors have agreed upon and signed an agreement to transfer DENSO’s fuel pump module business to Aisan.  In addition, the Board agreed to allow Aisan to acquire DENSO’s equity stake in Kyosan Denso Manufacturing Kentucky, LLC (KDMK), located in Mt. Sterling, KY. The transfer is estimated to be on August 1, 2022. Future growth areas The companies determined that...