United Kingdom (UK) HVAC News & Trends

Britvic’s Beckton bottling plant has four production lines. One produces 48,000 x 500ml bottles per hour, another produces 21,000 x 1.5 liter bottles per hour and a further two produce 16 – 18,000 x 2-liter bottles per hour. After commissioning independent energy auditors, Air Compression Technology (ACT), to carry out an energy efficiency review, a number of ways in which the plant could reduce its costs and increase sustainability output across its air compressor fleet were identi...

An AIRMATICSTM customer is a pioneer US manufacturer of health and beauty cotton products in the Americas. Having grown exponentially since it first opened its doors in 1983, the firm’s production lines and manufacturing capabilities have expanded in order to meet growing demand for its comprehensive range of cotton products. When a significant issue with its Charlotte plant’s compressor regulation mechanism threatened to halt production and cost the firm substantial amounts of mon...

Genesis Controller plays an essential role in heat tracing applications, which range from freeze-protecting water lines to maintaining elevated process temperatures. The Controller hardware is built on a modular framework allowing simple configuration of various circuit counts in a single panel. Genesis Controller is a fully featured control and monitoring solution necessary for critical heat tracing applications. Multiple RTD Types These systems conserve energy, extend system life, and ensur...

Danfoss is turning down the heat in offices, factories, and warehouses. In Denmark alone, Danfoss says it could save the equivalent of heating up to 100 households by lowering the temperature. Winter is approaching and Danfoss is turning down the heat in offices, factories, and warehouses to help lower energy demand across Europe. Danfoss has decided to make its contribution by lowering the temperature at locations across Europe in a range of 3 to 4 degrees Celsius. The locations include factor...

The 2022 Northern Hemisphere summer was one of the hottest ever recorded in Europe with over 24,000 heat-related fatalities, and brought intense heatwaves to parts of China and North America. It was also very dry, and the resulting drought caused widespread water shortages, wildfires and crop failures leading to higher food prices, as well as impacts on electricity supply. An international team of climate scientists led by the research group of Sonia Seneviratne, Professor for Land-​Climate Dyn...

Some of the heating industry's most active heat pump installers will be able to offer homeowners a range of flexible payment options due to a new partnership between Daikin and the back-office support app, hiber. The new partnership is set to revolutionize the way homeowners can access and pay for heat pump technology and overcome one of the main barriers to achieving the government's target of 600,000 heat pump installations by 2028. Flexible and extended payment options  The flexible p...

New tax credits and rebates are poised to infuse billions of dollars into the HVAC marketplace in the United States, making a variety of high-efficiency technologies more affordable for consumers and generating additional revenue in the HVAC market for years to come. clean energy investments A new law provides Americans with access to $370 billion for clean energy investments in the form of tax credits, incentives, and rebates to improve energy efficiency. There is also a tax deduction for own...

Throughout 2022, the wholesale cost of gas and electricity has been rising. This means energy suppliers, including SO Energy, are now paying more for the energy they buy to supply homes than in previous years.  SO Energy understands that customers might be concerned about how the increase in the price of wholesale energy affects them and the impact on their Direct Debit payments. Fortunately, there is help at hand to protect customers from these rising costs this winter. Keeping customers...

Thermo King, a globally renowned company in transport temperature control solutions and a brand of Trane Technologies, has completed initial testing of its innovative evolve electric trailer with retailers - Walmart and Loblaws, and Martin Brower, a major supply chain solutions provider for restaurants around the world. During more than 2,500 hours of operation, the battery-powered refrigerated trailer unit delivered excellent performance, ensuring high quality climate control to keep food and...

Brackett’s Market IGA is a privately-owned grocery store in coastal Bath, Maine – ‘The City of Ships.’ The store is owned by Steve Brackett, who leverages 20 years of grocery experience from Kroger.   Steve met QM Power’s Kellan Draeger and Paul Ravenelle of Automated Building Systems (ABS) Energy Solutions at the Bozzuto’s Independent Retailer Conference, where they discussed rebate opportunities available to grocers like him through Efficiency Maine&rs...

While spring allergies cause discomfort for millions of Americans across the country, fall is no slouch when it comes to triggering symptoms. Rotting leaves produce mold and ragweed release pollen during the autumn months with a peak in September. Indoors, the same culprits of dust and dander trigger symptoms. Learn about Autumn allergen’s impact on IAQ as well as solutions to lessen their effect. What Are Indoor Allergens? What are the autumn allergens impacting IAQ? Mostly, they&rsq...

“An additional £15 million of funding to make low-carbon heating options, like heat pumps, cheaper and easier to install is a welcome move by this new government, and is a positive step towards achieving the goal of 600,000 heat pump installations by 2028.” “In recent months, Mitsubishi Electric heard from consumers that in addition to this, more information around ‘green’ home improvements must be made accessible, including about the benefits of heat pumps....

Price Chopper is one of the largest grocery chains in the Kansas City metro area. Through its contractor, Design Mechanical, Inc., Price Chopper participated in a U.S. Department of Energy-sponsored demonstration project to measure energy savings when upgrading from existing shaded pole and electronically commutated motors (ECMs) in refrigeration cases to the Q-Sync® smart, synchronous motor made by QM Power. Process The demonstration involved conducting a detailed energy audit of the refr...

Many individuals are concerned about their well-being and want to take proper precautions to take care of their health. While most people are conscious of proper nutrition and exercise, many neglects to take care of their indoor air quality. Poor indoor air quality can have negative consequences on an individual’s health, and it’s important that the air we breathe is safe for their well-being. At Van Drunen Heating and Air, they can help users understand the importance of proper ai...

Japan's Daikin which has always relied on China for air conditioner parts in the last decade, got fed up with China's long zero COVID policy and decided to dump China for AC parts. Daikin Industries has planned to dump China as it has failed to supply parts for the manufacturing of Air conditioners, reported The Singapore Post. Daikin's decision to find an alternative has caused a huge embarrassment to China even as relations between Japan and China completed 50 years. Global chip shortage In...

Hoshizaki America, Inc. is excited to announce two changes within the organization. Daryl Erbs has joined as Vice President of Innovation, a new position for Hoshizaki America and Scott Meyer has joined Hoshizaki as Vice President of Sales over the US and Canada Regions. Daryl's experience  Hoshizaki has been known for innovative products in the marketplace for decades and, with Daryl’s leadership, plans to take it to the next level. “Daryl brings industry experie...

Midea, the producer of major appliances, has launched the new Midea EVOX Multi-Zone System in the U.S., equipping HVAC service providers with flexible and affordable product and system combinations that can seamlessly mix and match ducted and ductless configurations across multiple applications with up to five zones per heat pump. The EVOX multi-zone heat pump system is ideal for new home installations or replacing older central systems in any weather climate with affordable, highly efficient i...

A recently released White House Fact Sheet, Back to School 2022: Giving Every School the Tools to Prevent COVID-19 Spread and Stay Safely Open All Year Long, cites improving indoor air quality across America’s school buildings through effective ventilation and filtration as an important part of COVID-19 prevention. Proper ventilation and indoor air quality In addition to other layered prevention strategies, taking action to improve indoor air quality can also reduce the risk of expos...

NAVAC, the world’s largest supplier of HVAC vacuum pumps in addition to a wide array of tools, gauges, charging machines, and other industry-specific items, has introduced the industry’s first smart refrigerant charger. The NRC62i Smart Charging Unit offers automatic operation for intuitive, consistent system evacuation and refrigerant filling. twin-cylinder vacuum pump The NRC62i’s powerful twin-cylinder vacuum pump rapidly and reliably evacuates an HVAC system to the vacuu...

All eight units on the left bank of the Baihetan hydropower station have been operational, since Unit 8 passed its 72-hour trial test on Sept 22. These units, developed and supplied by DEC, take up half of the mega 16 GW power plant. Baihetan Hydropower Station located in Southwest China. It has a total of 16 hydroelectric generating units with a single capacity of 1000 MW. When in full operation, Baihetan will produce 62 billion kWh of electricity annually, which will reduce carbon dioxide emi...

An international HVAC exhibition, ISK-SODEX Istanbul, has become an official Exhibition Partner of the 2022 Eurovent Summit taking place from 25th to 28th  October in Antalya, Türkiye. ISK-SODEX Istanbul, is an International HVAC, Refrigeration, Insulation, Pump, Valve, Fitting, Water Treatment, Fire Prevention, Pool, and Solar Energy Systems Exhibition which will be held on October 2023 at Istanbul Expo Center. It is organized by Hannover-Messe Sodeks Fuarcilik A.S., a subsidiary of...

UK thermal storage technology company SUNAMP has signed a partnership agreement with Faradise Energy (trading name of Pozbud Inwestycje Sp. z o.o.), a subsidiary of construction and engineering company COMPREMUM S.A, listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, in move that could curb gas use across Poland. The agreement will see Sunamp ramp up distribution of its energy-efficient thermal batteries in Central and Eastern Europe in line with the company’s international expansion strategy. The firs...

Airzone, a pioneer in dynamic HVAC control solutions announces certified drivers for the industry’s leading whole-home automation platforms, ensuring compatibility between systems from Crestron®, Control4®, ELAN®, Lutron®, and Savant® with Airzone’s exclusive smart control solution for HVAC inverter systems. The Airzone solution allows integrators, for the first time, to fully incorporate inverter HVAC control into home automation. Aidoo Pro Airzone’s Aid...

The Genesis Network delivers full operational awareness and supervisory control over heat trace systems consisting of Thermon and third-party products. Genesis Network connects all heat trace controllers to the control room via wireless mesh communications or wired ethernet. In the control room, alarms and performance history are logged and displayed to operators, maintenance teams, and management via a user-friendly browser-based interface accessible from any PC or tablet. The Genesis Network...

Vaisala, a pioneer in weather, environmental, and industrial measurements, announces the launch of Xweather. Vaisala Xweather is an environment forecast and observation service using intelligent sensors that turns observations and forecasts into insights and actions. Xweather has been created for businesses and developers whose products, operations, or customers depend on high quality weather and environmental information. Accelerating biodiversity loss For close to a century, Vaisala has hel...

EDF provides an update on its UK nuclear generation business, to help develop an understanding of its role in short-term energy security, as well as help the UK deliver longer-term policy objectives. EDF owns and operates eight nuclear power stations across the UK, five that are generating and three in the defueling phase. It is building Hinkley Point C in Somerset and there are plans to develop a sister station at Sizewell C, with a final investment decision due in 2023. EDF’s role in s...

Alpha Innovation always keeps an eye on the market trends, so as to adapt their solution to the changing needs of their current and future customers. In this context, the company has developed the ACE105, a very flexible and compact shelf for low power solutions. For those who identify themselves in any of the following situations? Space is a non-negotiable constraint, both in height and depth They need to connect AC and/or DC sources that are different They need power from 1kW to 5kW and...

Vaisala, a pioneer in weather, environmental, and industrial measurements, announced the launch of its state-of-the-art Air Quality Forecast, which provides unmatched hyperlocal insights with down to 15-meter resolution that empower city authorities to protect communities. This new Vaisala offering combines superior air quality modeling and measurements to forecast air quality at street-level resolution – including urban landscapes, within street canyons, and even around vegetation. Supe...

An exciting new piece of artwork by artist Lubna Chowdhary showcases the versatility and aesthetic potential of exposed heating and ventilation pipes as a design feature, in an impressive 6.5m by 5.5m sculpture made from ROCKWOOL® RockLap H&V Pipe Sections. The ‘Erratics’ exhibition was commissioned by the Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (MIMA) and features a sculpture made possible by a ROCKWOOL donation of 320 meters of its RockLap H&V Pipe Sections, sized with a...

Fieldpiece Instruments announced the launch of an upgraded Wireless Refrigerant Scale, model SR47, for HVACR contractors and technicians. The latest model will replace the industry workhorse, Fieldpiece’s SRS3. The newly upgraded wireless refrigerant scale is yet another game-changer to make HVACR industry tools more efficient and effective with the ultimate performance and durability in a compact, portable design. Industry-leading battery life, wireless range, and accuracy offer unmatche...