Heat Pumps News & Trends

Stoke-on-Trent City Council’s Partnership With Siemens Helps To Dramatically Reduce Carbon Emissions And Costs

In April 2017, Stoke-on-Trent City Council formed a strategic collaboration with Siemens to develop a series of energy-saving projects, as part of the council’s plans to dramatically decrease carbon emissions, increase the use of renewable energy and reduce costs. As the lead technical partner, boosted by several local partnerships, Siemens entered discussions to investigate ways of improving the energy performance of the local authority’s buildings over a five-year period. Decarbo...

REHAU Enhances Performance On Its PP-R District Heating Pipework

Polymer pipework manufacturer - REHAU has reduced heat losses on its PP-R district heating pipe. The PP-R pipework’s lambda value has recently been improved to 0.023W/mK – a significant decrease over the previous polyurethane foam used. This market-leading new figure puts it at the forefront of large diameter district heating pipe performance for PP-R pipes. Heat loss reduction Over an example length of 250 meters, the newly-improved pipework achieves an impressive 24% reduction i...

DriSteem Welcomes Andy Erdmann As The New Director Of Operations

DRI-STEEM Corporation (DriSteem), the manufacturer of humidification, evaporative cooling, and water treatment products, announces that Andy Erdmann has joined DriSteem as Director of Operations. Andy comes to DriSteem with over 30 years of experience in Manufacturing Operations. Prior to his current position, Andy was in leadership roles at Benchmark Electronics, MacDermid Colorspan and Stratasys, where he established the Eden Prairie site as a center of excellence. Adding to the production...

Airedale Announces That Full Scale Production Has Commenced At Their US Chiller Plant In Rockbridge

Airedale, the critical cooling specialists, is proud to announce that full-scale production has commenced at their US chiller plant in Rockbridge, Virginia. Headquartered in Leeds, UK, Airedale is now proud to operate from additional facilities in Consett (UK), Guadalajara (Spain), Dubai (UAE), Rockbridge (US), and Grenada (US). This milestone is part of a global expansion strategy and in response to the high demand for energy and water-efficient cooling solutions for a data center market expan...

Johnson Controls Announces The Appointment Of Rodney Clark As The New Vice President And Chief Commercial Officer

Johnson Controls, the globally renowned company for smart, healthy and sustainable building solutions, has named Rodney Clark as Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer, effective of June 1, 2022.   In this role, Rodney Clark will lead global sales excellence efforts across the company, replacing the outgoing Chief Commercial Officer, Brian Young, who retired at the end of last year. Clark also will take on a portion of the role being transitioned from Michael Ellis, executive vice...

US President, Joe Biden Could Save Families Thousands On Energy Bills With Efficiency Rules For U.S.-backed Home Loans

The Biden administration could save many low- and moderate-income households thousands of dollars - and cut greenhouse gas emissions - by updating energy efficiency requirements for new federally supported homes, according to a study carried out by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE). The US Congress directed federal agencies to periodically update efficiency criteria for new homes purchased with the support of federally backed mortgages and federal housing programs. Bu...

Coen Van De Sande Appointed AREA President

European cooling contractors’ association AREA has appointed Coen van de Sande as its new president following recent elections to set out the group’s new Board. Mr van de Sande, the director of the Netherlands-based association NVKL, replaces Marco Buoni in the role following the organization’s recent General Assembly that was held on 13 May 2022. He said that AREA was an important organization to give contractors across the EU, as well as in the UK, a united voice on the...

Johnson Controls Support The Major Expansion Of First Movers Coalition

Johnson Controls, the globally renowned company for smart, healthy and sustainable building solutions, is proud to support the expansion of the First Movers Coalition, which Johnson Controls joined as a Founding Member in November 2021.   The First Movers Coalition, a flagship public-private partnership to clean up the most carbon-intensive industry sectors, from heavy industry to long-distance transport, announced a major expansion to more than 50 corporate members, worth about US$ 8.5...

RX Global Marks Successful Completion Of All-Energy And Dcarbonise 2022

The 21st-anniversary edition of All-Energy 2022, the UK’s largest renewable and low carbon energy exhibition and conference and the co-located Dcarbonise 2022 held at Glasgow’s SEC on 11 and 12 May attracted a total attendance of 7,642, more than 250 exhibiting companies from home and overseas, some 575 speakers, and plaudits in plenty. The First Minister of Scotland, Rt Hon Nicola Sturgeon MSP, and Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport, Michael Matheson MSP delivered...

Draft F-Gas Reforms Pose Huge Challenge For EU Heat Pump Ambitions

Recent proposals to introduce sticker F-Gas legislation quotas on the level and type of refrigerant allowed on the European market risks potentially undermining heat decarbonization, an industry debate has heard. 2022 F-Gas Question Time The 2022 F-Gas Question Time, which was hosted online by H&V News’ sister title RAC Magazine on May 24, said initial reform plans would put significant supply pressures on HFC refrigerant available for existing systems. These pressures could also cr...

PARAT Delivers A 8MW Electrode Steam Boiler To Nordlaks Stokmarknes For Their Salmon Production Facilities

PARAT Halvorsen will deliver a 8MW Electrode Steam boiler with 22kV connection for their salmon production facilities in Vesterålen. Electrode Steam Boiler Norwegian company Nordlaks Stokmarknes orders a modern Power to Heat Steam system from PARAT. They will deliver an 8MW High Voltage Electrode Steam Boiler with a 22kV connection. The Steam Boiler will have a 188°C Design Temperature, 11 barg Design Pressure and will be delivered with Feedwater Pumps and Circulation pumps. The syst...

Panasonic Heating & Cooling To Exhibit Their HVAC Solutions For Home At Housing 2022

Panasonic Heating & Cooling is thrilled to announce they will be exhibiting at Housing 2022 this year in Manchester, 28-30 June, Stand E55. Richard Bishop, UK and Ireland’s Head of Marketing for Panasonic, commented: “With the demand for more low carbon heating solutions for residential properties growing and the new SAP10 regulations coming in force in June 2022, housing providers need to ensure they are fully compliant and ready to switch to more renewable heating systems for...

Daikin Hosts Government Minister As Boiler Upgrade Scheme Applications Open

Representatives from the UK government have spent the day familiarizing themselves with Daikin’s air source heat pump offering, as the national effort to decarbonize the housing stock reaches a landmark moment. From this week, applications for the new Boiler Upgrade Scheme are open, meaning homeowners can apply – through their installer – for a £5,000 grant towards the upfront cost of a heat pump. The grants are designed to make low carbon, sustainable home heating techn...

Panasonic Announces The Grand Opening Of A New UK Head Office With Impressive Training Center

Panasonic is delighted to announce the grand opening of its brand-new UK premises, dedicated to the HVACR+ market, which includes its largest UK training center, kitted out with fully functioning units for hands-on experience. Panasonic’s heating, cooling and refrigeration staff attended an Opening Ceremony on Friday, May 6, 2022, where Enrique Vilamitjana, the Managing Director of Panasonic Heating & Cooling Solutions Europe, officially declared the new premises in Welwyn Garden City...

Panasonic Aquarea Heat Pumps And Fan Coils Deployed At Renovated Chapel In Devon, United Kingdom

South Hams Christian Fellowship was offered a new home in Kingsbridge, as their place of worship – a historic Chapel built in 1853. Requiring a complete renovation and new heating system, the Chapel was renovated and now boasts two Panasonic Aquarea heat pumps with underfloor heating and eight Panasonic fan coils, to heat the large open space. A challenging aspect of the project was that the main space is a large open area, with ceilings 8 metres in height and featuring very large windows...

Lord Callanan, The UK Business And Energy Minister, Committed To ‘Gradual’ Heat Pump Transition In The United Kingdom

The HVAC industry will have to wait on the upcoming Energy Bill for details of any additional financial or regulatory incentives that may be introduced to shift the United Kingdom (UK) to low carbon heat. Lord Callanan, the UK Business and Energy Minister, says the country’s planned transition to low carbon heat systems will be a ‘gradual transformation’, rather than a more drastic industry revolution. The UK Business and Energy Minister said that important systems, such as h...

£450m Boiler Upgrade Scheme Opens For Grant Applications

The government’s £450m Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS) will start providing grants of up to £6,000 towards the cost of installing heat pumps. The funding will be available for either domestic or small non-domestic properties. the main focus of the incentive The main focus of the incentive, which is scheduled to run until 2025, is to help reduce the upfront cost of installing low carbon heat in the existing housing stock in both England and Wales.  Newly built propertie...

Winner Of Lindab's Innovation Prize 2022

Lindab's Innovation Prize is a prize awarded to a company, individual, or organization that can demonstrate an innovative and sustainable product or service, with commercial and/or socio-economic potential that can be put into practice. The winner receives SEK 30,000 as prize money. The 2022 winner is EnergiSystems Tellus AB. Energy efficient  Tellus Energi's system is used in new construction to greatly reduce energy consumption. The system absorbs renewable energy from the atmosphere by...

1,000 Homes Now Connected To UK Living Lab Project By Energy Systems Catapult Innovation Agency

Project, launched back in 2017, connects a mix of UK property types via a digital platform to test next-generation heat and controls systems along with new delivery approaches. More than 1,000 UK homes have now been connected to the Living Lab concept that provides real world testing of next-generation building controls and low carbon heat solutions. The concept, which has been developed by the Energy Systems Catapult innovation agency, has seen these different types of homes being connected wi...

Mitsubishi Electric Trane HVAC US Celebrates Distributors At The 2021 Diamond Leadership Conference

Mitsubishi Electric Trane HVAC US LLC (METUS), a globally renowned supplier of Ductless and Ducted Mini-split and Variable Refrigerant Flow (VRF) heat-pump and air-conditioning systems, held its 2021 Diamond Leadership Conference, at the Ritz Carlton Key Biscayne, in Key Biscayne, Florida, USA, from March 11 to 15, 2022. The conference recognized distributors for their outstanding performances. 2021 Diamond Leadership Conference Keynote speaker, economist Robert Genetski, spoke to the group o...

Visit Kanomax USA At The Process Heating & Cooling Show 2022

Kanomax USA is exhibiting at the upcoming Process Heating & Cooling Show 2022, at Booth #217! Process Heating & Cooling Show The inaugural Process Heating & Cooling Show is a place for anyone involved with industrial heating and cooling processes. The effective application of heat, or the removal of it via cooling, are critical, transformative step during the manufacturing processes of many products. This event will bring together numerous industries in the process industries...

DG Cities’ Heat Pump Survey Critical Of UK Government’s Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS) Funding Scope

Study of hundreds of people concludes that commitments in the latest low carbon incentive for homes will not be enough, in order to address cost challenges associated with heat pump adoption. Funding from the UK Government’s Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS) will be insufficient to address UK consumer concerns, about the cost of installing heat pumps, a public survey of 500 people has concluded. DG Cities’ survey on public attitudes towards heat pumps DG Cities said feedback from its la...

Carrier AquaForce Vision 30KAV Air-Cooled Chillers Selected For Manchester’s New Landmark Building

High performance Carrier AquaForce Vision 30KAV air-cooled chillers delivering 2.4 MW of cooling have been selected to provide outstanding comfort and energy efficiency for Manchester Goods Yard, a new landmark building in the heart of Manchester's St. John’s regeneration area. Carrier Corporation is part of Carrier Global Corporation, the renowned global provider of healthy, safe, sustainable and intelligent building and cold-chain solutions. Carrier chillers installed at Manchester bui...

Alpha Innovations Talks About The Second Gold Label As Best Managed Companies For CE+T Group

CE+T Group was nominated for the prestigious “Best Managed Companies” program organized by Deloitte for the fifth consecutive year and re-obtained the Gold label. Second Gold label For the fifth consecutive year CE+T has been nominated for the prestigious “Best Managed Companies” program organized by Deloitte. It is the second year in a row that CE+T Group receives the Gold label so we are quite proud of it. Indeed, each year the program rigorously evaluates participan...

EDF Announces Investment And Partnership With Heat Pump Installer, CB Heating

EDF in the UK, Britain’s biggest generator of zero-carbon electricity, has entered into a strategic investment and partnership with Clacton-based CB Heating to advance its heat pump offering for its UK customers and help upskill engineers across the country.  end-to-end installation The strategic investment means EDF will partner with CB Heating for its customer's heat pump installations, offering EDF’s 3 million customers an end-to-end installation journey through CB Heating&...

Viessmann Launches A New Generation Of Wibutler Pro Allowing Building Services To Communicate

The new generation of the wibutler pro energy control and alarm panel connects around 300 devices from different manufacturers – whether for heat supply, lighting control or home security. New elements include electricity management with the Vitocharge VX3 electricity storage system, the automated harmonization of decentralized ventilation units Vitovent 100-D and Vitovent 050-D, and Professional Smart Building for use in large residential complexes and neighborhoods. Electricity storage...

EDF Announces Investment Partnership With UK Heat Pump Installer

The UK arm of European utilities giant EDF has announced a strategic investment and partnership with domestic heat pump installer CB Heating. A major focus of the deal will be to create an end-to-end installation service for heat pumps in the UK, using CB Heating’s national network of partners. This Heat Pump Installers Network (HPIN) provides 500 approved heat pump installers. The move is timed to coincide with the beginning of grants of £5,000 being awarded for the installati...

Additional Statement Given By IAF Regarding The Situation In Ukraine

An IAF member shall comply with applicable laws and regulations both domestic and international, and all IAF members shall act honestly, in good faith and in the best interests of IAF, not engaging in conduct likely to bring discredit upon IAF (IAF Code of Conduct – IAF PL 1:2009, Issue 2) Accordingly, IAF shall not work with any entity or individual covered by national, international or U.S. sanctions1 (i.e. SDN listed), including entities or individuals identified as, related to, or aff...

BEAMA Demands Heat Efficiency Focus Within New Energy Bill

Industry bodies say any legislative focus on trying to deliver cheaper and cleaner sources of energy must include a focus on improving the efficiency of homes and low carbon heat. UK government proposals to introduce a new Energy Bill must include fresh provisions to encourage building efficiency and low carbon heat support, industry body BEAMA argues. The association said that it backed wider energy industry calls to ensure that any fresh legislation will deliver meaningful changes to ensure t...

Danfoss Supports OEMs Building New Online Grocery Applications With Their Refrigerated Click-And-Collect Lockers

With the rise of new online grocery fulfillment models, Danfoss has the application development facilities, industry expertise, and a comprehensive product portfolio, in order to support OEMs developing refrigeration solutions for new food retail models, such as outdoor refrigerated lockers. The acceleration in online grocery shopping, during the COVID-19 pandemic, has seen retailers look for viable alternatives to costly and labor-intensive home delivery models. Refrigerated Click-And-Collect...

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