The Cooling Post

While it is based in the UK, the Cooling Post actively searches for stories relevant to the global air conditioning and refrigeration sector. This industry, despite its diverse languages and cultures, shares many common challenges. By offering a blend of the latest news, detailed feature pieces, and expert opinions, the Cooling Post aims to present potential solutions to these issues.

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Viessmann Deutschland adds two MDs

5 days ago | coolingpost.com | Neil Everitt

GERMANY: Viessmann Deutschland GmbH, responsible for the sales of Viessmann Climate Solutions in Germany, is expanding its managing directors team. Dr Conrad Wiedeler, who joined Viessmann Climate Solutions in 2021, and Dr Christian Schwabe, previously general counsel, residential and light commercial HVAC at Carrier EMEA, join current MD Dr Frank Voßloh, who has held the role since 2012.
REFCOM membership reaches 9,000

5 days ago | coolingpost.com | Neil Everitt

UK: F-gas certification body REFCOM has registered its 9,000th member, a milestone which it says reflects rising levels of best practice across the refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump industries. Originally established in 1994 as a voluntary registration scheme, REFCOM became a mandatory certification body when the UK adopted the European F-gas regulation in 2009.
Heat pump R&D centre nears completion

5 days ago | coolingpost.com | Neil Everitt

UK: Ideal Heating’s new £19.2m UK Technology Centre (UKTC) in Hull is undergoing final fit-out prior to its opening later this year. Although originally planned to be opened in early 2025, the facility is now due to be operational from September. It forms part of a wider £60m investment across the company’s Hull site and will enhance the company’s R&D capabilities, providing a testbed for low carbon technologies, including heat pumps.
UK should focus on heat pump production

5 days ago | coolingpost.com | Neil Everitt

UK: The government has called on UK industry to produce heat pump compressors and refrigerants at a component-level to produce commercial and non-domestic heat pumps.
Samsung confirms APP as heat pump distributor

6 days ago | coolingpost.com | Neil Everitt

UK: Samsung has announced that APP Plumbing and Heating has now been confirmed as an official distributor of its EHS range of monobloc heat pumps and hot water tanks. The move follows the acquisition at the end of last year by APP Wholesale – APP Plumbing and Heating’s parent company – of Samsung’s previous sales outlet Ultimate Renewables Supplies. According to Samsung, the new relationship with APP creates the opportunity to deliver a comprehensive, turnkey solution for the heating market.
Nicholls steps up at BESA

6 days ago | coolingpost.com | Neil Everitt

UK: The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has appointed Jill Nicholls as director of competence and compliance. She replaces Helen Yeulet who moves to a new position as strategic consultant. Nicholls steps up from her role as head of service development, were she was responsible for driving up standards in skills and training across the BESA membership.
Empower implores customers to limit AC to 24ºC

6 days ago | coolingpost.com | Neil Everitt

UAE: Dubai-based district cooling service provider Empower has launched its annual summer campaign to limit air conditioning in the region to 24ºC. Under the slogan, Set and Save at 24°C, the annual campaign aims to reduce electricity consumption for cooling and promote energy efficiency practices as part of the company’s sustainability strategies.
UNEP support for governments' NDCs

6 days ago | coolingpost.com | Neil Everitt

KENYA: The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has produced a guide to support governments in the integration of sustainable cooling into their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). The NDC Cooling Guidelines offer a six-stage, step-by-step framework, supported by country case studies, to help policymakers assess hydrofluorocarbon and energy-related emissions, set sector-specific targets, and develop fully costed National Cooling Action Plans (NCAPs).
HPA celebrates 20 years with first conference

1 week ago | coolingpost.com | Neil Everitt

UK: The Heat Pump Association (HPA) is set to celebrate its 20th anniversary at its first annual conference in London in November. Entitled Heat Pumps: How to go further, faster, the conference will take place at the British Library on November 26. According to the HPA, the event will gather together leading voices from across the heat pump sector to provide a series of talks, panels and speaker sessions focused on solutions to accelerate deployment across the UK.
Cooling upgrade at remote Jersey data centre

1 week ago | coolingpost.com | Neil Everitt

UK: A logistically complex project involving the replacement of cooling units at a data centre in the Channel Islands has been successfully completed by Biggleswade-based Secure IT Environments (SITE). The project involved the shipment of all equipment for the project, including three air conditioning systems, to the live data centre in Jersey. In one room two end-of-life Edenaire IPAC 70-2 AC units were replaced with GEA Multi-Denco DX Freecool air conditioning units.