21+ hour, 12+ min ago  (1102+ words) Three start-up companies that have developed alternative cooling and heating technologies that don't use standard vapor compression are seeking to partner with manufacturers of natural refrigerant-based systems to bring their products to the marketplace. Representatives of the companies " Pascal, Magnotherm…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (253+ words) Global HVAC supplier Systemair has launched Geniox HP DFN, a new packaged air-handling unit (AHU) with an integrated propane (R290) heat pump. "The HVAC landscape is shifting, with new regulations, rising energy costs and increasing sustainability demands," Systemair said. "Our Geniox…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago  (149+ words) Lithuania-based manufacturer Refra has delivered a 2. 4 MW (682 TR) CO2 (R744) refrigeration system for an entire cold-storage facility in London operated by a foodservice wholesaler. The 44, 129m2 (475, 001ft2) facility "is designed to become a showcase of efficiency, capacity and service in the U. K. ," wrote Refra. The…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago  (329+ words) In a retrofit application, M&M Carnot, a subsidiary of Johnson Controls, supplied CO2 (R744) chillers to cool approximately 1. 3 MW (370 TR) of IT heat load at Evocative's Santa Clara, California, edge colocation data center. Jay Smith, Vice President of Operations and Engineering…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago  (376+ words) Weekly Wrap-up: Systemair's AHU with an R290 Heat Pump, New Panasonic CO Natural Refrigerants Weekly Wrap-up: Systemair's AHU with an R290 Heat Pump, New Panasonic CO2 Heat Pumps for Australia, Enex's Fresh Funding and More Systemair Announces Air-Handling Unit with Integrated Propane Heat…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago  (262+ words) Launched in 2019 by refrigeration consultant Stephen Gill, former president of the'Institute of Refrigeration, World Refrigeration Day is an international awareness campaign centered around June 26 " the birthday of Lord Kelvin" to raise the profile and highlight the importance of the refrigeration,…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago  (436+ words) The use of transcritical CO2 (R744) refrigeration in commercial and industrial applications continues to rise in both Australia and New Zealand, according to ATMOsphere's report "Refrigeration: Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration with Natural Refrigerants." As of December 2025 roughly 400 of Australia's supermarkets and grocery…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (370+ words) Natural Refrigerants Weekly Wrap-up: SWEP's New Stainless Steel BPHE, a GEA R717 Heat Pump in T'rkiye, DTX Tape Is PFAS-Free and More SWEP Releases New Stainless Steel Brazed Plate Heat Exchanger Heat exchanger manufacturer SWEP has released the B18, a new stainless…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (417+ words) This is an excerpt from an article featured in ATMOsphere's "Clean Cooling for Data Centers 2025" report, which can be downloaded here. ATMOsphere is the publisher of Natural Refrigerants. com. You can read part 1 of this story here. "That's made our…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (660+ words) The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)s Risk Assessment Committee (RAC) has concluded that trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), formed in the atmosphere by the breakdown of certain f-gases, should be classified and labelled as toxic to reproduction. In particular, RAC adopted a…...