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GTZ Project supports hydrocarbon air conditioning in China

25 June 2009

The German Environment Ministry (BMU) is supporting a project that intends to convert a local Chinese air conditioning manufacturer from using harmful HCFC to apply environmental friendly hydrocarbons as a refrigerant...

UNEP call for case studies: Hydrocarbons to avoid/replace...

24 June 2009

hydrocarbons21.com has been selected by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) as a platform to mobilise the global HC community and invite stakeholders to send their case studies about real-life experience w...

Alarming report on HFCs: a momentum for natural refrigerants

23 June 2009

A scientific report has spurred great momentum on how to tap HFCs if we are to avoid the worst effect of climate change in the coming decades. The findings show that if no new regulations are adopted, HFCs could equal...

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3^rd Conference on Thermophysical Properties and Transfer Pro...

Conference | 23 Jun. 2009 - 26 Jun. 2009 | Boulder, United States of America

The International Institute of Refrigeration has established a series of Commission B1conferences held every 4 years discussing refrigerant thermophysical properties and transfer processes. This conference ...

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Energy efficiency event discusses R600a CDM project in Br...

22 June 2009

An overview of a refrigerator replacement programme in Brazil, which is now eligible for CDM credits and which has seen the number of hydrocarbon refrigerators growing in the country, was provided last week at the EED...

Get the early bird fee for Atmosphere 2009 today

21 June 2009

The international conference to only focus on real-life experience with natural refrigerants has opened its registration today. Benefit from an early bird fee until 24 July to listen to high-level speakers from the UN...

DoE public meeting on new US vending machine standards

19 June 2009

Use of natural refrigerants such as hydrocarbons could be prompted by the first ever-proposed federal energy standards for beverage vending machines. hydrocarbons21.com attended the public meeting held in Washington D...

EEDAL '09 - The 5th International Conference on Energy Effic...

Conference | 16 Jun. 2009 - 18 Jun. 2009 | Berlin, Germany

EEDAL is an established forum in which experts for energy efficiency from the political arena, industry, science and associations meet every three years at a venue in Europe. The perspective is global and t...

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XIII European Conference Technological Innovations in Air Co...

Conference | 12 Jun. 2009 - 13 Jun. 2009 | Milan, Italy

The latest Technologies in Air Conditioning and Refrigeration will be discussed at the conference, including the necessary changes to face the global crisis: energy issues and climate change, new refrigerant...

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New Zealand’s IPENZ issues Coldstore Engineering gu...

11 June 2009

New guidelines concerning coldstore engineering were released last week by IPENZ, the professional body representing engineers in New Zealand. The document predicts increasing potential for hydrocarbons if synthetic r...

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Coldstore Engineering in New Zealand

11 June 2009 | Standard | Published: 2009

This document consists a new set of guidelines for the New Zealand coldstore industry, released by the Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ) Coldstore Working Party, a partnership of IPENZ Tec...

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Coming soon: HyChill’s refrigerants to replace F-gases

9 June 2009

The Australian-based company and expert in hydrocarbon refrigerants is joining hydrocarbons21.com as a Bronze Partner. The company will soon present its product Minus50, a blend of R290 and R170, that is the natural o...

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HyChill

9 June 2009 | Commercial refrigeration...

HyChill Australia Pty Ltd has been an expert in hydrocarbon refrigerants since 1999 but with expertise in the industry going back 30 years. With offices in Asia and a head office based at the manufacturing plant in Me...

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ASHRAE Position Document on Natural Refrigerants

5 June 2009 | Article / Press | Published: 2009

The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers has, for the first time, issued a position paper on natural refrigerants. The paper describes hydrocarbons as having excellent environmenta...

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Trends and Perspectives in Refrigeration Technology

5 June 2009 | Presentation | Published: 2007

Trends and Perspectives in Refrigeration Technology

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UFO: Danfoss adds energy-efficient compressors

4 June 2009

With the UFO series the leading Danish supplier Danfoss has now added its market-leading range of R600a compressors for household refrigerators to the product database on hydrocarbons21.com.

Husky to launch R290 cabinet

2 June 2009

Making a statement about the future direction of the company, the Husky Group will launch a new eco-friendly cabinet featuring refrigerant R290 as well as smart electronics and soft start compressor technology that wi...

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Revitalised Green Cooling advocate restarts work in Austr...

28 May 2009

Providing a united voice for the natural refrigerants industry, the new Australian-based Green Cooling Association builds upon the work of the Green Cooling Council that had to cease operations in late 2008. It will p...

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