UNEP-U4E advances coordinated cooling policy discussion at OEWG48
UNEP’s United for Efficiency initiative (UNEP-U4E) brought government representatives and technical experts together at OEWG48 on July 15, 2026, to discuss policies supporting more efficient, lower-GWP cooling. The Bangkok side event focused on coordinating energy-efficiency and refrigerant-transition policies while developing practical pathways for implementation and enforcement. Participants highlighted the need to prepare markets alongside new
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Data Center Cooling: The Site Decides the System, the Operator Decides the Refrigerant
The first part of this series traced a chain of decisions from public data and disclosed projects: what a site can supply in power, water, and demand for waste heat sets the cooling architecture, and the architecture narrows the refrigerant. This part puts that chain to six people who build and supply the equipment. The
Chillventa 2026 Preview: Key Technologies Ahead of the October Show
Exhibitors arriving in Nuremberg on 13 to 15 October are no longer arguing about whether to move to natural refrigerants. They are showing how fast the move can be made, and at what cost. That single change of question runs through nearly every release we have received ahead of Chillventa 2026, the largest edition of
Magnetic Refrigeration: A Revolutionary, Disruptive Cooling Technology
As the global demand for energy-efficient and environmentally friendly cooling solutions intensifies, magnetic refrigeration emerges as a groundbreaking technology poised to transform the refrigeration industry. Leveraging the magnetocaloric effect, this innovative approach promises significant advantages over traditional cooling methods. Recent advancements are bringing magnetic refrigeration closer to commercial reality, signaling a new era in cooling
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Energy Efficiency in Refrigeration
This Chillventa 2026 Special Edition reads the exhibitor material for Nuremberg, 13–15 October, as a single body of evidence. Six shifts stand out: packaged CO₂ units reaching bakeries and single display cases, refrigerant charge counted in grams, data centre cooling arriving at a refrigeration fair, heat pumps supplying at boiler temperatures, efficiency moving from the […]
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