Beijer Ref Opens Training Academy in South Korea
The facility will build CO2 refrigeration expertise and support the industry's shift toward more sustainable natural refrigerant solutions.
Kyrgyz Republic Develops Green Procurement Guidance for Cooling Equipment
With 90–95% of cooling equipment costs arising in operation, the initiative supports lifecycle-based purchasing and Kigali goals.
CHPC 2026 Highlights Industrial Heat Pumps and Low-Carbon Refrigerants in China
Experts examined waste-heat recovery, AI-enabled controls and application-specific design across industry, transport and digital infrastructure.
Qatar Advances Low-GWP Cooling Technologies and Technician Training
A November workshop united government, industry and academia to assess safe, reliable cooling alternatives for extreme climates.
Australian Refrigerant Industry Proposes GWP Limits for New Equipment
The groups favor 2030 deadlines for most categories and warn declining HFC quotas could exhaust national inventories by late 2029.
Pascal Raises $9.3 Million to Advance Solid Refrigerant Cooling Technology
The company plans a beverage cooling deployment as it develops its solid refrigerant system for buildings, data centers and other industrial uses.
Danfoss and ENGIE Develop Oil-Free R600a Chiller with TNS385 Compressor
Prototype testing is assessing performance, controls and A3 safety ahead of a planned 2027 controlled compressor release, subject to validation.
Study Finds R-23 Delivers Highest COP in Cascade Refrigeration System
R-170 and R-290 offered substantially lower global warming potential, highlighting an environmental tradeoff in low-stage refrigerant selection.
Climate Philanthropies Commit Over $36 Million to Cut Cooling Emissions
The four-year strategy will back stronger super-pollutant policies, climate-safe cooling equipment and incentives to curb leaks.
Chemours Faces Investor Lawsuit Over Opteon Refrigerant Sales in the US
The complaint cites excess distributor inventory after 2025 advance purchases and questions the reliability of Chemours' 2026 guidance.
Clivet Introduces SMARTPACK3 Rooftop Air Conditioners with R454C
The range cuts refrigerant-related emissions by up to 95% and exceeds minimum ErP seasonal performance requirements by up to 30%.
Solstice and Chemours Enforce HFO Refrigerant Patents at Chillventa 2026
Court orders targeted exhibitors over manufacturing processes and refrigerant blends, with Solstice noting that affected firms may appeal.
Insights on Refrigerants
Chillventa CONGRESS 2026: Brussels Rules Meet the Refrigerant Switch
The EU review of ecodesign rules for refrigeration condensing units began in February 2021, and the draft text is now expected at the end of 2026. Industry wants a seasonal efficiency metric in it, because, as Danfoss put it, CO2 "would not have a chance" in smaller units if efficiency were judged by a single
A2Ls Are Not a Bridge: Heatcraft on Refrigerant Choice in North America
Sergei Mukminov, Editor-in-Chief of Refindustry.com, interviewed David Bolaños, Director of Marketing and Product Management at Heatcraft Refrigeration Products, about the direction of the North American commercial refrigeration market and the thinking behind the company's refrigerant strategy. The interview was conducted in writing in August 2026. It comes at a point when the regulatory ground has
Power, Water, and Heat: How Site Resources Now Decide the Refrigerant in a Data Center
For an engineer reading a data center brief in 2026, the first constraint is rarely the heat load. It is whether the site has the electricity, the water, and a use for the rejected heat to run a given cooling scheme at all. The cooling technology, and with it the refrigerant, follows from what the