Australian retail giant Woolworths views a market-wide shift to natural refrigerants as a ‘no-brainer’, even for sunnier climates, and plans to lead the transition by adopting the most innovative technology and upskilling the industry through training.
The Australian retailer’s first transcritical installation, which encompasses refrigeration, air conditioning and heating, is recording promising efficiency numbers, setting the stage for more installations of the technology.
Competition in the CO2 technology arena is hotting up in Australia and New Zealand, with transcritical solutions coming to the fore at ARBS 2016 in Melbourne.
With manufacturers from Europe, Asia and the US looking to make the case for rolling out natural refrigerant technologies in local markets Down Under, ATMOsphere Australia showcased myriad opportunities available for end users to invest in innovative heat pump, hydrocarbon, CO2 transcritical and low-charge NH3/CO2 HVACR&R solutions.
HVAC&R industry experts from Australia and around the world will descend upon Melbourne this month to discuss the business case for natural refrigerants in Australia & New Zealand at the first ever ATMOsphere Australia.
The fourth IIR Conference in Auckland highlighted a maturing HVAC&R sector in New Zealand, one that is looking to natural refrigerants in greater numbers.
Australia is on the verge of an HVAC&R revolution to natural refrigerant technology but it will take collaboration from the whole industry to make it happen.
With more than 1,350 installations all around Europe, SCM Frigo is now exporting its expertise to the Land of the Long White Cloud. The company’s planned Plug & Cool installation gives a pre-Christmas boost to New Zealand’s CO2 technology market, which is primed for acceleration in 2016.
