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The Battle for Office Air Conditioning Supremacy and Other Stories

22/8/2016

 
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The air conditioning and refrigeration in the northern hemisphere is at full stretch at this time of year.

Supermarkets battle to keep their produce fresh while reducing their energy bills. Air conditioning companies keep up with demand from commercial customers whose employees are overheating in the office. 

Here is a pick of the best stories on air conditioning and refrigeration in the USA from the last few days.

One Swiss town has a number of strategies to keep the heat down amid rising temperatures.

When a tree is worth more than air conditioning - swissinfo.ch

When a tree is worth more than air conditioning - Rising temperatures in summer affect daily life and the health of people who live in cities. So what can be done?

Read more ...


Meanwhile, anyone who works in an office with air conditioning will appreciate this video about the daily battle on the right temperature between workers.

Game of Thrones parody tackles women and office air conditioning ... - Slate Magazine (blog)

Game of Thrones parody tackles women and office air conditioning - “When spring turns to summer and there's blossom on the trees, the office air doth turn to ice, and all the women freeze,” warns the opening ...

Read more ...


On the refrigeration front, keeping produce cool was not always as welcome as it is now. In the USA, refrigerated eggs, for example, were thought to be lower quality than 'fresh' eggs.

When Refrigeration was Controversial - JSTOR Daily

When Refrigeration was ControversialJSTOR DailyAnother reason for consumers' distrust of refrigeration was actual untrustworthy behavior by companies within the increasingly complicated food supply chain.

Read more ...


High-end US supermarket, Wholefoods, is embracing CO2 in its refrigeration systems.

Whole Foods installs most environmentally-advanced refrigeration system in the US - gasworld

Whole Foods installs most environmentally-advanced refrigeration system in the US. The CO2 is then piped through refrigeration systems to keep products cool, whilst a heat reclaim system captures the heat generated by the system and uses it to ...

Read more ...

If you spot any interesting stories, videos, photos or tweets about the air conditioning and refrigeration industry near you, get in touch with the editor here.


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