ACR Journal

03 CONTENTS CMYK / .ai CMYK / .ai CMYK / .ai acrjournal.uk GoHEAVY todaywith... VOLUME 6 No3 APRIL/MAY 2020 acrjournal.uk ISSN 2058-4407 Essential Information for the AirConditioning and Refrigeration Industry 1989-2019 ACRCoverApr/May.indd 1 26/03/2020 13:59 Multimedia Sales Executive Robyn Teague 01778 395029 robyn.teague@warnersgroup.co.uk Editorial Design Amanda Clare Advertising Design Natalie Reynolds Production Sue Ward 01778 392405 production@warnersgroup.co.uk Subscriptions Single copy £3.00; Annual UK subscription £35.00 Overseas £65.00 Publishing Editor Juliet Loiselle CompCIPHE/MInstR 01778 391067 julietl@warnersgroup.co.uk Published by: Warners Group Publications Plc The Maltings, West Street, Bourne, Lincs, PE10 9PH 01778 391000 01778 394748 www.warnersgroup.co.uk © Copyright 2020 PRINTED BY WARNERS 01778 395111 REGULARS 04 News 14 Ben Bartle-Ross 52 Changing Faces 54 Tools Talk 55 Innovation Zone 56 Women in ACR 58 Chilly Chatter FEATURES Air conditioning 14 Toshiba’s landmark project 16 Fujitsu picked for Fruit club upgrade 22 40 years of Coolair Equipment Cooling 32 How much cooling does the world need? Refrigeration 36 Custom building the future 38 Climalife HTF case study 40 New era for Arctic Circle Heat Pumps 44 ‘We must be the solution of choice’ 45 Exi-tite 46 LG 48 Stiebel Eltron 49 Secon 50 Hydratech 40 A world turned upside down Looking through the pages of this edition before it went to print brought into sharp focus just how much and how quickly the world has changed since our previous issue. The global spread of the coronavirus has been staggering, with the initial cases in China identified on January 12 and the first reported instances in the UK on January 31. The picture will be di¤erent again by the time you read these words. When a magazine is published every two months, much of the material is prepared in advance and it felt odd reading articles written or contributed before the enormity of the current situation had become clear. When the first thing we should all be thinking about is helping to keep everyone as safe and healthy as possible, you do begin to question the relevance of anything not directly connected to the crisis. What those articles do underline, though, is the innovation, expertise and determination at the core of this industry and many others like it. Those same qualities have been just as visible in the way businesses and organisations have responded and adapted to the crisis; directing resources to the areas that matter, supporting each other and, in many cases, taking di¦cult decisions in order to protect employees and their families, and customers. We are trying to share as many key messages as possible via the Industry Update section of our website and our social media channels. If we can help your business in that regard, please get in touch; we will support you in any way we can. In the meantime, very best wishes to everyone from the ACR Journal team. Stay safe and we’ll see you on the other side. Editor David Todd 01778 392094 david.todd@warnersgroup.co.uk