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CMYK / .ai CMYK / .ai CMYK / .ai acrjournal.uk 07 NEWS IDENTITY CHANGE FOR CLIMALIFE Thermodynamic and technical fluid specialist Climalife has changed its visual identity and says the move reflects the brand's dynamism in the face of business challenges. The new logo is formed around a prominent letter C, which represents both the Climalife brand and the organisation's strategic vision, representing a circular economy and an open system. In addition, four strategic pillars are represented by squares indicating a forward-moving company, value-added services and digitalisation. As a pioneer in responsible refrigeration with the recovery and recycling of fluorinated greenhouse gases, Climalife says the concept of a circular economy constitutes the brand's very essence. It says it has built on this approach by recommending, informing and supporting its customers in the choice of solutions tailored to their processes to reduce their carbon footprint and increase energy e ciency. The integration of a new Circular Economy excellence hub, located on the Osiris platform in Isère, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France, will integrate all of the organisation's process treatment technologies, including a patented new solution for separating molecules, including distillation. As digital transformation drives growth, Climalife adds that it remains committed to continuing with digital development to provide tools to manage the traceability of packaging better, anticipate maintenance operations, reduce carbon footprint and improve energy e ciency. Large heat pump first cuts costs and carbon The first UK installation of Carrier’s AquaForce 61XW large-scale heat pump is providing low-cost renewable cooling and heating for a leading vegetable producer. The system will save the client between £120,000 and £150,000 a year in heating costs, with payback anticipated within two to three years with support from the Renewable Heat Incentive scheme, while significantly reducing its carbon footprint. The project was designed and installed by OMNI Heat and Power, and solutions such as the AquaForce 61XW support Carrier’s aim of reducing customers' carbon footprint by more than 1 gigaton, part of its 2030 Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) Goals. The customer operates a large cold store and packing facility on its Cornwall estate with 70 static caravans for seasonal workers. Previously, the cold store was cooled by a traditional air-cooled chiller with individual liquid propane gas (LPG) powered boilers providing heating and hot water for accommodation and o ces. The existing LPG system was expensive to run, while significant energy was being wasted through heat rejected by the chiller. The new solution uses the AquaForce heat pump to harness low- grade heat from ground-loops buried in the soil, plus ‘waste’ heat from the cold store refrigeration system, and upgrades it to useful temperatures. Hot water generated is piped to accommodation facilities and o ces via a mini district heating system, providing comfort heating and hot water for washing. Power for the heat pump is provided by a large photovoltaic array, which supplies up to 1.5MW of electricity. This makes the facility almost totally self-su cient in energy, further reducing carbon emissions. The Carrier heat pump installed in the plant room Kooltech certified carbon neutral Distributor Kooltech has fully o set its carbon footprint to become a certified carbon neutral business. Working with Carbon Neutral Britain, Kooltech has invested in woodland projects around the world and within the UK to remove CO² from the atmosphere. The company’s carbon footprint has been calculated following the ISO 14064 and the GHG Emissions Protocol Accounting Standard, and includes direct emissions from delivery vehicles, indirect emissions such as electricity and gas usage, sta working from home, business travel, sta commuting and waste. Kooltech says the process will help it manage emissions for the present and the future, adding: “These are the first steps and we aim to reduce our emissions wherever possible and not just o set.’’ Kooltech is supporting projects including new native woodlands in the Yorkshire Dales