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Box / 3073 Guemligen Bern / Switzerland OFFICES IN SPAIN / ITALY / ROMANIA / POLAND Phone +41 31 996 48 48 / [email protected] FCAG_Ins_Inter_fish_210x297_eng_2.ai 29.11.17 15:14 Editor's Note 3 A time to celebrate — Editor's note by Andrew Williams he past twelve months have been spoil the surprise – turn to page 20 in both places to find out how these full of innovation in the HVAC&R for profiles of our lucky winners. policy developments will affect the Tsector. Here at Accelerate Europe, natural refrigerants market (p. 50). as we begin to look ahead to next year, With Europe’s industrial and commercial it’s time to take stock of 2017 and refrigeration sectors already adopting The French government’s ambitious naturally (pun intended!) to celebrate natural refrigerants at lightning speed, environmental agenda, meanwhile, is the people, companies and ideas that ATMOsphere Europe also focused on helping natural refrigerants to take off are disrupting the HVAC&R industry and potential new growth areas – such as in France. We were at Sifa, France’s making the business case for natural transport (p. 38). Buses are one area most important HVAC&R trade show, refrigerants even more compelling. where natural refrigerants can make an to find out about how regulation is impact here. We were at Busworld in influencing the market (p. 60). In an evening ceremony at our Kortrijk, Belgium, to find out more (p. 44). ATMOsphere Europe conference in With a majority of ATMOsphere September, five visionary movers The HVAC theme continues with a Europe participants identifying heat and shakers were recognised journey to Denmark, where subsidies pumps as the most promising future with Accelerate Europe awards are supporting district heating networks growth area for natural refrigerants, for their unique contributions to that harness heat pumps to help reduce this issue’s Technology Focus looks advancing natural refrigerants. emissions and improve efficiency (p. 26). at what’s needed to facilitate the transition away from HFCs (p. 68). Our cover star, Menno van der Hoff, has Subsidies are helping to support the devoted much of his career to furthering HVAC&R market in Spain too. At our Coverage of the hydrocarbon standards the cause of natural refrigerants in ATMOsphere Ibérica conference in process (p. 54), the HFC phase-down HVAC applications. I sat down with Madrid, the Spanish Environment in Southeast Asia (p. 56), and the Person of the Year award winner to Ministry announced a new subsidy compressor technology innovations find out what makes him tick (p. 16). that will help facilitate the transition (p. 74) are among other stories waiting to natural refrigerants (p. 46). for you in this winter edition. ATMOsphere Europe participants in Berlin were asked to choose November’s Meeting of the Parties to the Thank you for your loyal readership in the Innovation of the Year award Montreal Protocol in Montreal, Canada 2017. On behalf of the Accelerate Europe winner in an exciting poll. End followed news from the preceding team, I wish you and your loved ones users, meanwhile, were recognised Conference of the Parties in Bonn, a Merry Christmas, and a healthy and with Best in Sector awards in three Germany that the Kigali Amendment prosperous New Year. We look forward different categories – food retail, light will enter into force on the earliest to bringing you more exciting natural commercial, and industrial. I won’t possible date: 1 January 2019. We were refrigerant coverage in 2018! AW Winter 2017 Accelerate Europe 4 Table of Contents VOLUME 2, ISSUE #9, WINTER 2017 16 EVENTS ADVANCING HVAC&R NATURALLY EUROPE A LABOUR OF LOVE About Accelerate Europe Brought to you by shecco, the worldwide experts in natural refrigerant news, Accelerate Europe is the first quarterly news magazine written for and about the most progressive business leaders working with natural refrigerant solutions in all HVAC&R sectors. http://accelerateEU.com 74 TECHNOLOGY @AccelerateEU EDITOR'S NOTE INFOGRAPHIC 03 by Andrew Williams 14 OPINION EVENTS HONOURING THE OPINION 06 20 TRAILBLAZERS WHICH IS THE NEXT EVENTS GUIDE BIG GROWTH AREA FOR 08 38 NATREFS IN EUROPE? EUROPE IN BRIEF BUSWORLD 2017: 10 44 ACCELERATE EUROPE RETURNS! Accelerate Europe Winter 2017 Table of Contents 5 END USER 30 KEEPING FIT WITH CO2 LEADER OF THE RACK 32 50 POLICY DISPATCH FROM 46 50 MONTREAL EVENTS SPAIN TO 500G HYDROCARBON SUBSIDISE 54 CHARGE LIMIT MOVES CLOSER GREENER COOLING KIGALI IMPLEMENTATION UNDERWAY IN 56 SOUTHEAST ASIA MARKET NATURAL REFRIGERANTS 60 IN THE CITY OF THE LIGHT KEEPING COOL IN THE 62 SUPERMARKET SECTOR LOFTY POTENTIAL FOR CO2 64 HEAT PUMPS IN AUSTRALIA 26 TECHNOLOGY END USER THE NEXT BIG THING: THE EARLY 68 NATREF HEAT PUMPS? BIRD CATCHES THE WORM 74 THE MAGIC INGREDIENTS Winter 2017 Accelerate Europe 6 Opinion We’re on the right track is almost upon us and The phase-down affects all sectors. According to promises to be an exceptional conventional theory, change will happen in the sectors 2018 year for the cooling sector. where it is easiest and cheapest to do. However, How so? The F-Gas Regulation's EU-wide quota everyone is also in the same boat: if one sector is system (the ‘EU phase-down’) is showing its complacent about moving to more climate-friendly impact through a stronger price signal. technology, then all others will have to do more. The softness of the landing will be determined by the sum The intention of the EU's F-Gas Regulation is to foster of individual actions taken by all players on the market. innovation using a market mechanism of increasing the scarcity of HFC supply. This approach was also The phase-down will require a 79% reduction of HFC favoured by many industry stakeholders wanting to consumption and production by 2030. A back-of- avoid sectoral bans. It was never the intention that the the-envelope calculation tells us that the average accompanying prohibitions in the Regulation would GWP of HFCs used in 2030 should therefore be no be the principal driving force for change, as some more than 400. This is of course excellent news for stakeholders seemed to think until quite recently. all alternatives that are well below this threshold… Just a year ago, conditions in the sector appeared We are first movers in Europe, but with the fairly relaxed. Gas prices were low, and relevant actors Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol, we had prepared for any shortages and built up their have now also created a level playing field in a supplies. Things have now changed: the policy signal globally-agreed, worldwide technology conversion is there and it is time to respond. The steepest step in which should create significant new business the EU phase-down is between 2017 and 2018, when opportunities for European companies. the overall allocated quota goes down from 93% of the original baseline to only 63%. In addition, HFCs Let us therefore accelerate our efforts and that are imported in pre-charged equipment have also make the EU phase-down a success! been covered by the quota system since January 2017, reducing quota availability by another few percent. All the best for 2018! Arno Kaschl Arno Kaschl works in DG CLIMA at the European Commission. His principal objectives are implementing the EU’s fluorinated gas policies and supporting the international negotiations under the Montreal Protocol to put into effect a global phase-down of HFCs. Accelerate Europe Winter 2017 CO refrigeration ² made simple for ANY application compSUPER S 3X2 ValuePack Advansor A/S Bautavej 1A · DK-8210 Aarhus V T: +45 7217 0174 · M: [email protected] · W: advansor.dk 8 Events Guide EVENTS GUIDE Jan / Feb 2018 Mar / Apr 2018 11 09 10 01 13 02 04 14 05 12 03 06 08 07 Accelerate Europe Winter 2017 Events Guide 9 8-11 January, Amsterdam, Netherlands 9-12 February, Athens, Greece 01 Horecava 08 Aqua Therm Athens 2018 www: https://www.horecava.nl/ www: http://aquatherm.helexpo.gr/en twitter: @Horecava #Horecava 23-25 January, London, United Kingdom 27 February-2 March, Moscow, Russia 02 The HVAC & Refrigeration Show 09 Climate World www: http://www.hvacrshow.com www: https://climatexpo.ru/eng twitter: @thehvacrshow #TheHVACRShow 24-27 January, Bolzano, Italy 6-9 March, Essen, Germany 03 Klimahouse 10 SHK Essen 11 www: http://www.fierabolzano.it/klimahouse/en www: https://www.shkessen.de/sectoral-meeting-place 09 twitter: @Klimahouse #Klimahouse twitter: @SHK_Essen 10 01 25 January, London, United Kingdom 12-15 March, Kiruna, Sweden 04 IOR Annual Conference 11 Cold Climate HVAC 2018 www: https://ior.org.uk/ior-annual-conference-2018 www: http://www.cchvac2018.se 13 twitter: @thecoolinghub 02 04 14 6-9 February, Utrecht, Netherlands 13-16 March, Milan, Italy 05 05 VSK International Trade Fair for Heating, 12 Mostra Convegno Expocomfort Sanitary Engineering and Air-conditioning www: https://www.mcexpocomfort.it/en www: http://www.vsk.nl/en/Bezoeker.aspx twitter: @mcexpocomfort #MCE2018 twitter: @thecoolinghub 12 7-9 February, Budapest,