ATMOsphere, publisher of NaturalRefrigerants.com, has announced that the 15th edition of the ATMOsphere (ATMO) America Summit 2026 will be held in New York City June 2–3 and registration is open. This is the first time ATMO America will be held in New York City. Last year’s ATMO America conference was held in Atlanta. Read the full story on NaturalRefrigerants.com.

Components manufacturer Sanhua has announced that it will begin supplying “complete packages” of “coordinated and compatible components” for commercial refrigeration systems using propane (R290) and CO2 (R744) refrigerants. The product packages are part of the company’s 2025–2030 roadmap, which is oriented around natural refrigerants and integrated component packages. Read the full story on NaturalRefrigerants.com.

Hybrid dry coolers, manufactured by Swiss-based Jaeggi Hybridtechnologie (a subsidiary of Güntner), will provide all of the cooling for a CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) data center in Geneva, Switzerland, with an installed IT power capacity of 12MW. Read the full story on NaturalRefrigerants.com.

Enerblue, an Italian HVAC manufacturer, has cut a major railway maintenance hub’s CO2e emissions by up to 90%, or roughly 672 metric tons, per year by replacing its gas heating unit with a 900kW (255.9TR) air-to-water propane (R290) heat pump system, according to the company. Read the full story on NaturalRefrigerants.com.

The Middle East has traditionally been a tough market to crack for natural refrigerant-based HVAC&R equipment due to the region’s high ambient temperatures, shortage of trained technicians and lack of regulations restricting the use of f-gases. Epta established itself in the region over a decade ago, and since then it has installed thousands of propane (R290) self-contained cabinets in grocery stores and helped show CO2 (R744) could work in supermarkets there. Read the full story on Nat...

The articles in the podcast are as follows: ATMO Europe: European Private Equity Firm Triton Partners Positions Data Center Cooling as a High-Value Product SegmentATMO Europe: Danfoss Details How Hydrocarbon High-Temperature Heat Pumps Are Decarbonizing the Food and Beverage IndustryATMO Europe: Copeland’s Decentralized CO2 Solution Cuts Auchan Supermarket Retrofit Cost by 6% Compared to Conventional CO2 RackSWEP Heat Exchangers Integral Part of New CO2-Based Cooling System at CERNAgritechnic...

In collaboration with CERN, Swedish-based manufacturer SWEP is supplying brazed plate heat exchangers (BPHE) for the laboratory’s new CO2 (R744)-based cooling system, which includes its Q185H model developed specifically for the project. Read the full story on NaturalRefrigerants.com.

Compared to a conventional CO2 (R744) rack, U.S. components manufacturer Copeland saved French retail group Auchan 6% in capital costs in a supermarket retrofit using a decentralized CO2 solution, according to Fabian Gantois, Manager of Retailer Sales and End Users at the manufacturing company. Read the full story on NaturalRefrigerants.com.

Hydrocarbon high-temperature heat pumps (HTHP) with outlet temperatures up to 120°C (248°F) are already decarbonizing the food and beverage industry, according to Danfoss. Ivan Rangelov, Industrial Heat Pump Manager at Danfoss, shared details about the technology readiness levels of various HTHPs at the ATMOsphere (ATMO) Europe Summit 2025. Read the full story on NaturalRefrigerants.com.

German manufacturer Konvekta showcased CO2-Qube, its CO2 (R744)-based thermal management system for electric heavy equipment, including agriculture and construction vehicles, at Agritechnica 2025. CO2-Qube incorporates the company’s CO2 heat pump technology in electric buses and rail vehicles, with prototypes undergoing performance testing, according to Konvekta. It expects the final product to offer 8kW (2.3TR) of cooling capacity and 8.5kW (2.4TR) of heating. Read the full story on NaturalR...

European private equity firm Triton has emphasized the rising strategic importance of HVAC&R companies developing data center cooling product portfolios as global demand for data processing and digital infrastructure continues to accelerate. Read the full story on NaturalRefrigerants.com.

The articles in the podcast are as follows: ElementalLondon: Commercial R290 Heat Pumps Highlight HVAC OfferingsMaersk’s Ruakura CO2 Cold Storage Facility Awarded New Zealand’s Highest Green Star RatingATMO Europe: Coop Denmark, CERN, Menerga and MAGNOTHERM Win ATMO AwardsATMO Europe: Carel Outlines CO2 and Propane Commercial Refrigeration Evolution and TrendsATMO Europe: Taking a Stand on PFAS

U.S. component manufacturer Copeland, backed by the private equity firm Blackstone, has taken its first step toward public listing with the confidential filing of a proposed initial public offering with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Read the full story on NaturalRefrigerants.com.

In 2014, Malene Teller Blume, Quality and Development Manager for the Nordic food retailer Coop Trading and its subsidiary Coop Denmark, found herself talking about the chemical pollutant PFAS (per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances) on television as a guest on a popular Danish consumer program. Read the full story on NaturalRefrigerants.com.

Samuele Da Ros, Group Solution Marketing Manager for Food Retail Applications at Carel, outlined the evolution and market adoption trends of CO2 (R744) and propane (R290) refrigeration solutions in commercial applications in a presentation at the ATMOsphere (ATMO) Europe Summit 2025. Read the full story on NaturalRefrigerants.com.

Danish shipping giant Maersk’s new Ruakura Superhub CO2 (R744) cold storage facility near Hamilton, New Zealand, has received a 6 Star rating, the country’s highest in its Green Star Design & As-Built sustainability assessment. The rating marks the facility as a “project among world leaders in green building” design and construction, according to the New Zealand Green Building Council (NZGBC). It is the first cold storage facility in the country to achieve a 6 Star rating, Maersk noted. R...

ATMOsphere, publisher of NaturalRefrigerants.com and organizer of the ATMOsphere (ATMO) Europe Summit 2025 on natural refrigerant-based cooling and heating, announced the winners of the ATMO Awards/Europe for 2025 during a ceremony on November 24 at the Summit in Padova, Italy. Read the full story on NaturalRefrigerants.com.

Commercial propane (R290) heat pumps were a major feature of this year’s elementalLondon tradeshow, with at least eight manufacturers presenting units designed to meet rising demand for future-proof HVAC technologies in the face of tightening f-gas regulations and proposed PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) restrictions. Read the full story on NaturalRefrigerants.com

Rinnai Applied, under Rinnai U.K. as part of the Japanese Rinnai Corporation, is launching a new air-to-water propane (R290) reversible heat pump line for commercial and industrial applications with capacities from 40 to 410kW (11.4 to 116.6TR). Read the full story on NaturalRefrigerants.com.

The articles in the podcast are as follows: German HVAC&R Contractor KKL Details Its Work With Natural Refrigerants, Outlook on a Potential PFAS Regulation and Why It Joined Bluu UnitEU/Swiss Proposal on Reducing Emissions of Ozone-Depleting Feedstocks Blocked at MOP37ATMO MAC: Aurora Involves TÜV Süd in Safety Approach to Develop and Test R290 HVAC for Electric BusesHillphoenix Launches First Industrial CO2 Rack Platform, the AdvansorUltraVicinity Energy Preparing Boston-Area Facility fo...