June 18th, 2012 | Newsletter 1/2012

New Rehva Secretary General

After more than 10 years of dedicated professional service to Rehva, Prof. Olli Seppänen has left the position as REHVA Secretary General after the Rehva General Assembly on April 18, a position, he occupied for four years. 

Professor Olli Seppänen, Rehva President Michael Schmidt and Mr Jan Aufderheijde. Photo: Signhild Gehlin

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June 18th, 2012 | Newsletter 1/2012

Energy Use in Day Care Centers and Schools

Abstract: Typically the aim in the construction process is to calculate the energy, space and cost efficiency in the design phase. These factors’ influence on decision making extends to the whole building process. How these decisions affect the use of the building and user satisfaction as well as maintenance is still not that well understood. This study analyses different schools and day care centers and their energy use.

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June 15th, 2012 | Newsletter 1/2012

New boost on consumer energy advice in Finland

Coordinated national energy advice system, compiling a variety of energy advice services for consumers undertaking energy saving measures, is under development in Finland. The work is coordinated by Motiva.

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June 15th, 2012 | Newsletter 1/2012

REHVA / EU regulations – guidance to REHVA’s webpages

European legislation is a big challenge also to REHVA, who has a very important role to inform HVAC professionals about all new issues affecting our profession and industry. In this mission, REHVA has prepared webpages on EU regulations.

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June 15th, 2012 | Newsletter 1/2012

Journal Article

Distributed Thermal Response Tests on a Multi-pipe Coaxial Borehole Heat Exchanger

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June 15th, 2012 | Newsletter 1/2012

HVAC Calender

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June 14th, 2012 | Newsletter 1/2012

The world’s first hotel with Energy Class A in Norway

 The world’s first hotel with energy class A, has been built in Trondheim. Clarion Hotel & Congress Trondheim is one of the largest congress hotels in Scandinavia with 31 500 square meters, 400 rooms and an auditorium with seating for 2500 people.

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June 14th, 2012 | Newsletter 1/2012

Swedvac Prize

The 2012 Swedvac Prize for best technical article based on diploma thesis and best technical article were presented at the Swedvac General Assembly in Göteborg, April 26th.

Photo: Mark Kretz

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June 14th, 2012 | Newsletter 1/2012

Doctoral Thesis

Thermodynamic Cycles using Carbon Dioxide as Working Fluid: CO2 transcritical power cycle study

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June 14th, 2012 | Newsletter 1/2012

Doctoral Thesis

Enhanced Boiling Heat Transfer on a Dendritic and Micro-Porous Copper Structure

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June 14th, 2012 | Newsletter 1/2012

Doctoral Thesis

Flow boiling of ammonia and propane in mini channels

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June 14th, 2012 | Newsletter 1/2012

Doctoral Thesis

Energy Efficiency Improvements in Household Refrigeration Cooling Systems

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June 14th, 2012 | Newsletter 1/2012

Bengt Ljungqvist Affiliate professor at Chalmers

Professor Emeritus Bengt Ljungqvist has been appointed Affiliate Professor in Cleanroom ventilation at Chalmers University, Department of Building Services Engineering.

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June 14th, 2012 | Newsletter 1/2012

SEPEMO seminar on field measurements of heat pumps

On Friday 23th March SP and SVEP arranged a seminar on field measurements of heat pumps.

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June 14th, 2012 | Newsletter 1/2012

Great potential for energy efficiency

It is possible to reduce energy consumption in Norwegian homes, offices and industrial buildings by 7.5 TWh by 2020, according to a new report from Enova, which has analyzed the technical potential for energy efficiency.

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June 14th, 2012 | Newsletter 1/2012

Ground Source Heat Pump sales increased 72% in Finland.

In 2011, ground-source heat-pump sales increased from approximately 8 000 heat pumps to almost 14 000, i.e. sales grew by 72%. Furthermore, the breath taking pace in the air-source heat pump sector also continued, with more than 55 000 air-source heat pumps sold. The increase in sales per unit in the entire industry saw a growth of 10%.

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June 14th, 2012 | Newsletter 1/2012

Jorma Railio retired

Finnish HVAC and indoor environment expert Jorma Railio retired at the end of 2011.

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