Weekly Wrap-up: SWEP’s New Stainless Steel BPHE, a GEA R717 Heat Pump in Türkiye, DTX Tape Is PFAS-Free and More

Part 2: Inside Jaeggi’s Data Center Cooling Business and the Opportunity It Sees in Australia

In addition to the industry’s general growth, its acceptance of higher water temperatures and simultaneous concerns around excessive water use have stoked demand for Jaeggi’s hybrid dry cooler. Jeffrey Hargreaves, Business Development Director for Data Centers at Jaeggi, has been in the data center industry for more than a decade, and, since he started, acceptable water temperatures for cooling have climbed from 17°C (62°F) to as high as 28°C (82°F). Read the full story on NaturalRefrigerants.com [https://naturalrefrigerants.com/news/part-2-inside-jaeggis-data-center-cooling-business-and-the-opportunity-it-sees-in-australia/]

European Chemicals Agency Committee Finds TFA Should be Classified as Reproductively Toxic

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)’s Risk Assessment Committee (RAC) has concluded that trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), formed in the atmosphere by the breakdown of certain f-gases, should be classified and labelled as toxic to reproduction. Read the full story on NaturalRefrigerants.com [https://naturalrefrigerants.com/news/european-chemicals-agency-committee-finds-tfa-should-be-classified-as-reproductively-toxic/]

Weekly Wrap-up: SWEP’s New Stainless Steel BPHE, a GEA R717 Heat Pump in Türkiye, DTX Tape Is PFAS-Free and More

In addition to what we published this week, these stories caught our eye. Read the full story on NaturalRefrigerants.com [https://naturalrefrigerants.com/news/weekly-wrap-up-sweps-new-stainless-steel-bphe-a-gea-r717-heat-pump-in-turkiye-dtx-tape-is-pfas-free-and-more/]

ATMO America: Flow Environmental Systems CO2 Heat Pumps Help Major American Tech Company Decarbonize

A major American tech company is decarbonizing hydronic space heating and domestic hot water production in its San Francisco Bay Area buildings by replacing legacy gas boilers with water-to-water CO2 (R744) heat pumps manufactured by Flow Environmental Systems. Read the full story on NaturalRefrigerants.com [https://naturalrefrigerants.com/news/flow-environmental-co2-heat-pumps-cisco-bay-area-buildings/]

U.K. Government Delays HFC Phasedown Reform

After receiving industry input, the U.K.’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has announced that it will delay implementing changes to the country’s HFC phasedown schedule. The proposed changes, which were open for public comment from November 5 to December 17, 2025, were intended to address shortcomings in the U.K.’s HFC phase-out commitments.  Read the full story on NaturalRefrigerants.com. [https://naturalrefrigerants.com/news/u-k-government-delays-hfc-phasedown-reform/]