Andrew Gaved

Andrew Gaved is the editor of U.K.-based Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Magazine. The magazine has a long heritage, having providing information about the cooling industry in its various forms for more than 100 years. Andrew has been editor for the last five years, during which time RAC has built a reputation for its coverage of policy issues and of emerging cooling technology.

Articles by Andrew Gaved

• Hydrogen hopes burn brightly in the UK

  The U.K. is currently exploring the prospect of one of the most radical transformations to its heating…

  Friday, January 24, 2020

• F-Gas turns the screw again

  This column has reported many times over the years on the progress of the F-Gas regulations, as the legislation…

  Thursday, January 09, 2020

• The UK grapples with its low-carbon heating future

  Whilst the subject of Brexit is weighing heavily on the minds of U.K. politicians, the heating industry…

  Friday, October 18, 2019

• All eyes on ‘very low GWP’ HFOs in the UK

  Refrigeration experts in the U.K. have called for the industry to embrace the potential of "lower flammability"…

  Thursday, October 10, 2019

• View from Europe: HVAC and Brexit

  As U.S. readers are no doubt aware, the U.K. is still in the throes of trying to leave the European Union,…

  Thursday, September 19, 2019

• Doors on fridges debate heats up again in UK

  The debate around whether to make it mandatory to have doors on all display refrigerators in the U.K.…

  Thursday, August 22, 2019

• Why Brexit planning is making the UK cooling industry hot under the collar

  I don't know whether you have noticed, but the U.K. is supposed to be divorcing from the European Union…

  Thursday, February 28, 2019

• We have good EU F-Gas regulations, now we need good regulating

  At RAC’s recent Cooling Industry Awards, I ended my speech on a bit of a call to arms. The gist of…

  Thursday, October 04, 2018

• ‘World first’ boiler scrappage scheme unveiled by London mayor

  Whatever else you may have heard; the U.K. isn’t exclusively focused on the machinations of its proposed…

  Thursday, August 09, 2018

• The great carbon dioxide crisis in the UK

  The majority of my recent dispatches have concerned the problems of supply and demand with certain high-GWP…

  Friday, July 20, 2018

• Developing a sustainable cooling industry for the future

  The present view from the cooling industry in Europe has something of an air of déjà vu about it. There…

  Friday, June 01, 2018

• Getting the training right for flammables

  As any reader of past columns will know, the ongoing mechanism of the F-Gas regulation, with its emphasis…

  Friday, May 04, 2018

• Europe reviews F-Gas success

  The last time I wrote to you, I was full of tales of the pain being felt by the cooling industry in Europe…

  Friday, March 16, 2018

• Europe prepares for perfect storm over F-Gas

  I promise not to make every dispatch this year an update on the general alarm surrounding the EU F-Gas…

  Thursday, February 15, 2018

• Peering over the edge of the F-Gas cliff

  Regular readers may recall that when I first started writing about the revised F-Gas regulations, back…

  Friday, January 12, 2018

• Technology driving construction changes in Europe

  ​One of the defining questions in the European construction industry at the moment is how to reduce…

  Tuesday, November 07, 2017

• Retailers hold the key to Europe’s F-Gas transition

  In previous posts, I have lamented the slow take-up of conversion to lower-GWP refrigerants in Europe…

  Thursday, October 19, 2017

• UK getting smarter about energy storage

  There has long been a feeling in the U.K. that better management of electricity consumption will pay…

  Thursday, August 17, 2017

• Upping the ante on indoor air quality

  ​The debate around indoor air quality in the UK has gathered momentum in the face of an apparent reluctance…

  Thursday, July 27, 2017

• Preparing the RAC industry for the future

  Europe is currently in the throes of dealing with the impact of the F-Gas regulation. The phasedown of…

  Thursday, July 13, 2017

• Campaigners return to put supermarkets under their frosty glare

  The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) has been, depending on your viewpoint, the conscience of…

  Thursday, June 22, 2017

• As F-Gas gathers pace, something must be done

  President Donald Trump today announced his decision to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate change…

  Thursday, June 01, 2017

• Pressure set IAQ standards increases

  The subject of air pollution has been all over the news in the U.K. in recent weeks, driven by the campaigning…

  Friday, May 26, 2017

• Daimler brought blinking into the headlights again

  Regular readers of my column will recall regular dispatches on the saga of automotive giant Daimler and…

  Thursday, May 04, 2017

• Refrigerant firms in bid to prompt customer change

  I have written here before about the way the F-Gas regulations in Europe were revised in such a way as…

  Thursday, April 20, 2017

• A look into the future of the cooling industry

  What will the cooling industry look like in 2030? It's a bold question that was asked just before Christmas…

  Thursday, March 30, 2017

• EU looks at Ecolabel for supermarkets

  Readers will know that European supermarkets have made significant progress in recent years in converting…

  Thursday, March 09, 2017

• A bid to clear the air in the UK

  In the U.K., pollution has become something of a political hot potato, thrusting the HVAC industry's…

  Thursday, February 23, 2017

• Spreading the word about clean cold

  I have written before about the vital role the cooling industry in Europe believes it can play in developing…

  Thursday, February 09, 2017

• Scotland takes brave approach to climate change

  In the U.S., the HVACR industry waits with bated breath to see what new President Donald Trump is going…

  Thursday, January 26, 2017

• US braces for climate backlash as 109 countries sign Paris Agreement

  The election of Donald Trump has provoked alarm among some policymakers and industry bodies who fear…

  Friday, January 13, 2017

• Trump question looms as US signs climate pact in Morocco

  In fact, the events of the past couple of weeks have put the Brexit uncertainty in the U.K. into context.…

  Thursday, November 17, 2016

• Refrigeration industry glimpses its future

  I recently attended the Chillventa exhibition in Nuremburg, Germany, which provides a biannual opportunity…

  Thursday, November 03, 2016

• Global HFC agreement is historic, but now the work really starts

  Let me start by saying well done to all those from outside of Europe who were involved in the historic…

  Thursday, October 20, 2016

• Is EU listening to industry about heating and cooling strategy?

  I first wrote back in February about the EU's proposal for a heating and cooling strategy — intended…

  Thursday, September 15, 2016

• There’s something in the water

  The UK should know a thing or two about water. It is an island for a start and, therefore, many of its…

  Thursday, August 11, 2016

• Is a refrigeration revolution in the air?

  It is not too often that the world of supermarket refrigeration has played host to major technological…

  Thursday, July 28, 2016

• 28 days later: Brexit’s impact on the cooling industry

  Well, it's been a turbulent few weeks in the world of UK politics. I choose to title this "28 Days Later,"…

  Thursday, July 21, 2016

• UK votes to leave the EU: Now what?

  There is an old saying that a week is a long time in politics, which the events of this past seven days…

  Monday, June 27, 2016

• Will HVACR regulations be affected by Brexit?

  On June 23, the U.K. will vote whether or not they want to remain a part of the European Union, and the…

  Thursday, June 16, 2016

• What will it take for transition to lower-GWP refrigerants?

  I have written before about how the combination of the forthcoming bans on higher-GWP refrigerants in…

  Thursday, May 26, 2016

• Making an integrated heating and cooling strategy work

  We have talked here before of how the European Union's heating and cooling strategy — currently out…

  Thursday, May 12, 2016

• Cleaning up our act on indoor air quality

  ​Almost overnight, air quality has become a big issue in the U.K. Whether it is the government being…

  Thursday, April 28, 2016

• Increased F-Gas enforcement on the horizon?

  The European F-Gas regulations are laudable for their ambition in reducing global warming through control…

  Thursday, April 07, 2016

• Air quality debate stings UK into action

  The air conditioning and ventilation sectors in the United Kingdom are working together in a rare demonstration…

  Thursday, March 17, 2016

• High hopes for Europe’s integrated strategy for heating and cooling

  Last year, I described the European Commission's desire for an integrated approach to heating and cooling,…

  Thursday, February 25, 2016

• European HFC producers worry about ‘stockpile syndrome’

  The ambition of the European Union's F-Gas Regulation to reduce use of higher-GWP HFCs through a combination…

  Thursday, February 11, 2016

• Cold collaboration in UK’s refrigeration industry

  One of the things the cooling industry in Europe often seems to find difficult is collaboration. It is…

  Thursday, January 28, 2016

• Will justice finally be served on the Mobile Air Conditioning Directive?

  We greet the new year with a new development on an old old story — the European Commission's Mobile…

  Thursday, January 07, 2016

• Vehicle A/C sector steamed up as UK regulators do a U-turn

  The recent decision by global leaders to work toward a coordinated reduction of HFCs has been rightly…

  Thursday, November 19, 2015

• Clean cold marches on in Europe

  The technology of cryogenic cooling is continuing to live up to its billing of being one of the most…

  Thursday, November 05, 2015

• Europe building upon building efficiency

  European policymakers and researchers alike are putting their collective minds to the challenge of reducing…

  Thursday, October 15, 2015

• Staying cool: Clean air versus dirty diesel

  This week another report on diesel emissions — and, no, we're not talking about Volkswagen and their…

  Thursday, October 01, 2015

• Pressure mounts on UK cooling industry

  I have written before about the sort of pressures the revised F-Gas regulations are putting on the European…

  Thursday, September 17, 2015

• Working together on a license to chill

  The announcement last month that AHRI and the United Nations Environment Program had agreed on co-operative…

  Thursday, August 27, 2015

• UK heat pump industry warns ‘technology may die’

  ​You may recall I wrote previously about the alarmed reaction of the U.K. HVAC industry to the new…

  Thursday, August 13, 2015

• As UK strips away green policies, HVAC sector takes a big hit

  In a time when economic prudence is necessary, the United Kingdom's new Conservative Party government…

  Thursday, July 30, 2015

• European manufacturers get all worked up over energy labels

  The cooling and heating industries in Europe have come together in a rare alliance with their compadres…

  Thursday, July 16, 2015

• EPEE: Cooling has an essential role to play

  The European Union is very focused on energy. Its recent Energy Union framework set out a series of strategic…

  Thursday, June 18, 2015

• F-Gas: Europe must act now or face the consequences

  I wrote last month of the concerns swirling around Europe regarding the F-Gas Regulation, particularly…

  Wednesday, June 10, 2015

• Uncertainty looms for cooling industry as F‑Gas Regulation takes effect

  I have written a few times before about the F-Gas Regulation and its effect on the cooling industry in…

  Friday, May 22, 2015

• EU sets the bar higher on HFC phasedown

  ​The European Union likes to think of itself as something of a pacesetter when it comes to protecting…

  Thursday, May 07, 2015

• Data centers seek industry’s help with heat recovery

  With its exponential growth and apparently unquenchable advance in technology, the data center industry…

  Thursday, April 23, 2015

• UK making efforts to improve ‘cold chain’

  I have written before about the efforts being made by the cooling industry to emphasize the importance…

  Thursday, April 02, 2015

• Carbon dioxide refrigeration gathers pace, even in warmer climates

  The first transcritical carbon dioxide refrigeration systems in warmer climates are showing impressive…

  Friday, March 20, 2015

• Strength in ‘Union’ for cooling and heating technologies

  The potential influence of the cooling and heating sectors on reducing energy use is well known, but…

  Thursday, February 26, 2015

• Remanufacturing offers big benefits to UK cooling industry

  The European refrigeration industry in recent years has made good progress in improving its environmental…

  Thursday, February 12, 2015

• Policing the regulations: Cooling industry questions enforcement

  Laws designed with the fine motives of reducing emissions, reducing energy, etc., are all well and good,…

  Thursday, January 15, 2015

• UK supermarkets prepare for new cooling landscape

  ​Major supermarkets in the United Kingdom are calling upon the cooling industry to come up with solutions…

  Wednesday, December 10, 2014

• European cooling industry pledges to take action on HFCs

  You may recall last month that I drew some comparisons between the work that was going on in Europe and…

  Thursday, November 13, 2014

• Suppliers, manufacturers prepare for low‑GWP future in Europe

  The big Chillventa show in Nuremberg, Germany, earlier this month is a meeting place for the European…

  Thursday, October 23, 2014

• A tale of 2 continents: US leading the way in cooling regulations

  Those of us in the European cooling sector have been looking somewhat jealously at the way U.S. authorities…

  Thursday, October 02, 2014

• View from Europe: Sainsbury’s marches on

  In the cooling industry in the United Kingdom, perhaps more than in any country in Europe, it is the…

  Thursday, September 04, 2014

• Something in the water for UK heat pumps

  The superior efficiency of the heat pump against conventional boiler technology, and its avoidance of…

  Thursday, August 14, 2014

• Comply or defy? Enforcement lacking for HVAC regulations

  There is a debate raging currently in the European HVAC community about the burden regulations have placed…

  Thursday, July 31, 2014

• Full of cold air: The potential of cryogenics and liquid air

  A coalition of researchers and commercial concerns called the Liquid Air Energy Network has published…

  Thursday, July 17, 2014

• A greener and cooler cold chain

  The cooling industry is sometimes accused of being too focused on advancing the technology in their particular…

  Thursday, July 03, 2014

• More regulations for cooling industry to accommodate

  Readers outside of Europe may be forgiven for thinking that the European policymakers have got something…

  Thursday, June 19, 2014

• Don’t underestimate the impact of the transition away from HFCs

  The phasedown of HFCs — ​mandated in Europe by the F-gas regulation — will require a fundamental…

  Thursday, June 05, 2014

• Pressure mounts for global HFC phasedown after F-gas approval

  With publication in the Official Journal of the European Union, the European F-gas regulations have passed…

  Thursday, May 22, 2014

• MAC Directive encounters the French resistance

  Only a few short weeks ago, I rashly announced that the protracted arguments over the European Mobile…

  Thursday, May 08, 2014

• Data centers offer huge potential for cooling industry

  The data center sector offers a fantastic challenge for the cooling industry. On the one hand, it is…

  Thursday, May 01, 2014

• F-gas set to change the face of cooling in Europe, the world

  ​The Council of the European Union formally adopted the text of the revised F-Gas Regulation this week.…

  Thursday, April 17, 2014

• The View from Europe: End of the road?

  Is it the end of the road for the automotive refrigerant rebels? Well, after the better part of 18 months…

  Thursday, March 27, 2014

• The View from Europe: Supermarkets showing a natural confidence

  The supermarket sector in Europe has long been viewed as a driver of change in the world of refrigeration.…

  Thursday, March 06, 2014

• The View From Europe: Fridge doors debate heats up

  The so-called "doors on fridges debate" has been a constant and at times controversial discussion in…

  Thursday, February 20, 2014

• The View from Europe: MAC brings out the knife

  After over a year of stalemate, the European Commission appears to have finally run out of patience with…

  Thursday, January 30, 2014

• The View from Europe: The quest for life beyond the compressor

  These look like exciting times for the future of refrigeration. One of the undisputed holy grails for…

  Thursday, January 16, 2014

• The View from Europe: Auto A/C resolution still facing bumpy road

  Policymakers in Europe have had something of a headache in ensuring one of their prime pieces of climate…

  Friday, January 03, 2014

• The View from Europe: A new climate for cooling

  ​It has been a remarkable, perhaps even historic, week in Europe for the refrigeration industry. In…

  Wednesday, December 18, 2013

• The View from Europe: Heat recovery

  Last time we looked at how the subject of doors on chiller cabinets was vexing the supermarket refrigeration…

  Thursday, December 05, 2013

• The View from Europe: An open-and-shut case?

  ​With energy prices at unparalleled heights in many parts of Europe, retail refrigeration managers…

  Thursday, November 21, 2013

• The View from Europe: Taxing question

  As the precise details of the forthcoming EU F-gas regulations are currently being hammered out in Brussels,…

  Thursday, November 07, 2013

• The View from Europe: The natural consequences of F-gas

  The ATMOsphere natural refrigerant conference Oct. 15-16 in Brussels provided a good opportunity to test…

  Thursday, October 24, 2013

• At the cutting edge of environmentally advanced cooling

  ​Our recent Cooling Industry Awards once again provided refrigeration and air conditioning suppliers…

  Thursday, October 17, 2013

• The View from Europe: A bright future for refrigeration?

  There have been some interesting developments at the farther reaches of research lately that could have…

  Thursday, October 03, 2013