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Africa’s only monthly publication serving the HEVAC&R sectors ISSN 1812-772X March 2020 I or facebook.com/HVACROnline or HVACR_Online Vol 36 No 1 PUBLISHER DETAILS PUBLISHED BY INTERACT MEDIA DEFINED (PTY) LTD 13A Riley Rd, Bedfordview 2009, South Africa PO Box 695, Edenvale, 1610 Tel: [phone] | Fax: [phone] Web: www.interactmedia.co.za Contents ISSN 1812-772X PUBLISHING UNIT LEAD: Dale Macnamara | [email protected] WRITER: Ntsako Khosa | [email protected] ADVERTISING EXTERNAL SALES Dale Macnamara | [email protected] Zeldalee du Toit | [email protected] SUBSCRIPTIONS: Maxlee Marange | [email protected] Ralph Shongwe | [email protected] SUB-EDITOR: Tarren Bolton | [email protected] TECHNICAL SUB-EDITOR: Charles Nicolson DESIGN AND LAYOUT: Glyniss Bone | [email protected] PROCESS COORDINATOR: Matthew van Wyk | [email protected] CONTRIBUTORS Charles Nicolson, Grant Laidlaw, Selele Mashilo, Michael Young, Barney Richardson, Andrew Perks, and Edwin Giesteira. ADVISORY COMMITTEE Martin Braun, Charles Nicolson, Grant Laidlaw, John Parry, Alec Johannsen, Charel Marais, Annemarie Wake, Ralph Cramer and Pat Burke. MANAGEMENT Operations/Finance: Sean Macnamara | [email protected] Finance: Laetitia Arnott | [email protected] PRINTER: Typo Colour Printing Specialists DISTRIBUTION/MAILING: [email protected] DISCLAIMER While every reasonable precaution has been taken to ensure the accuracy of the advice and information given, neither the editor, publisher, proprietor, staff, nor any official body represented or published in this issue, will accept responsibility for any damages, loss, injuries or false claims that may arise or be made in the content. We subscribe to the Codes of Conduct of the Advertising Standards Authority and the Press Ombudsman (refer separate explanations in this issue). Disclaimers by individual companies are hereby overridden by this disclaimer. Reproduction of any of the content is expressly forbidden in terms of the Copyright Act of 1987 with all amendments. All requests to reproduce must be made in writing to the publisher and such confirmation must be given in writing before proceeding. A copy of where the reproduction was published must be supplied to the publisher at the above address. No reasonable request will be refused provided all conditions are met. All Publication and Exhibition titles are registered as trade marks in terms of the Trade Marks Act of 1993 and are held by Interact Media Defined (Pty) Ltd, Reg No 2014/092774/07. REGULARS 1 Hot and chilled 3 RACA Directory 2020 error 35 Insight: The art of air handling is to be bring all the VRF pieces together 40 Quote of the month 45 Personality profile: Johan Bekker – “I love what I do” 71 ASHRAE committee focuses on fire engineering 72 Products 74 Events calendar 74 Final fix NEWS 5 ATI launches refrigeration course INTERNATIONAL NEWS 7 Reclaimed gases are the way to go 9 Daikin environmental vision 2050 in motion 10 Bitzer honoured for innovation 11 Testo wins German design award 13 Report: district energy can decarbonise the EU heating and cooling sector EVENTS 14 MCE 2020 is here! 16 Key progress made in SA HFC phase-down 25 shecco shakes up the atmosphere 27 LG officially opens LG Brandshop 29 FRIGAIR 2021: What to expect PRESS OMBUDSMAN: This publication has committed itself to maintain the highest standards of journalism as embodied in the Press Code of Professional Practice. If you believe we have failed to report news and comment accurately, honestly and fairly, you may lodge a complaint with the Press ombudsman either by email, fax or letter, or by telephoning the office for the procedure to be followed. Tel: [phone] | Fax: [phone] | Email: [email protected] [email protected] | Website: www.ombudsman.org.za for the press code This publication subscribes to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) Code of Conduct which represents truthful advertising. Should any reader feel/ believe that advertising in this publication lacks substantiation, is dishonest or misleading in any way they may refer to the ASA. www.asasa.org.za Oct - Dec 2019 Print: 2752 | Online: 4233 2 RACA Journal I March 2020 www.hvacronline.co.za