Africa ’ s only monthly publication serving the HEVAC & R sectors

ISSN 1812-772X

ISSN 1812-772X

March 2024 I Vol 40 No 1

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REGULARS 1 Hot and chilled 33 Ivan Potter ’ s hands-on approach to the BMS controls industry 44 Products 45 Brandlistings 48 Final fix

NEWS 3 HiRef – Italian cooling engineering excellence expands at home and abroad

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ASSOCIATIONS 5 Water as a refrigerant : use water to save water 7 CESA aims to upskill public sector

BUSINESS AND TRAINING 9 The genesis of SIFA 10 The role of consulting mechanical engineers in data centre design and construction 14 The future landscape of HVAC & R controls in South Africa

FEATURE 20 AHUs are highly customisable

PROJECT 35 New Devil ’ s Peak Brewery chiller increases production capacity

CONTRIBUTORS 38 Welcome to the solutions page 41 Failure investigation of a corroded heat exchanger ( Part 1 ) 43 How to cool the data centre in the 21st century

Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Africa

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ISSN1812-772X | R92.00 March 2024 | Vol 40 No . 1