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The heat pump sector has seen a significant boom which has continued for several years now. The introduction of these systems based on heat exchange provides several benefits: the most important being their reduced environmental impact and considerable energy savings.

Energy labelling is a classification system for energy consumption introduced by the European Union in 1994. Its main purpose is to help prospective buyers in their choice of domestic appliance or other electronic product, by giving them the appropriate information to make an informed purchase.

2 factor authentication is an additional security system used to confirm a user’s identity. It is used to access websites or online services and guarantees inviolable protection, thanks to the different types of verification required.

The Covid-19 pandemic is having far-reaching consequences on many aspects of our daily lives. The latest is the thorny issue of re-opening schools safely. Establishing the best way to protect pupils as they return to school has not been easy and this question remains hotly debated.

Refrigeration in the grocery retail sector has been put to the test by Covid-19. In the early months of the pandemic, people invaded supermarkets and other grocery shops, continually opening and closing the refrigerators, display cabinets and other food storage units.

Software which writes articles (and, in the future, books) is evolving with astonishing speed. It does not yet have the imagination and creativity of humans of course, but thanks to progress in artificial intelligence it is improving all the time.

Company digitalisation is the best way to re-launch a business after such a long and difficult period of economic downturn, like the one we have recently experienced. Embracing a new, more dynamic and advantageous business model, can really help businesses, including small and medium ones.

The use of AI in fiscal administration and invoicing is giving some encouraging results. Finally, a system has been created which is able to simulate thousands of businesses in parallel and generate optimised solutions, while minimising the social impact.

The air conditioning of trains is a controversial issue which, up until now, has never really focused on aspects such as the energy efficiency of the systems installed or the type of refrigerant used. Priority has always been given to system size, weight, safety and cost.

A company’s reputation and its web security are two features which are very closely linked. That connection is not always obvious from a logical point of view and yet, failures in online protection systems can have a significant effect on brand reputation.