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Pandemic accelerates decarbonised heating but … mixed picture for AC
As the extent of the pandemic began to
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crystallise, a substantial part of the workforce employed in HVAC-related manufacturing in China was ordered to stay in quarantine. As a result, several manufacturing companies could not resume work, new construction projects were at a standstill, and installers were restricted to access sites. While restrictions and the quarantine extended to other countries, delays in the supply of air conditioning and heat pump products piled up during the March-April 2020 period. Hydronic heating in China The hydronic heating market in China is partly sustained by the coal-to-gas policy, and this part of the market recovered as soon as the pandemic became controlled with almost all projects carried out as previously planned. Similarly, the real estate market has recovered very fast and the pre-decoration policy is enforced widely. Thus, the project market for wall-hung boilers developed well in 2020 and is likely to keep
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