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Tuesday, November 19, 2019 - 12:08

REAL Alternatives 4 LIFE - November 2019 Newsletter

REAL Alternatives 4 LIFE Newsletter | November 2019 Successful training on flammables in the Czech Republic SCHKT recently hosted a training on flammables in Prague which resulted in six technicians s

Friday, November 15, 2019 - 11:42

AREA and UNEP deepen their cooperation

In the margins of the MOP31 that took place last week, AREA and UNEP officialised the deepening of their cooperation with the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding. Whereas AREA and UNEP are alre

Tuesday, November 12, 2019 - 11:21

Replacing your heat pump in an environmentally friendly way

The market for replacement of air-to-air heat pumps is growing steadily. As heat pumps are being replaced at end of life, it is important to ensure that the fluorinated greenhouse gases heat pumps con

Wednesday, October 9, 2019 - 14:21

AREA Vision 2025

Cooling is essential to modern life and it makes peopleâs lives better: refrigeration preserves foodstuff and vaccines whilst air conditioning provides thermal comfort and keeps data centres runn

Wednesday, September 25, 2019 - 15:53

REAL Alternatives 4 LIFE - September 2019 Newsletter

Newsletter | September 2019 Tell us how your training needs have changed As someone who has been involved in REAL Alternatives as a learner or stakeholder we welcome your views as the programme has no

Friday, September 6, 2019 - 16:16

Join us for the launch of AREA Vision 2025

The cooling sector is vital for modern life: it is necessary to preserve the quality of our food and medicines, it provides indoor air comfort and is necessary to maintain data-centres running and ind

Thursday, July 18, 2019 - 16:18

Leaflet on illegal refrigerants

With the EU F-Gas Regulation and HFC phase down, the pressure on HFCs, particularly when they have a high GWP, has considerably increased. Refrigerants have become precious goods. They are essential f

Wednesday, June 26, 2019 - 10:15

Happy World Refrigeration Day!

AREA supports the first World Refrigeration Day on the anniversary of Lord Kelvinâs birth on 26 th June. Such a celebration is an acknowledgment of the societal contribution of refrigeration, air

Thursday, June 20, 2019 - 09:18

EUREKA 2019 - We want more women in the industry!

The EUREKA conference 2019 was held on 11 and 12 June in Bruges, Belgium, headed " How can the HVAC-R industry contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals? ". One of the most important i

Thursday, June 20, 2019 - 09:10

New industry guidelines on EPBD implementation

Newly published guidelines to ensure an effective and harmonised EPBD implementation AREA has been actively cooperating as an EPEE member in the development of implementation guidelines for the revise

Wednesday, June 12, 2019 - 11:13

AREA #EUREKA 2019

AREA is taking part in EUREKA, the EPEE & EVIA event looking at the role of the HVACR sector (Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning & Refrigeration) for society and future generations. AREA President

Wednesday, May 8, 2019 - 11:09

AREA 2018 Annual Report

In 2018... Marco Buoni became President of AREA The Greek association Hellas Union Fgas became the 26th member of AREA TF Fgas worked on the implementation of the Fgas Regulation, refrigerants' availa

Tuesday, April 30, 2019 - 11:59

The “HVACR Week”, a joint industry initiative

AREA , the Associazione Tecnici del Freddo , EPEE and EVIA are joining efforts to emphasise the importance of the Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration sector during the first ever

Thursday, April 4, 2019 - 12:20

REAL Alternatives 4 LIFE - Train the trainer events

As part of the REAL Alternatives 4 LIFE project, the first two train-the-trainers events took place in the past couple of weeks. The first Train-the-trainers event was held in Istanbul on 12-14 March

Monday, March 11, 2019 - 11:51

REAL Alternatives 4 LIFE - March 2019 Newsletter

Newsletter | March 2019 Training and assessment is now available in Spain for alternative refrigerants Pictured right is the first REAL Alternatives Training course being delivered in Spain Confederac

Thursday, February 28, 2019 - 10:06

2nd meeting of the United Nations Environment OzonAction

On 18-19 february 2019, AREA President Marco Buoni participated in the second global network meeting of the United Nations Environment OzonAction. Mr. Buoni took part in 3 events during the meeting: T

Tuesday, February 5, 2019 - 15:33

REAL Alternatives 4 LIFE launches webinars for training providers and employers

REAL Alternatives 4 LIFE is inviting you to take part in one of our two webinars that will explain how you, as a training provider or employer can benefit from our blended learning approach. The REAL

Monday, February 4, 2019 - 11:32

REAL Alternatives 4 LIFE @Refrigera

REAL Alternatives for LIFE - outreach and opportunities for training in alternative future refrigerants On 21 February 2019, a workshop presenting the REAL Alternatives for LIFE project will be held d

Thursday, November 15, 2018 - 12:28

REAL Alternatives 4 LIFE - November Newsletter

REAL Alternatives 4 LIFE Newsletter | November 2018 Even more language versions now available! The REAL Alternatives 4 LIFE booklets have now been translated into Czech, German, Spanish, French, Croat

Monday, November 12, 2018 - 17:21

Installers increasingly aware of illegal trade of refrigerants

An AREA internal survey reveals that nearly 80% of the industry is aware of illegal trade of some of the most commonly used HFCs. This observation is made while a decrease in availability of these ref

Wednesday, November 7, 2018 - 09:53

Leaflet on flammable refrigerants

Low GWP refrigerants are increasingly used as a result of the HFC phase-down provided by the F-gas Regulation. Many of these low GWP refrigerants are flammable. This characteristic has various direct

Monday, October 29, 2018 - 14:58

Illegal trade of refrigerants

AREA, ADC3R, EFCTC and EPEE jointly express concerns about the illegal trade of refrigerants and call for a better enforcement of the Fgas Regulation. As growing illegal trade of refrigerants is repor

Thursday, September 20, 2018 - 09:24

Cocktail reception @Chillventa

AREA will have its traditional cocktail during Chillventa. Only that this time, we are teaming up with ASERCOM and EPEE! Come and join us for some drinks and a good chat in a relaxing atmosphere Wedne

Tuesday, August 21, 2018 - 11:50

AREA replies to consultation on ozone-depleting regulation

AREA has replied to a public consultation on the review of the Ozone-Depleting (ODS) Regulation. AREA is generally supportive of the Regulation, which has proven to be efficient in reducing consumptio

Tuesday, August 14, 2018 - 15:52

REAL Alternatives 4 LIFE - August Newsletter

REAL Alternatives 4 LIFE News - August 2018 REAL Alternatives 4 LIFE at the UNEP OzonAction Workshop on Refrigeration Servicing REAL Alternatives 4 LIFE was represented at the 2nd International Stakeh