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Monday, July 6, 2020 - 10:55

AREA members get active for World Refrigeration Day 2020

Following the second World Refrigeration Day celebrating the societal contribution of refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pumps (RACHP), we are delighted to share some activities that AREA member

Friday, June 19, 2020 - 10:46

Joint industry statement: Healthy Buildings for All - Putting people’s health and well-being at the center of the EU built environment

The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that people spend approximately 90% of their time indoors in residential and non-residential buildings and that 26 million European children are living in

Friday, June 5, 2020 - 14:22

AREA welcomes a Union of African Associations in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning

We are delighted to welcome the creation of the Union of Associations of African Actors in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (U-3ARC) consisting of 25 association from 24 countries. Following in the

Thursday, June 4, 2020 - 11:31

World Refrigeration Day 2020

AREA is delighted to support the second World Refrigeration Day on the anniversary of the birth of Lord Kelvin on the 26th of June. Such a celebration is an acknowledgement of the societal contributio

Wednesday, May 13, 2020 - 09:15

AREA 2019 Annual Report

We are delighted to present our new Annual Report. Here you can read all about our key activities, innovative projects and event highlights. In 2019... We restructured our working activities and our w

Wednesday, May 6, 2020 - 11:26

AREA provides advice on air conditioning systems and COVID-19

AREA has published a Technical Bulletin that that gives advice on what special measures should be taken at the time of COVID-19 when dealing with operation and maintenance of air conditioning systems.

Monday, March 30, 2020 - 12:11

COVID-19: open letter from AREA President

In an open letter AREA President Marco Buoni calls on European Heads of State and National Governments to enable refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump contractors to fulfill our European citiz

Friday, March 6, 2020 - 12:03

REAL Alternatives 4 LIFE offers FREE e-learning certificate

The REAL Alternatives 4 LIFE project has recently launched a FREE e-learning course completion certificate available to anyone who has completed all pages of all nine of the e-learning modules. The e-

Tuesday, February 18, 2020 - 15:02

AREA & ISHRAE sign a Memorandum of Understanding

On 2nd February 2020, after the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding with the United Nations Environment Programme last November 2019 in Rome and in the frame of the 31 st Meeting of the Parties

Monday, December 9, 2019 - 09:37

REAL Alternatives 4 LIFE - December 2019 Newsletter

REAL Alternatives 4 LIFE December 2019 Training and skills for Low GWP refrigerants â safety, reliability and efficiency Join us for an Institute of Refrigeration webinar on 12th December to demo

Wednesday, November 20, 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 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

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