Tuesday, July 11, 2017 - 12:17 Heat Pump Summit 2017 For the fifth time, international heat pump experts will be gathering at Exhibition Centre Nuremberg for the European Heat Pump Summit on 24 and 25 October 2017. Speakers at the summit will explore al
Monday, July 3, 2017 - 11:45 Real Alternatives 4 Life gets started Funded by the EU's funding instrument for the environment and climate action, the REAL Alternatives for LIFE consortium met in June for the project kick-off meeting. The REAL Alternatives for LIFE pro
Thursday, June 15, 2017 - 08:59 REAL Alternatives training to be expanded across Europe As part of its environment and climate action funding programme the European Commission will be co-financing the expansion of the REAL Alternatives blended learning programme for low GWP refrigerants.
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 - 16:09 AEFYT & TRA join AREA AREA has further expanded its membership with two new members (AEFYT from Spain and TRA from Thailand) joining AREA on the occasion of the spring 2017 General Assembly meeting that took place on 2-3 J
Tuesday, June 6, 2017 - 10:14 Industry statement on EPBD AREA and other sectors active in the supply and servicing of energy equipment in buildings co-signed an industry statement on the revision of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), call
Tuesday, May 30, 2017 - 11:54 AREA Annual Report 2016 AREA publishes its Annual Report 2016. Find out about our structural developments, Task Forces activities, publications, events and highlights. Our 2016 report is available on our Publications page.
Monday, May 22, 2017 - 10:42 AREA speaks about the Kigali Agreement The Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer agreed to phase down HFCs on 15 October 2016 in Kigali (Rwanda). The UN Environment OzonAction developed a video to find
Thursday, April 27, 2017 - 14:26 AREA article in Ozonaction Special Issue 2017 AREA Vice-President International Affairs Marco Buoni wrote an article in the OZONACTION Special Issue 2017 published by UN Environment (former UNEP). Whereas the publication focusses on low global wa
Tuesday, March 14, 2017 - 12:02 AREA position on the Clean Energy Package AREA has taken a position on the Clean Energy Package, which aims at keeping the European Union competitive as the clean energy transition is changing global energy markets. AREA position more specifi
Friday, February 24, 2017 - 09:32 AREA guide on equipment for flammable refrigerants available in Arabic AREA guide on equipment for low GWP (flammable) refrigerants is now available in Arabic. The translation was kindly provided by UNEP, the United Nations Environment Programme. The guide is available o
Tuesday, January 17, 2017 - 17:09 AREA F-Gas guide now available in Swedish AREA F-Gas Guide is now available in Swedish thanks to the translation performed by AREA's Swedish member SKVP. This makes the guide now available in 7 linguistic versions. The latest version is V3 pu
Tuesday, December 20, 2016 - 12:28 The Road to Competence in Future Green Technologies The International Special Issue 2016-2017 of Centro Studi Galileo entitled " The Road to Competence in Future Green Technologies " has been published. It features an article from AREA President Per Jo
Monday, November 21, 2016 - 09:53 AREA to welcome Thai Refrigeration Association as its first International Observer AREA is pleased to announce that the Thai Refrigeration Association has been granted temporary membership as International Observer, a status created only a few months ago. TRA is to formally become m
Wednesday, October 19, 2016 - 11:35 AREA welcomes the historic agreement on a global HFC phase-down AREA would like to express its great satisfaction with the historic agreement on a global phase-down of HFCs that was reached in Kigali last week. The deal is an important step towards the achievement
Tuesday, October 11, 2016 - 11:44 AREA publishes an updated F-Gas guide AREA Guide on the application of the new F-Gas Regulation to refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump contractors is a living document that is regularly updated and completed following experience
Monday, October 10, 2016 - 15:37 AREA flyer on delivery of fgases AREA has published a simple flyer that summarises suppliers' obligations on the delivery of fgases under the Fgas Regulation. The guide aims to provide a practical tool for distributors to help them f
Thursday, September 1, 2016 - 14:23 F-gas: AREA logbook for record keeping AREA has developed a simple spreadsheet that serves as a tool for contractors and their clients to fulfil their record keeping obligations under Article 6 of the F-Gas Regulation. The AREA logbook can
Monday, August 8, 2016 - 14:41 Join us @Chillventa 2016! AREA will be present at Chillventa 2016 from 11 to 13 October in Nuremberg. As usual, we will be hosted on our German member BIV booth in Hall 9 / 9-320 . You are welcome to join our traditional AREA
Monday, June 13, 2016 - 10:17 AREA expands its international dimension Due to the significant worldwide interest in European legislative developments and the increase in competence of personnel who handle new refrigerants, we are pleased to introduce AREA’s brand ne
Tuesday, May 24, 2016 - 11:28 AREA guide on equipment for flammable refrigerants available in Italian AREA Guide on equipment for flammable low GWP refrigerants has been translated into Italian. See the publications section of AREA website.
Wednesday, May 18, 2016 - 11:11 Per Jonasson re-elected President of AREA On 14th May 2016, Per Jonasson was re-elected President of AREA for 2 years on the occasion of the AREA General Assembly spring meeting in Dublin. The AREA Board remains relatively stable with only on
Tuesday, May 17, 2016 - 10:59 Turkey joins AREA AREA is proud to announce that SOSIAD, the Turkish Association of Refrigeration Industry and Businessmen, joined AREA on 14th May 2016 on the occasion of the AREA General Assembly spring meeting in Du
Friday, April 29, 2016 - 11:17 AREA provides guidance on equipment for flammable refrigerants AREA has published a guide on equipment for low GWP flammable refrigerants . This guide gives service technicians a tool to understand the equipment that should be used to service refrigeration plants
Thursday, September 10, 2015 - 00:00 Guide on F-Gas Regulation now available in Dutch The AREA Guide on the application of the new F-Gas Regulation to RACHP contractors is now available in Dutch - please click here .
Thursday, September 10, 2015 - 00:00 Presentation on REAL Alternatives project at Fgas Consultation Forum AREA Vice-President Marco Buoni presented the REAL Alternatives project at the first meeting of the Fgas Consultation Forum set up by Regulation 517/2014. The project was presented during discussions
