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
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
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
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
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 new “
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
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
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
Wednesday, September 9, 2015 - 00:00 AREA views on heating and cooling strategy AREA warmly welcomes the preparation of a European strategy on heating and cooling. Heating and cooling should indeed be addressed in their own right and in a comprehensive way rather than scattered
Monday, May 11, 2015 - 00:00 Croatia and Estonia join AREA! AREA is proud to announce that CRACA, the Croatian Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Association, and EKL, the Estonian Refrigeration Association, became members on 9 th May 2015 on the occasion of
Monday, April 20, 2015 - 00:00 AREA publishes its 2014 Annual Report AREA has published its 2014 Annual Report. It provides an overview of all the activities of our association and its working bodies during 2014. You can download it below.
Thursday, March 26, 2015 - 00:00 Industry joint position paper on the Energy Label review AREA has published a joint position paper together with AIE, EPEE and GCP-Europe in view of the upcoming Energy Labelling Directive review. RACHP, electrical and plumbing contractors as well as
Friday, December 5, 2014 - 00:00 AREA Vision & Strategy 2020 Constant technological evolutions and recent regulatory changes are reshaping the refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump (RACHP) sector. For contractors, the challenge is to embrace these
Thursday, November 20, 2014 - 00:00 AREA guide on training & certification on low GWP refrigerants AREA has updated its Guidance on minimum requirements for contractors’ training & certification on low GWP Refrigerants. The revision includes an Annex II, which lists training facilities in AREA
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - 00:00 AREA article in the Ozone Special Issue AREA Vice-President Marco Buoni signs an article about “ Certification in the safe and efficient use of refrigerants ” in the Ozone Special issue published by the United Nations Environment Programme
Thursday, November 6, 2014 - 00:00 AREA F-gas Guide - Edition 2 AREA F-Gas Guide has been updated: - Table p10: addition of the 10 tonnes CO2-eq threshold, relevant to hermetically sealed equipment - Flowchart p13: update The new edition can be downloaded on the
Tuesday, October 14, 2014 - 00:00 AREA guide on the new F-Gas Regulation The new F-Gas Regulation includes many changes that will become reality from 1 st January 2015. Refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump contractors will be faced with a set of new requirements
Monday, September 29, 2014 - 00:00 New F-gas Regulation – time to prepare! Whereas AREA is finalising its guidance on the application of the new Fgas Regulation to refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump contractors, some important messages need to be communicated