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Friday, December 31, 2010 - 00:00

AREA Annual Report 2010

Here you can find the annual report 2010.

Monday, October 25, 2010 - 00:00

Review of Regulation 842/2006 on certain fluorinated greenhouse gases – pre-charged non-monobloc air conditioning equipment

AREA decided to call for a ban on pre-charging of fluorinated gases in non-monobloc air conditioning equipment. The aim is to ensure installation of this equipment by certified professionals, a legal

Monday, October 25, 2010 - 00:00

Review of Regulation 842/2006 on certain fluorinated greenhouse gases

AREA adapts its official position on the F-Gas Regulation’s review on 3 points: Pre-charged non-monobloc air-conditioning systems 3kg refrigerant threshold List of issues requiring clarification

Friday, October 22, 2010 - 00:00

AREA is an honoured sponsor of a successful Chillventa!

Following a successful participation in an equally successful Chillventa 2010, AREA issues a press release to stress its pride to be a Chillventa sponsor

Monday, May 10, 2010 - 00:00

AREA nominates new Board members

On 8 th May 2010, the AREA General Assembly unanimously elected new Board members at its spring meeting in Krakow (Poland). Graeme Fox, representing the British association RACG, was elected President

Friday, December 11, 2009 - 00:00

RES Directive – certification or equivalent qualification schemes for installers of heat pumps

AREA draws national authorities’ attention to the need of maintaining some coherence among the existing certification schemes so as to avoid double or overlapping requirements. Here is the AREA r

Friday, November 6, 2009 - 00:00

Letter to national governments in the EU and EFTA: Impending ban on HCFCs – potential for Smuggling into EU

AREA draws national governments’ attention to the risk of creating an illegal market for the importation of HCFCs from outside the EU, as previously happened with the phase-out of CFCs.

Friday, July 31, 2009 - 00:00

European Commission Public Consultation on the Evaluation and Revision of the Action Plan for Energy Efficiency (COM(2006) 545) – AREA reply

AREA replies to the European Commission’s consultation on the Evaluation and Revision of the Action Plan for Energy

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - 00:00

HFCs vs. alternatives in refrigeration & air-conditioning equipment

AREA takes a look at respective efficiencies of HFCs vs. alternatives a different ranges of air conditioning and refrigeration systems. Here is the HFCs vs. alternatives in refrigeration & air conditi

Monday, May 25, 2009 - 00:00

AREA contribution on energy efficiency of refrigeration and air-conditioning applications

At its last meeting on 16 May 2009 in Prague, AREA adopted an abstract Contribution on the issue of energy efficiency of refrigeration and air-conditioning applications. This abstract will be the basi

Monday, February 23, 2009 - 00:00

State of implementation of Regulation 842/2006 (F-Gas) & consequences on the upcoming European Commission review

AREA adopts an official Position on the state of implementation of Regulation 842/2006 (F-Gas) and its consequences on the upcoming review by the European Commission.

Monday, February 23, 2009 - 00:00

European Commission’s Communication “Towards a comprehensive climate change agreement in Copenhagen”

AREA adopts an official Position on the European Commission's Communication "Towards a comprehensive climate change agreement in Copenhagen".