News 02 Mar 2011 Joint AREA-EPEE proposal for the revision of the F-Gas Regulation - Certification AREA and EPEE have issued a joint position calling for improvements of Article 5 of the F-Gas Regulation on training and certification.
News 07 May 2012 AREA re-elects Graeme Fox as President and welcomes CNI as a new member On 5th May 2012, Graeme Fox was re-elected President of AREA for the period 2012-2014. AREA also welcomed a new member, the Spanish association CNI. For more details, see our official press release
News 22 Feb 2011 The contribution of the refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump contracting sector to energy efficiency: an unleashed potential AREA has published a position paper setting out the contribution that refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump (RACHP) contractors make to energy efficiency.
News 25 Oct 2010 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.
News 25 Oct 2010 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 or
News 11 Oct 2012 Guidance on training & certification for low GWP refrigerants AREA publishes minimum requirements for training & certification of contractors working with low GWP refrigerants. Whilst the use of alternative refrigerants is expected to grow further as a result of
News 08 Nov 2012 Publication of the European Commission's proposal for a revision of the F-gas Regulation: European contractors pleased... and concerned! AREA, the European association of refrigeration, air conditioning, and heat pump (RACHP) contractors, welcomes the publication of the long-awaited proposal for a revision of the F-Gas Regulation. If
News 06 Dec 2012 Refrigerants requirements under Ecodesign Whilst the European Commission has just published its proposal for a revision of the F-Gas Regulation, which notably features an ambitious phase-down scheme of fluorinated greenhouse gases until 2030
News 11 Dec 2009 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.
News 10 Dec 2012 AREA position on the F-Gas proposal AREA generally welcome the proposal for a revision of the F-Gas Regulation, which includes a number of suggestions that have the potential of substantially reducing emissions of fluorinated greenhouse
News 06 Nov 2009 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.
News 31 Jul 2009 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
News 20 Feb 2013 Graeme Fox Article on the ban on pre-charging in ACR Today In an article published in ACR Today AREA President Graeme Fox analyses the proposed ban on pre-charging of split systems embedded in the proposal for a revision of the F-Gas Regulation. See the
News 30 Jun 2009 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