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During the annual General Assembly on 24 May in Belfast, AREA members unanimously re-elected Coen van de Sande, Director of the Dutch Association, NVKL, as President of AREA. Stepan Stojanov

AREA is proud to announce that the Romanian F-GAS Association was welcomed as member during the annual General Assembly meeting in Belfast on 24 May. Founded in November last year, the FGAS Companies

The refrigeration industry celebrates a new champion as Charlotte Robinson from the UK clinches the top spot in the second edition of the Women in Cooling video competition. Robinson impressed the

The contest organized by AREA and World Refrigeration Day (WRD) dedicated to the female professionals in the HVAC/R sector has now entered the final phase. In 2023, it was Léana Khaled Payan, young

Together with 16 other European associations, AREA welcomes the adoption of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) recast in the European Parliament on 12 March 2024. The new text

We are proud to celebrate International Women’s Day on 8 March as a special opportunity to shine the spotlight on women working in the refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump industry

Together with 19 other leading organisations, AREA calls for the publication of the Heat Pump action plan without delay. Read the full paper below 👇

In January 2024, our Past President with a special mandate “International Affairs" Marco Buoni met with ASHRAE's President Ginger Scoggins in Chicago to talk about energy efficiency and training. Key

New Qualification Programme for Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Technicians: Refrigerant Driving License available for use by National Ozone Units. To help governments ensure that refrigeration and

AREA is proud to announce that LSIA, the Latvian Association of Refrigeration Equipment Engineers, became a member on 1 January 2024. Founded in 1998, LSIA is a non-profit association and a

AREA and World Refrigeration Day (WRD) have launched the second edition of the video competition on best practices for EU women in cooling. The challenge is to provide a video showing best practices

Two days full of exciting discussions and expert presentations, networking and knowledge exchange on heat pumps have now come to an end. With about 570 participants from 42 countries, 39 expert

The European Heat Pump Summit – powered by Chillventa – is the No. 1 gathering for experts from the international heat pump sector. Every two years, it brings together renowned speakers and

The 20th edition of the renowned European Conference by United Nations UNEP Ozonaction, IIR, AREA and Centro Studi Galileo, which took place on 8th - 9th June 2023 at the Politecnico di Milano, ended

To achieve the EU’s decarbonisation goals and deployment of clean, low-carbon and efficient heating and cooling technologies, a skilled workforce with the proper training and certification is of

Together with 9 leading European associations and global partners, AREA responded to the EU Council’s mandate to start negotiations with the European Parliament on the F-gas Regulation Revision. Read

AREA, the European association of refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump (RACHP) contractors, is concerned by the European Parliament’s position on the revision of the F-gas Regulation adopted

Industry holds out hope that the European Parliament will take a practical approach to the challenge of reducing climate warming F-gas emissions and support the view taken by its industry committee in

AREA - the European association of refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump (RACHP) contractors welcomes the proposal for a Net Zero Industry Act and the European Commission’s commitment to

We are proud to celebrate International Women’s Day on 8 March as a special opportunity to shine the spotlight on women working in the refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump industry

AREA welcomes the adoption of the report on the F-Gas Regulation in the European Parliament's Environment Committee. In particular, we are pleased to see that the proposal to extend the current F-Gas

An alliance of 12 leading European associations and global partners active in the European market representing industries manufacturing, servicing and installing heating, cooling, refrigeration and

During the last ASHRAE Winter meeting and AHR Expo, which took place on 6-8 February 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia, ASHRAE President Farooq Mehboob had a long meeting with Marco Buoni, Former President of

AREA and World R efrigeration D ay (WRD) have partnered to launch a competition on best practices for all EU women in cooling. The challenge is to provide a video showing their best practices (e.g

Our French member, Snefcca, in partnership with WorldSkills France, is launching a fundraising campaign to promote the refrigeration and air conditioning technicians by supporting the Technical