Tuesday, June 10, 2025 - 13:47 EHPS 2025 - Call for Presentations has started! The European Heat Pump Summit (EHPS) is the central meeting place for the international heat pump industry. It will take place on 28 and 29 October 2025 at the Exhibition Center Nuremberg. The high
Saturday, May 31, 2025 - 10:24 Winners Announced for the 3rd Edition of the Women in Cooling Video Competition! WRD and AREA are proud to announce the winners of the 3rd edition of the Women in Cooling Competition (WiCC25). This initiative is a key part of WRD and AREA’s shared commitment to fostering inclusion
Monday, May 26, 2025 - 09:14 AREA welcomes new members AIPOR and OPSE We are proud to announce that our AREA General Assembly who just met in Istanbul on 23 May, has welcomed AIPOR (the Portuguese Contractors Association of the Technical Installations) and OPSE, the
Thursday, May 22, 2025 - 08:23 Finalists announced for the 2025 Women in Cooling Video Competition AREA and World Refrigeration Day (WRD) have officially announced the participants of the third edition of the Women in Cooling Video Competition, an initiative that highlights the technical and design
Friday, April 4, 2025 - 16:36 21st EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON RACHP TECHNOLOGIES Organized by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in collaboration with Centro Studi Galileo, the International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR)of Paris, AREA, the Renewable Energy
Friday, February 14, 2025 - 12:10 Interview with Dennis Knight, ASHRAE’s President ASHRAE President Dennis Knight discusses Workforce Empowerment and Global Collaboration with Marco Buoni, Past President and International Affairs for AREA. During the AHR Expo 2025 in Orlando, Marco
Thursday, December 19, 2024 - 15:25 The results of the last AREA internal survey on training & certification on f-gases and alternative refrigerants are out! The proportion of F-gas certified personnel trained on alternatives has significantly increased in Europe since our last survey published in 2021. This is one of the main outcomes of an internal
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 17:20 AREA: Women in cooling video competition- 3rd edition! AREA and World Refrigeration Day (WRD) have launched the third edition of the video competition on best practices for EU women in cooling. The challenge is to provide a video on one of the following
Monday, October 21, 2024 - 10:51 Chillventa 2024 closing report Chillventa 2024 – a gathering of experts: innovations, dialogue, and insights into the future of the sector Chillventa 2024 impressed the professional community across the board. 1,010 exhibitors from
Thursday, October 3, 2024 - 15:59 AREA releases a new Guide on F-Gas! The new F-Gas Regulation applies since 11 March 2024 and gives RACHP contractors a new set of requirements to deal with. The AREA Guide on the application of the new F-Gas Regulation to RACHP
Thursday, October 3, 2024 - 10:09 AREA releases its new Vision 2030! The Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heat Pump (RACHP) sector is pivotal to the wellbeing of society. Having to adapt to challenges and the evolving landscape, the RACHP contracting sector has
Friday, September 13, 2024 - 10:11 AREA Forum 2024: The future of RAC training and certification in the EU Did you know that AREA will address crucial topics surrounding the new Gas 3.0 Regulation at our AREA Forum 2024 on 10 October at Chillventa? Coen Van de Sande, AREA President and NVKL Director, will
Thursday, August 22, 2024 - 09:54 AREA supports Women in Cooling at Chillventa AREA is joining other international organisations to promote opportunities for women in the refrigeration, air conditioning, and heat pump (RACHP) sector at the INWIC booth in Hall 9, 9-125 at
Tuesday, July 2, 2024 - 17:06 Visit AREA booth at Chillventa 2024 From 8 to 10 October, Chillventa 2024 will once again be the international hub of the global refrigeration, air conditioning, ventilation and heat pump community. With about four months still to go, a
Monday, June 17, 2024 - 13:59 AREA replies to the public consultation on the Implementing Act on training and certification (Article 10 F-gas Regulation 2024/573) AREA welcomes the extension of the F-gas certification scheme to alternative refrigerants in the new F-gas Regulation as a necessary complementary addition to the existing F-gas provisions in order to
Monday, June 10, 2024 - 17:46 Good Indoor Air Quality Must Become a Basic Human Right: Launch of the IAQ Manifesto Together with the co-signatories, we highlight the critical importance of indoor air quality for our health, for our economy and for our future generations. As the European Parliament and Commission
Wednesday, June 5, 2024 - 16:11 Election of AREA Board at GA in Belfast 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
Thursday, May 30, 2024 - 09:11 Asociația Firmelor FGAS joins AREA! 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
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 11:37 Women in Cooling Competition : winner announced! 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
Thursday, April 11, 2024 - 09:11 Final phase of the Women in Cooling Video Competition 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
Monday, March 18, 2024 - 11:03 Supportive Joint Statement on EPBD Recast 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
Tuesday, March 5, 2024 - 14:18 Celebrating International Women's Day with Lorena Hernández 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
Thursday, February 1, 2024 - 10:51 AREA calls to publish the Heat Pump Action Plan without further delay Together with 19 other leading organisations, AREA calls for the publication of the Heat Pump action plan without delay. Read the full paper below 👇
Wednesday, January 24, 2024 - 08:07 Interview with ASHRAE President 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
Thursday, January 18, 2024 - 10:44 Refrigerant Driving License Website Launched 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