Friday, February 17, 2023 - 12:01 AREA interviews Farooq Mehboob, ASHRAE President 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
Wednesday, February 1, 2023 - 16:32 AREA: WOMEN IN COOLING VIDEO COMPETITION 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
Wednesday, November 23, 2022 - 11:01 Sneffca supports WorldSkills Refrigeration Competition 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
Friday, November 18, 2022 - 16:49 AREA proposal for a revision of the F-gas Regulation AREA stands by the F-Gas Regulation’s objectives of reducing emissions of fluorinated greenhouse gases, and in particular those with high global warming potential (GWP). In this respect, our members
Thursday, November 17, 2022 - 09:49 AREA at Chillventa 2022 Following the Chillventa eSpecial 2020, and after four years without an in-person gathering, this year's Chillventa exhibition successfully brought together key players and leading experts from all
Wednesday, August 24, 2022 - 16:22 AREA Position Paper on the F-gas Regulation The F-gas Regulation is arguably the most important and impactful piece of EU legislation for our sector. Its provisions dictate the conditions under which our contractors carry out most of their
Tuesday, July 19, 2022 - 15:20 Professional expertise at its finest in supporting programme, special presentations and Chillventa CONGRESS In the eight exhibition halls, Chillventa CONGRESS on 10 October, and numerous events from the supporting programme, you will finally get the chance to make business contacts face-to-face again
Tuesday, June 21, 2022 - 10:00 AREA welcomes new members Assofrigoristi and ÖGKT AREA is pleased to announce that two associations, Assofrigoristi and ÖGKT , were welcomed as members during the annual General Assembly meeting in Athens, Greece on 13 May 2022. Assofrigoristi , the
Thursday, May 19, 2022 - 16:17 Interview with Coen van de Sande, AREA's new President On 13 May, AREA hosted its Spring General Assembly in Athens, Greece. After two years of online meetings, returning to the ‘’traditional’’ format was gladly welcomed by all members and provided the
Thursday, May 19, 2022 - 15:57 AREA welcomes new President, Secretary General and Board During the annual General Assembly in 13 May, AREA members unanimously elected Coen van de Sande, Director of the Dutch Association, NVKL, as President of AREA, replacing Marco Buoni, Secretary
Wednesday, May 4, 2022 - 09:34 CNI published a spreadsheet to calculate the TEWI value Our Spanish member CNI has recently published a Spreadsheet to calculate the TEWI value, which is part of the design documentation of a refrigeration installation according to the Spanish legislation
Tuesday, April 12, 2022 - 14:35 Launch of the International Network for Women in Cooling (INWIC) Our sector is a truly vital, dynamic, and rapidly growing field that represents a significant source of high-quality employment worldwide. However, it has the potential to contribute even more by
Wednesday, April 6, 2022 - 09:29 The proposal for a new F-Gas Regulation is out On 5 th April, the much-awaited proposal for a revision of the F-Gas Regulation was published together with a proposal for a new ODS Regulation. Whilst AREA warmly welcomes the proposed extension of
Tuesday, March 29, 2022 - 11:05 Message to Refrigeration Association of Ukraine On 24th of March representatives of the Refrigeration Association of Ukraine and of the European Association of Contractors AREA met in an online meeting. Serhii Anaskin, chairman of the Refrigeration
Wednesday, January 26, 2022 - 10:57 AREA position on F-gas bans & placing on the market Two new F-gas bans entered into force on 1st January 2022: refrigerators and freezers for commercial use with HFCs of 150 GWP or more, and, multipack centralised refrigeration systems. In this
Thursday, December 16, 2021 - 11:57 AREA’s statement on the EPBD revision AREA members, as the architects of RACHP systems, welcome the revision of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive. In particular, we fully support the intention to apply minimum energy
Friday, December 3, 2021 - 15:38 AREA at the 11th edition of the ATMOsphere Europe Summit Once again, AREA was an outreach partner of ATMOsphere (formerly Shecco) for their 11th edition of the ATMOsphere Europe Summit that took place on September 28-29, 2021. This year again, the first
Thursday, October 28, 2021 - 13:36 Healthy Buildings for All : Put people’s health and well-being at the center of EU built environment With 97% of EU buildings in need of renovation, the EU Renovation Wave Initiative and the upcoming targeted revision of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) represent a true
Friday, September 17, 2021 - 08:05 AREA President talk at UN-FAO Food Systems Summit 2021 On 20 September , the Italian Ministry for Ecological Transition, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Ozone Secretariat will host an event that will put a spotlight on the critical
Thursday, September 16, 2021 - 10:00 World Ozone Day 2021 Today AREA, together with his partner UNEP and all the ozone family celebrates the World Ozone Day (WOD) 2021 . This year theme is the Montreal Protocol - Keeping us, our food and vaccines cool! We
Wednesday, September 8, 2021 - 11:38 Recognising indoor air pollution as a health risk – Joint Industries Statement Proper use of air quality systems will help reduce transmission of COVID-19 in office spaces, according to research. However, the European Union does not currently recognise indoor air pollution as a
Monday, August 23, 2021 - 11:29 ATMOsphere Europe Summit: 28-29 September 2021 Registration to the 11th edition of the ATMOsphere Europe Summit, taking place online on September 28-29, is now open! At the conference, key representatives will discuss the latest developments in
Thursday, June 24, 2021 - 15:42 Our members and partners get active for World Refrigeration Day 2021 To celebrate World Refrigeration Air-Conditioning, and Heat-Pump Day on June 26th, we are delighted to share some activities that AREA members are hosting on this key day for our sector. So, what are
Friday, June 11, 2021 - 15:30 AREA deepens cooperation with its African counterpart U-3ARC At the Polytechnic University of Milan, alongside the Conference on Friday 11 th June a collaboration agreement was signed that will boost Africa’s RAC sector , supporting the continent’s development
Tuesday, May 25, 2021 - 10:30 AREA comments post F-gas stakeholders workshop Further to the F-gas stakeholder workshop that took place early May, AREA has submitted comments both individually and as part of a large industry coalition. AREA joined 14 other European and national