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On 25 November, AREA President Marco Buoni spoke at a virtual event alongside the 32nd Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol – MOP32. Organised by Centro di Studi Galileo, the discussion

The UNEP OzonAction Side Event - Installing, operating and servicing A/C systems in the times of COVID-19 - organised in cooperation with ASHRAE, AREA, ISHRAE and CRAA, was held as a side event to the

On 13 November 2020, AREA members unanimously re-elected Marco Buoni (ATF, Italy) as President of AREA. He will serve a second term until 2022. Coen van der Sande (NVKL, Netherlands) was elected Vice

On 17 November 2020, AREA and Real Alternatives 4 LIFE project representatives, Marco Buoni and Blanca Gómez, will present their work in the training of RACHP technicians at an online conference

AREA is proud to announce that we have pledged to do our part in speaking out against illegally traded HFC gasses. We will work within our network to promote the sourcing of HFC’s only from reliable

On 13-15 October, AREA was delighted to continue its partnership with Nuremberg Messe as a sponsor of the Chillventa eSpecial. Over three days, participants from all around the globe met on a virtual

On the 1-2 September AREA was delighted to be a sponsor of, and a participant in, the first virtual, natural refrigerants trade show launched by ATMOsphere. Taking place over a 24-hour period, and

AREA has become outreach partner of the first global natural refrigerant virtual trade show launched by ATMOsphere. It will take place on 1- 2 September 2020 and will be free to attend. The LIVE event

Following the second World Refrigeration Day celebrating the societal contribution of refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pumps (RACHP), we are delighted to share some activities that AREA

The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that people spend approximately 90% of their time indoors in residential and non-residential buildings and that 26 million European children are living in

We are delighted to welcome the creation of the Union of Associations of African Actors in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (U-3ARC) consisting of 25 association from 24 countries. Following in the

AREA is delighted to support the second World Refrigeration Day on the anniversary of the birth of Lord Kelvin on the 26th of June. Such a celebration is an acknowledgement of the societal

We are delighted to present our new Annual Report. Here you can read all about our key activities, innovative projects and event highlights. In 2019... We restructured our working activities and our

The REAL Alternatives 4 LIFE project has recently launched a FREE e-learning course completion certificate available to anyone who has completed all pages of all nine of the e-learning modules. The e

On 2nd February 2020, after the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding with the United Nations Environment Programme last November 2019 in Rome and in the frame of the 31st Meeting of the Parties

REAL Alternatives 4 LIFE December 2019 Training and skills for Low GWP refrigerants – safety, reliability and efficiency Join us for an Institute of Refrigeration webinar on 12th December to

In the margins of the MOP31 that took place last week, AREA and UNEP officialised the deepening of their cooperation with the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding. Whereas AREA and UNEP are

REAL Alternatives 4 LIFE Newsletter | November 2019 Successful training on flammables in the Czech Republic SCHKT recently hosted a training on flammables in Prague which resulted in six technicians

The cooling sector is vital for modern life: it is necessary to preserve the quality of our food and medicines, it provides indoor air comfort and is necessary to maintain data-centres running and