Tuesday, May 24, 2016 - 11:28 AREA guide on equipment for flammable refrigerants available in Italian AREA Guide on equipment for flammable low GWP refrigerants has been translated into Italian. See the publications section of AREA website.
Wednesday, May 18, 2016 - 11:11 Per Jonasson re-elected President of AREA On 14th May 2016, Per Jonasson was re-elected President of AREA for 2 years on the occasion of the AREA General Assembly spring meeting in Dublin. The AREA Board remains relatively stable with only on
Tuesday, May 17, 2016 - 10:59 Turkey joins AREA AREA is proud to announce that SOSIAD, the Turkish Association of Refrigeration Industry and Businessmen, joined AREA on 14th May 2016 on the occasion of the AREA General Assembly spring meeting in Du
Friday, April 29, 2016 - 11:17 AREA provides guidance on equipment for flammable refrigerants AREA has published a guide on equipment for low GWP flammable refrigerants . This guide gives service technicians a tool to understand the equipment that should be used to service refrigeration plants
Thursday, September 10, 2015 - 00:00 Guide on F-Gas Regulation now available in Dutch The AREA Guide on the application of the new F-Gas Regulation to RACHP contractors is now available in Dutch - please click here .
Thursday, September 10, 2015 - 00:00 Presentation on REAL Alternatives project at Fgas Consultation Forum AREA Vice-President Marco Buoni presented the REAL Alternatives project at the first meeting of the Fgas Consultation Forum set up by Regulation 517/2014. The project was presented during discussions
Wednesday, September 9, 2015 - 00:00 AREA views on heating and cooling strategy AREA warmly welcomes the preparation of a European strategy on heating and cooling. Heating and cooling should indeed be addressed in their own right and in a comprehensive way rather than scattered a
Monday, May 11, 2015 - 00:00 Croatia and Estonia join AREA! AREA is proud to announce that CRACA, the Croatian Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Association, and EKL, the Estonian Refrigeration Association, became members on 9 th May 2015 on the occasion of t
Monday, April 20, 2015 - 00:00 AREA publishes its 2014 Annual Report AREA has published its 2014 Annual Report. It provides an overview of all the activities of our association and its working bodies during 2014. You can download it below.
Thursday, March 26, 2015 - 00:00 Industry joint position paper on the Energy Label review AREA has published a joint position paper together with AIE, EPEE and GCP-Europe in view of the upcoming Energy Labelling Directive review. RACHP, electrical and plumbing contractors as well as equipm
Friday, December 5, 2014 - 00:00 AREA Vision & Strategy 2020 Constant technological evolutions and recent regulatory changes are reshaping the refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump (RACHP) sector. For contractors, the challenge is to embrace these devel
Thursday, November 20, 2014 - 00:00 AREA guide on training & certification on low GWP refrigerants AREA has updated its Guidance on minimum requirements for contractors’ training & certification on low GWP Refrigerants. The revision includes an Annex II, which lists training facilities in AREA
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - 00:00 AREA article in the Ozone Special Issue AREA Vice-President Marco Buoni signs an article about “ Certification in the safe and efficient use of refrigerants ” in the Ozone Special issue published by the United Nations Environment
Thursday, November 6, 2014 - 00:00 AREA F-gas Guide - Edition 2 AREA F-Gas Guide has been updated: - Table p10: addition of the 10 tonnes CO2-eq threshold, relevant to hermetically sealed equipment - Flowchart p13: update The new edition can be downloaded on the P
Tuesday, October 14, 2014 - 00:00 AREA guide on the new F-Gas Regulation The new F-Gas Regulation includes many changes that will become reality from 1 st January 2015. Refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump contractors will be faced with a set of new requirements t
Monday, September 29, 2014 - 00:00 New F-gas Regulation – time to prepare! Whereas AREA is finalising its guidance on the application of the new Fgas Regulation to refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump contractors, some important messages need to be communicated alre
Monday, June 16, 2014 - 00:00 REAL Alternatives project - newsletter 2 The second issue of REAL Alternatives Project's newsletter is out. Learn more about the trial and piloting. Newsletter 2
Saturday, May 10, 2014 - 00:00 AREA elects a new Board AREA members elected a new Board of Directors for 2014-2016 at its General Assembly meeting on 9-10 May 2014 in Padua (Italy). After serving for 4 years, Graeme Fox stepped down President of AREA and
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 - 00:00 REAL Alternative project – how ready are we with HFC alternatives? The now finalised new F-Gas Regulation will bring a phase down of HFCs across Europe, accompanied by bans on their use in certain applications and inevitably increase interest in the use of alternativ
Wednesday, April 30, 2014 - 00:00 AREA annual report 2013 AREA publishes its 2013 activity report. Though dominated by the revision of the F-Gas Regulation, AREA activities also included work on energy efficiency (and notably district cooling), pressure equi
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 - 00:00 AREA welcomes agreement on F-gas After four attempts at finding a compromise, AREA welcomes the agreement found by the Lithuanian Presidency, the European Parliament’s rapporteur and the European Commission. It will provide cert
Monday, November 25, 2013 - 00:00 AREA takes part in "REAL Alternatives" project on skills in low GWP refrigerants AREA is pleased to announce its role in a new European learning programme “REAL Alternatives” that will address skills shortages amongst technicians working in the refrigeration, air conditi
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 00:00 AREA Annual Report 2012 AREA publishes its Annual Report 2012. You can find an overview of all the activities our association and its working bodies have undertaken over these 12 months. You can download the report HERE
Wednesday, February 20, 2013 - 00:00 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 Artic
Monday, December 10, 2012 - 00:00 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
