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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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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 Programme

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

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

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

The second issue of REAL Alternatives Project's newsletter is out. Learn more about the trial and piloting. Newsletter 2

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

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

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

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 certainty

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 conditioning. The

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

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

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

Whilst the European Commission has just published its proposal for a revision of the F-Gas Regulation, which notably features an ambitious phase-down scheme of fluorinated greenhouse gases until 2030

AREA, the European association of refrigeration, air conditioning, and heat pump (RACHP) contractors, welcomes the publication of the long-awaited proposal for a revision of the F-Gas Regulation. If

AREA publishes minimum requirements for training & certification of contractors working with low GWP refrigerants. Whilst the use of alternative refrigerants is expected to grow further as a result of

On 5th May 2012, Graeme Fox was re-elected President of AREA for the period 2012-2014. AREA also welcomed a new member, the Spanish association CNI. For more details, see our official press release

Whereas the European Commission is considering measures towards a decreased use of HFCs, an internal survey from AREA, the Voice of European Air-Conditioning, Refrigeration and Heat Pump (RACHP)