News 24 Aug 2022 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
News 17 Nov 2022 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
News 18 Nov 2022 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
News 23 Nov 2022 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
News 01 Feb 2023 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
News 17 Feb 2023 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
News 28 Feb 2023 Joint statement: European Parliament must be pragmatic to reach F-Gas climate goals An alliance of 12 leading European associations and global partners active in the European market representing industries manufacturing, servicing and installing heating, cooling, refrigeration and
News 01 Mar 2023 Adoption of the report on the F-Gas Regulation AREA welcomes the adoption of the report on the F-Gas Regulation in the European Parliament's Environment Committee. In particular, we are pleased to see that the proposal to extend the current F-Gas
News 08 Mar 2023 Celebrating International Women's Day: an interview with Silvia Romano 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
News 20 Mar 2023 AREA reaction to the Net Zero Industry Act proposal AREA - the European association of refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump (RACHP) contractors welcomes the proposal for a Net Zero Industry Act and the European Commission’s commitment to
News 29 Mar 2023 The F-gas debate: Industry offers concrete proposals to the European Parliament Industry holds out hope that the European Parliament will take a practical approach to the challenge of reducing climate warming F-gas emissions and support the view taken by its industry committee in
News 04 Apr 2023 Adoption of the European Parliament’s position on F-gas: Ambition should not compromise safety AREA, the European association of refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump (RACHP) contractors, is concerned by the European Parliament’s position on the revision of the F-gas Regulation adopted
News 07 Apr 2023 F-Gas Mandate Lacks Sufficient Precision Together with 9 leading European associations and global partners, AREA responded to the EU Council’s mandate to start negotiations with the European Parliament on the F-gas Regulation Revision. Read
News 09 May 2023 AREA welcomes the launch of the European Year of Skills 2023 To achieve the EU’s decarbonisation goals and deployment of clean, low-carbon and efficient heating and cooling technologies, a skilled workforce with the proper training and certification is of
News 16 Jun 2023 The 20th Edition of CSG European Conferences The 20th edition of the renowned European Conference by United Nations UNEP Ozonaction, IIR, AREA and Centro Studi Galileo, which took place on 8th - 9th June 2023 at the Politecnico di Milano, ended