News 02 Aug 2023 EHPS 2023 - Interview with Elke Harreiss The European Heat Pump Summit – powered by Chillventa – is the No. 1 gathering for experts from the international heat pump sector. Every two years, it brings together renowned speakers and
News 30 Oct 2023 European Heat Pump Summit 2023 was a huge success! Two days full of exciting discussions and expert presentations, networking and knowledge exchange on heat pumps have now come to an end. With about 570 participants from 42 countries, 39 expert
News 31 Oct 2023 AREA: Women in cooling video competition- 2nd edition! AREA and World Refrigeration Day (WRD) have launched the second edition of the video competition on best practices for EU women in cooling. The challenge is to provide a video showing best practices
News 15 Jan 2024 LSIA joins AREA! AREA is proud to announce that LSIA, the Latvian Association of Refrigeration Equipment Engineers, became a member on 1 January 2024. Founded in 1998, LSIA is a non-profit association and a
News 18 Jan 2024 Refrigerant Driving License Website Launched New Qualification Programme for Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Technicians: Refrigerant Driving License available for use by National Ozone Units. To help governments ensure that refrigeration and
News 24 Jan 2024 Interview with ASHRAE President In January 2024, our Past President with a special mandate “International Affairs" Marco Buoni met with ASHRAE's President Ginger Scoggins in Chicago to talk about energy efficiency and training. Key
News 01 Feb 2024 AREA calls to publish the Heat Pump Action Plan without further delay Together with 19 other leading organisations, AREA calls for the publication of the Heat Pump action plan without delay. Read the full paper below 👇
News 05 Mar 2024 Celebrating International Women's Day with Lorena Hernández 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 18 Mar 2024 Supportive Joint Statement on EPBD Recast Together with 16 other European associations, AREA welcomes the adoption of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) recast in the European Parliament on 12 March 2024. The new text
News 11 Apr 2024 Final phase of the Women in Cooling Video Competition The contest organized by AREA and World Refrigeration Day (WRD) dedicated to the female professionals in the HVAC/R sector has now entered the final phase. In 2023, it was Léana Khaled Payan , young
News 02 May 2024 Women in Cooling Competition : winner announced! The refrigeration industry celebrates a new champion as Charlotte Robinson from the UK clinches the top spot in the second edition of the Women in Cooling video competition. Robinson impressed the
News 30 May 2024 Asociația Firmelor FGAS joins AREA! AREA is proud to announce that the Romanian F-GAS Association was welcomed as member during the annual General Assembly meeting in Belfast on 24 May. Founded in November last year, the FGAS Companies
News 05 Jun 2024 Election of AREA Board at GA in Belfast During the annual General Assembly on 24 May in Belfast, AREA members unanimously re-elected Coen van de Sande, Director of the Dutch Association, NVKL, as President of AREA. Stepan Stojanov
News 10 Jun 2024 Good Indoor Air Quality Must Become a Basic Human Right: Launch of the IAQ Manifesto Together with the co-signatories, we highlight the critical importance of indoor air quality for our health, for our economy and for our future generations. As the European Parliament and Commission
News 17 Jun 2024 AREA replies to the public consultation on the Implementing Act on training and certification (Article 10 F-gas Regulation 2024/573) AREA welcomes the extension of the F-gas certification scheme to alternative refrigerants in the new F-gas Regulation as a necessary complementary addition to the existing F-gas provisions in order to