News 06 Dec 2012 Refrigerants requirements under Ecodesign 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
News 11 Dec 2009 RES Directive – certification or equivalent qualification schemes for installers of heat pumps AREA draws national authorities’ attention to the need of maintaining some coherence among the existing certification schemes so as to avoid double or overlapping requirements.
News 10 Dec 2012 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
News 06 Nov 2009 Letter to national governments in the EU and EFTA: Impending ban on HCFCs – potential for Smuggling into EU AREA draws national governments’ attention to the risk of creating an illegal market for the importation of HCFCs from outside the EU, as previously happened with the phase-out of CFCs.
News 31 Jul 2009 European Commission Public Consultation on the Evaluation and Revision of the Action Plan for Energy Efficiency (COM(2006) 545) – AREA reply AREA replies to the European Commission’s consultation on the Evaluation and Revision of the Action Plan for Energy
News 20 Feb 2013 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
News 30 Jun 2009 HFCs vs. alternatives in refrigeration & air-conditioning equipment AREA takes a look at respective efficiencies of HFCs vs. alternatives a different ranges of air conditioning and refrigeration systems
News 25 May 2009 AREA contribution on energy efficiency of refrigeration and air-conditioning applications At its last meeting on 16 May 2009 in Prague, AREA adopted an abstract contribution on the issue of energy efficiency of refrigeration and air-conditioning applications. This abstract will be the
News 23 Feb 2009 State of implementation of Regulation 842/2006 (F-Gas) & consequences on the upcoming European Commission review AREA adopts an official position on the state of implementation of Regulation 842/2006 (F-Gas) and its consequences on the upcoming review by the European Commission.
News 23 Feb 2009 European Commission’s Communication “Towards a comprehensive climate change agreement in Copenhagen” AREA adopts an official position on the European Commission's Communication "Towards a comprehensive climate change agreement in Copenhagen".
News 22 May 2013 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
News 22 Oct 2010 AREA is an honoured sponsor of a successful Chillventa! Following a successful participation in an equally successful Chillventa 2010, AREA issues a press release to stress its pride to be a Chillventa sponsor
News 10 May 2010 AREA nominates new Board members On 8 th May 2010, the AREA General Assembly unanimously elected new Board members at its spring meeting in Krakow (Poland). Graeme Fox, representing the British association RACG, was elected President
News 25 Nov 2013 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 conditioning. The
News 18 Dec 2013 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 certainty