News 29 Sep 2014 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
News 14 Oct 2014 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
News 06 Nov 2014 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
Event 11/12/2014 - 13:11 AREA speaks about alternative refrigerants in high-ambient countries AREA Vice-President Marco Buoni took part as speaker in the 4 th Regional Symposium on Alternative Refrigerants for High-Ambient Countries - Risk Assessment of Future Refrigerants in Production
News 19 Nov 2014 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 Programme
News 20 Nov 2014 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
Event 11/14/2014 - 13:11 ACRIB Conference on Fgas AREA Past President Graeme Fox presented the main novelties introduced by the new Fgas Regulation and their impact on refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump contractors. See “ Service and
News 05 Dec 2014 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
Event 03/01/2015 - 13:03 Alternative refrigerants e-learning launch webinar, 19/03/2015, 14:00 GMT The English version of new REAL Alternatives Blended learning programme will launch on 19th March with a free webinar introduction organised by the Institute of Refrigeration (IOR). The programme has
Event 03/04/2015 - 13:03 AREA President speaks at PROCLIMATE 2015 AREA President Per Jonasson spoke at the PROCLIMATE 2015 conference on 4 March 2015. The conference looked at trends and technologies of tomorrow in the refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump
Event 02/27/2015 - 13:02 AREA President speaks at the European Commission conference on heating and cooling AREA President Per Jonasson spoke at the European Commission conference: Heating and cooling in the European energy transition , on 27 February 2015. In the framework of the Energy Union, this
Event 03/16/2015 - 13:03 AREA speaks at Atmosphere Europe 2015 AREA Vice-President Marco Buoni spoke at the Atmosphere Europe conference hekld on 16-17 March 2015 in Brussels. Mr. Buoni took part in the policy session dedicated to "implementing the F-gas
News 26 Mar 2015 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
News 20 Apr 2015 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.
Event 04/21/2015 - 14:04 AREA speaks about installers' competence on low GWP systems at OEWG35 in Bangkok The thirty-fifth session of the Open-ended Working Group (OEWG 35) of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer opened in Bangkok, Thailand on Wednesday, 22 April