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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

On 15 March, EPEE, together with 10 other associations, co-signed a document listing concrete amendments proposals that the industry is asking MEPs to table during the plenary meeting that will take

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

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

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

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

AREA and World Refrigeration Day (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

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

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

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

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

In the eight exhibition halls, Chillventa CONGRESS on 10 October, and numerous events from the supporting programme, you will finally get the chance to make business contacts face-to-face again

AREA is pleased to announce that two associations, Assofrigoristi and ÖGKT, were welcomed as members during the annual General Assembly meeting in Athens, Greece on 13 May 2022. Assofrigoristi, the

On 13 May, AREA hosted its Spring General Assembly in Athens, Greece. After two years of online meetings, returning to the ‘’traditional’’ format was gladly welcomed by all members and provided the

During the annual General Assembly in 13 May, AREA members unanimously elected Coen van de Sande, Director of the Dutch Association, NVKL, as President of AREA, replacing Marco Buoni, Secretary

Our Spanish member CNI has recently published a Spreadsheet to calculate the TEWI value, which is part of the design documentation of a refrigeration installation according to the Spanish legislation

Our sector is a truly vital, dynamic, and rapidly growing field that represents a significant source of high-quality employment worldwide. However, it has the potential to contribute even more by

On 5th April, the much-awaited proposal for a revision of the F-Gas Regulation was published together with a proposal for a new ODS Regulation. Whilst AREA warmly welcomes the proposed extension of

On 24th of March representatives of the Refrigeration Association of Ukraine and of the European Association of Contractors AREA met in an online meeting. Serhii Anaskin, chairman of the Refrigeration

Two new F-gas bans entered into force on 1st January 2022: refrigerators and freezers for commercial use with HFCs of 150 GWP or more, and, multipack centralised refrigeration systems. In this

AREA members, as the architects of RACHP systems, welcome the revision of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive. In particular, we fully support the intention to apply minimum energy

Once again, AREA was an outreach partner of ATMOsphere (formerly Shecco) for their 11th edition of the ATMOsphere Europe Summit that took place on September 28-29, 2021. This year again, the first

With 97% of EU buildings in need of renovation, the EU Renovation Wave Initiative and the upcoming targeted revision of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) represent a true

On 20 September, the Italian Ministry for Ecological Transition, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Ozone Secretariat will host an event that will put a spotlight on the critical role

Today AREA, together with his partner UNEP and all the ozone family celebrates the World Ozone Day (WOD) 2021. This year theme is the Montreal Protocol - Keeping us, our food and vaccines cool! We