Tuesday, July 2, 2024 - 17:06 Visit AREA booth at Chillventa 2024 From 8 to 10 October, Chillventa 2024 will once again be the international hub of the global refrigeration, air conditioning, ventilation and heat pump community. With about four months still to go, a
Monday, June 17, 2024 - 13:59 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
Monday, June 10, 2024 - 17:46 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
Wednesday, June 5, 2024 - 16:11 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
Thursday, May 30, 2024 - 09:11 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
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 11:37 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
Thursday, April 11, 2024 - 09:11 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
Monday, March 18, 2024 - 11:03 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
Tuesday, March 5, 2024 - 14:18 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
Thursday, February 1, 2024 - 10:51 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 👇
Wednesday, January 24, 2024 - 08:07 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
Thursday, January 18, 2024 - 10:44 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
Monday, January 15, 2024 - 11:32 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
Tuesday, October 31, 2023 - 14:36 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
Monday, October 30, 2023 - 14:34 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
Wednesday, August 2, 2023 - 09:29 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
Friday, June 16, 2023 - 15:13 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
Tuesday, May 9, 2023 - 14:47 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
Friday, April 7, 2023 - 16:58 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
Tuesday, April 4, 2023 - 14:14 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
Wednesday, March 29, 2023 - 09:40 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
Monday, March 20, 2023 - 14:32 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
Wednesday, March 8, 2023 - 09:50 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
Wednesday, March 1, 2023 - 17:31 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
Tuesday, February 28, 2023 - 11:51 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