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Member news: Daikin equips the cooling system of Norway’s largest data centre

Daikin enhances the energy efficiency of Norway’s largest data centre with a full range of cooling equipment. 

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  • Conference report: Russia

    Russia : the IIR co-sponsored the International Conference on the "Refrigeration Industry in 21st Century". The conference was held in Moscow on December 6-8, 2004, at the International Industrial Academy. Many presentations were food-industry...

    • Publication date : 2005/02/11
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  • The IIR Informatory Note on Solar Cooling published in Russian

    The IIR has just published a Russian version of the Informatory Note on Solar Cooling. In addition to the English and French versions, other notes have recently been published in Chinese, Russian and Spanish...

    • Publication date : 2021/05/31
    • Subjects: Technology
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  • New IIR Informatory Note (IN) on chillers and Russian version of the IN on nutrition

    The IIR has just published a new Informatory Note on chillers as well as the Russian version of the IN on the Role of Refrigeration in Worldwide Nutrition already published in four other...

    • Publication date : 2021/03/29
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  • Cryotherapy is going well!

    Report of the IIR Deputy Director General, Ina Colombo, on the 3rd IIR Conference on Cold Applications in Life Sciences which was held in St Petersburg in Russia.

    • Publication date : 2018/10/18
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  • New IIR members

    Here are the private members worldwide who have joined us over the past year. We are very pleased to welcome them. Several members are from countries that are not yet member countries. We also have a lot of new junior members (under 35 years) and...

    • Publication date : 2006/07/26
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  • 2008, Refrigeration Year

    Many events and actions have already been scheduled or have already taken place in various countries in order to celebrate the IIR's centenary and the 100th anniversaries of several national associations of refrigeration (France, the Netherlands,...

    • Publication date : 2008/05/13
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  • New members

    The IIR welcomes the following new members: - Benefactor member TOTAL, Paris La Défense, France - Corporate members ACC Austria, Fuerstenfeld, Austria Arsenal Research, Vienna, Austria Davicani Srl, Brasov, Romania Kinarca S.A.U.,...

    • Publication date : 2007/11/20
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  • Here are the latest IIR award-winners!

    Once every 4 years during each International Congress of Refrigeration, the IIR presents a series of prestigious scientific awards:. Gustav Lorentzen Medal: the prize is awarded to a person with...

    • Publication date : 2011/09/15
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  • The Centenary in Paris and future events

    A joint IIR/French Refrigeration Association (AFF) conference was held in Paris on June 12, 2008 in order to celebrate the centenaries of both organizations. It was combined with the IIR statutory meetings on June 10, 11 and 13 and with various...

    • Publication date : 2008/08/12
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  • International events: Moscow

    The First International Scientific Conference on Industrial Gases was held at Bauman Moscow State Technical University (MMSTU) in Moscow on March 11, 2009, under the auspices of the IIR. It marked the 100th anniversary of the First Congress of...

    • Publication date : 2009/05/18
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  • Obituary: Liudmila Akimova

    The IIR mourns the death of Mrs Liudmila Akimova.

    • Publication date : 2023/01/26
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  • Conference report: An important event in Saint Petersburg

    The IIR-co-sponsored International Conference on the "Conservation of Genetic Resources", was held in Saint Petersburg at the prestigious Institute of Cytology (Russian Academy of Sciences), on October 19-22, 2004. There were 120 participants from...

    • Publication date : 2005/02/11
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  • International Dictionary of Refrigeration

    A new International Dictionary of Refrigeration has just been published! The first volume off the press is the English-French version in the IIR's official languages, English and French, comprising about 4400 terms with their definitions. This...

    • Publication date : 2007/11/20
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  • Participation of the IIR at COP-10

    On December 6-18, 2004, over 6100 participants from 169 countries attended the 10th Conference of the Parties (COP-10) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)  held at the Rural Exhibition Center in Buenos Aires ,...

    • Publication date : 2005/02/11
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  • The IIR at COP-11/MOP-1 in Montreal

    The IIR, as an intergovernmental organization, participated in this "historic" event which gathered 10 000 people for the largest United Nations Framework Conference on Climate Change (UNFCCC) ever held. The conference held...

    • Publication date : 2006/01/28
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  • Professor Arhkarov's birthday

    This month, Prof. Alexey M. Arkharov, a well known scientist in the field of cryogenics, celebrated his 90th birthday.

    • Publication date : 2021/01/29
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  • 80th Anniversary of St Petersburg State University

    The St Petersburg University, Russia, specialized in food and low temperatures, celebrated its 80th anniversary on May 24-25, 2011. D. Coulomb was invited to attend. Awards were given to A. Baranenko, the rector, and many other heads of projects.

    • Publication date : 2011/08/09
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  • 3rd International Conference “Refrigeration and Cryogenic Engineering, Air Conditioning and Life Support Systems”

    The 3rd International Conference “Refrigeration and Cryogenic Engineering, Air Conditioning and Life Support Systems”, supported by the IIR took place in Moscow on November 19-20, 2019 at the Bauman University.

    • Publication date : 2019/11/29
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  • IIR Working Group on whole-body cryotherapy or cryostimulation

    A presentation of this IIR Working Group took place during the French Association of Refrigeration (AFF) Orientation Committee in January.

    • Publication date : 2018/03/22
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  • World Refrigeration Day 2020

    The annual World Refrigeration Day aims to raise awareness among the wider public about the importance of refrigeration technologies in everyday life. Organised under...

    • Publication date : 2020/06/25
    • Subjects: Figures, economy, Developing country
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  • A new version of the ATP Agreement

    The new version on the international carriage of perishable foodstuffs and on the special equipment to be used for such carriage became effective from 30 September 2015. The IIR was involved in this process thanks to its Commission D2...

    • Publication date : 2015/10/20
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  • The latest news on refrigeration conferences

    Call for abstracts, Early Bird registration, get the latest!

    • Publication date : 2015/10/20
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  • Highlights from the 46th Montreal Protocol OEWG: Addressing Ozone Depletion and Climate Change Challenges

    The 46th meeting of the Open-ended Working Group (OEWG) of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol took place in Montreal from 8 to 12 July 2024. The IIR took part of the event.  

    • Publication date : 2024/08/01
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    Yosr Allouche during OEWD

  • The IIR worldwide

    Focus on the latest IIR interventions around the world.

    • Publication date : 2019/04/30
    • Subjects: General information
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  • International LNG Conference and Exhibition rescheduled to 2023

    The 20th International Conference and Exhibition on Liquefied Natural Gas, St Petersburg, has been rescheduled to 3 – 7 July 2023 and will be rebranded as LNG2023.

    • Publication date : 2021/01/12
    • Subjects: General information
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