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Save the date: IIR World Refrigeration Day 2025 Event on June 18th in Paris

The 2025 IIR World Refrigeration Day event brings together key decision-makers from governments, industry, academia and partner international organisations under one theme: The critical role of refrigeration and...

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  • CYTEF 2012 proceedings in Fridoc database!

    The IIR has added to Fridoc the proceedings of CYTEF 2012 (VI Congreso Ibérico y IV Congreso Iberoamericano de Ciencias y Técnicas del Frío) organized by the Sociedad Española de Ciencias y Técnicas del Frío in February 2012 to Fridoc.

    • Publication date : 2012/10/24
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  • Are you familiar with Fridoc, the IIR’s database?

    Readers of the paper Bulletin (or the e-Bulletin) of the IIR are regularly informed on the latest articles and publications in all refrigeration fields, thanks to the Abstracts section. Fridoc now contains over 81 500 references to articles and...

    • Publication date : 2008/02/12
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  • FRIDOC: The most comprehensive refrigeration database in the world!

    With more than 109,000 indexed resources, FRIDOC is the world’s most comprehensive database dedicated to refrigeration information. Discover the latest improvements!

    • Publication date : 2023/06/27
    • Subjects: General information, Figures, economy
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  • Publish your PhD thesis dedicated to refrigeration in the IIR Fridoc database

    The IIR references and makes available in open access on its website, PhD theses dedicated to refrigeration. Your thesis, your database.

    • Publication date : 2017/03/08
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  • Fridoc: the most comprehensive refrigeration database in the world

    Fridoc contains documents written in 36 languages by over 80,000 authors from 93 countries.

    • Publication date : 2016/06/29
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  • CaRe Working Group: Discover the Women in Cooling database

    This interactive tool compiles data from a comprehensive international survey on women working in the refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump sector, highlighting their inspiring stories.

    • Publication date : 2025/05/23
    • Subjects: Figures, economy, Technology
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  • Press release: Publish your PhD thesis dedicated to refrigeration in the International Institute of Refrigeration Fridoc database

    The International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR) references and makes available in open access on its website, PhD theses dedicated to refrigeration.

    • Publication date : 2017/03/08
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  • Share your thesis with the international refrigeration community : publish it in FRIDOC !

    To increase the visibility of your thesis, publish it in FRIDOC: the most comprehensive database dedicated to refrigeration information in the world!

    • Publication date : 2022/05/18
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  • Publish your thesis in FRIDOC today!

    The FRIDOC database: your gateway to increased visibility in the field of refrigeration.

    • Publication date : 2020/08/20
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  • Now it’s even easier to find your thesis in FRIDOC!

    To increase the visibility of your thesis, publish it in FRIDOC. The comprehensive database dedicated to refrigeration information now comprises nearly 300 theses from across the globe.

    • Publication date : 2022/11/22
    • Subjects: General information
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  • Latest IIR conference papers in Fridoc!

    Papers from recent IIR conferences can all be downloaded from IIR Fridoc database.

    • Publication date : 2017/01/31
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  • Publish your thesis on the IIR website!

    To gain visibility, publish your thesis in FRIDOC: the world’s most comprehensive database dedicated to information on refrigeration! 

    • Publication date : 2024/01/22
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  • 2016 Purdue conferences papers in Fridoc!

    Papers from the 3 conferences held in Purdue University in July 2016 and co-sponsored by the IIR can be downloaded from Fridoc database.

    • Publication date : 2017/02/03
    • Subjects: Environment
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  • Corporate and private membership of the IIR

    If you're already a member, you will be aware of your member benefits. If you're not, here's a glimpse: private members get a free subscription to the International Journal of Refrigeration or the Bulletin of the IIR and corporate members get...

    • Publication date : 2005/07/19
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  • Frisbee project: We need your input !

    The IIR is involved in a European Union-funded project called FRISBEE (Food Refrigeration Innovations for Safety, consumers Benefit, Environmental impact and Energy optimization along the cold chain in Europe). Currently, one of the most important...

    • Publication date : 2011/02/16
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  • FRISBEE project: We need your input!

    The IIR is involved in a European Union-funded project called FRISBEE (Food Refrigeration Innovations for Safety, consumers Benefit, Environmental impact and Energy optimization along the cold chain in Europe). Currently, one of the most important...

    • Publication date : 2011/02/16
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  • Frisbee Project: Latest Developments

    Frisbee is a European-Union-funded 4-year project. It was launched in September 2010 and involves 26 partners including the IIR. the IIR is in charge of collecting data and the dissemination of research outcomes. The aim is to provide new...

    • Publication date : 2011/12/20
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  • Statutory meetings

    The Publications Sub-Committee, the restricted Science and Technology Council and the Management Committee held their meetings in Paris, on December 7-8, 2006. The main issues discussed were progress in the renovation of the Fridoc database, the...

    • Publication date : 2007/02/12
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  • Briefs: Statutory meetings

    The IIR's statutory committees met in Paris on June 9-11, 2010. In particular, the committees took decisions regarding IIR publications policy and the new information system and related new IIR services that will be implemented in 2011. The aim is...

    • Publication date : 2011/02/04
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  • Australia: enhanced links

    The IIR has signed a partnership agreement with AIRAH (Australian Institute of Refrigeration, Air conditioning & Heating): www.airah.org.au The aim is to "enhance the technical standing of...

    • Publication date : 2005/06/14
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  • Brief: Iran

    There is now considerable interest in the IIR in Iran. Mr Manuchehr Mehdizadeh, who is well-known in the HVAC, chilling and freezing sectors in Iran, has attracted considerable interest in the IIR, resulting in new members representing strategic...

    • Publication date : 2005/06/14
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  • Obituary: Mr Ernst

    The IIR wishes to express its sympathy to the family and relatives of Mr Claude Ernst. For over 7 years, Mr Ernst took part in the selection and indexation of articles for the Fridoc database. His understanding of several European...

    • Publication date : 2011/02/07
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  • Statutory meetings of the IIR

    The annual statutory meetings of the IIR took place on June 6-9, 2006, in the beautiful premises of the French Ministry of Research in Paris: the Publications Sub-Committee, the Management Committee, the Science and Technology Council and the...

    • Publication date : 2006/07/26
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  • Editorial by Didier Coulomb

    The IIR's mission is to disseminate the outcomes of research on refrigeration technologies and applications. Through its Framework Programmes for Research and Technological Development (FPRD) the European Union regularly funds major research...

    • Publication date : 2011/02/04
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  • Editorial by Didier Coulomb

    A new year is beginning. Perhaps it will be a difficult year because the economic crisis is far from over. A lot of challenges and maybe opportunities lie ahead, because the refrigeration and air-conditioning sector, which needs to address...

    • Publication date : 2011/02/07
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