International Institute of Refrigeraiton news

International events: Shanghai and Prague

Two important Conferences on cryogenics took place in April 2008: the IIR co-sponsored conference ICCR2008 in Shanghai, China on April 6-9 and the IIR conference Cryogenics 2008 in Prague, Czech Republic, on April 22-25. The history of cryogenics...

Publication date : 2008/08/12

International events: ECSLA

The General Assembly of ECSLA (European Cold Store and Logistics Association) took place on June 17, 2008 and enabled a debate with the European Commission on the phase-out of HCFCs, which could be implemented earlier than previously decided, to...

Publication date : 2008/08/12

Conference update: Copenhagen

Don't miss the 8th IIR-Gustav Lorentzen Conference on Natural Working Fluids (GL2008), the event in this field, to be held on September 7-10, 2008 in Copenhagen, Denmark. With over 150 papers, this will be a milestone event. For more information...

Publication date : 2008/08/12

Conference update: Melbourne

IIR 2008 - HVAC Energy Efficiency Best Practice Conference will be held in Melbourne on September 18-19, 2008. This cutting-edge event will cover solar air conditioning and heating of buildings, comfort and indoor environmental quality in energy...

Publication date : 2008/08/12

Codex Alimentarius: Quick Frozen Foods Code adopted The recommended International Code of Practice for the Processing and Handling of Quick Frozen Foods (QFF) has just been adopted at Step 5 and then directly at step 8 (final adoption) at the 31st...

Publication date : 2008/08/12

Briefs: CERTE Sub-Commission meeting

The annual meeting of Sub-Commission (SC) D2 on Refrigerated Transport (CERTE), which took place in Prague, Czech Republic, was the occasion to discuss numerous technical questions on tests. It was decided to enlarge the scope of the SC and...

Publication date : 2008/08/12

Briefs: News from Australia

- The IIR Australian National Committee, chaired by Stephen White, regularly reports on its activities, in EcoLibrium and on a dedicated page of the AIRAH Web site:

Publication date : 2008/08/12

Briefs: Dutch gold medals

The Dutch Refrigeration Association, Nederlandse Vereniging voor Koude, is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year and has awarded the prestigious Kamerlingh Onnes Medal to two well-known professors in the IIR network: Prof. Horst Kruse from...

Publication date : 2008/08/12

The French version of the Red Book (Recommendations for the Processing and Handling of Frozen Foods) is on sale! The 4th edition of this IIR reference publication - prepared by Mr Leif Bøgh-Sørensen and several international experts - gives an...

Publication date : 2008/08/12

New publications: International Dictionary of refrigeration: Chinese now!

The Chinese-English-French: Terms volume of the International Dictionary of Refrigeration was published recently. It comprises 4400 terms in Chinese along with the terms in English and French. The layout is the same as that of the basic...

Publication date : 2008/08/12

News from IIR members: AFF

The President of the French Refrigeration Association (AFF), Louis Lucas, has been replaced by Patrick Antoine, former General Director of UNICLIMA. The handing-over took place at the end of the joint IIR-AFF Centenary conference, on June 12,...

Publication date : 2008/08/12

News from IIR members: Linde

Linde is older than the IIR! 125 Years of Linde, a fine document tracing the origins and subsequent expansion of the company, includes fascinating information on Carl von Linde and his first machines, brewery technology, air liquefaction, oxygen...

Publication date : 2008/08/12

News from IIR members: Sofrigam

The number of drugs (e.g. targeted therapies, new vaccines, anti-diabetic drugs and blood derivatives) transported and kept at a controlled temperature is growing rapidly and these products are increasingly sensitive to temperature variations. In...

Publication date : 2008/08/12

News from IIR members: Pôle Cristal

Pôle Cristal is holding a conference "Les Rendez-vous de Pôle Cristal" in Dinan (western France) on October 6-10, 2008. The first day will cover Industrial refrigeration: which Forecasts for 2010 and Beyond? And the second day will be devoted to...

Publication date : 2008/08/12

News from IIR members: Air Liquide

The world's longest and most powerful superconductor power transmission cable has been connected to the commercial power grid in Holbrook, New York, United States, by the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) and American Superconductor. The 600-m...

Publication date : 2008/08/12

Editorial by Didier Coulomb

June was an important month in the life of the International Institute of Refrigeration Froid (IIR). Its statutory meetings (Publications Sub-Committee, Management Committee, Science and Technology Council, Executive Committee) and its centenary...

Publication date : 2008/08/11

Corporate members: news

Founded in 2003, Playcube SARL, a new IIR corporate member based in France, has developed FreezCube, a simple monitoring device which provides useful information related to the safety of frozen foods stored in freezers: FreezCube confirms that the...

Publication date : 2008/06/05

IIR Working Party on “Energy Labelling in the Cold Chain”

The Terms of Reference of the new IIR Working Party (WP) "Energy labelling in the cold chain" have been approved. The main objective of this WP - chaired by Prof. Giovanni Cortella, Italy, and involving Commissions D1 and D2 - is to investigate...

Publication date : 2008/05/16

Editorial by Didier Coulomb

The International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR) is 100 years old. A number of events are to be held in IIR member countries in order to mark the IIR's centenary. The Focus of this issue describes these events, and throughout 2008 all issues...

Publication date : 2008/05/13

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

The Management Committee of the IIR met on February 1, 2008 in Paris, France. There was also a Publications Sub-Committee meeting and a restricted Science and Technology Council meeting on January 31 and February 1, 2008. A group also met in order...

Publication date : 2008/05/13

International events: ASHRAE

ASHRAE's Winter Meeting took place in New York, United States, on January 19-23, 2008. There was, as usual, a big conference and a big exhibition on heating, refrigeration and air conditioning. A meeting of the Society Alliances was held on...

Publication date : 2008/05/13

International events: HCFCs

A national conference on HCFCs took place in Algiers, Algeria, on March 18, 2008, organized by Mr Ahmed Chikouche, Delegate of Algeria to the IIR, in order to raise the awareness of decision-makers and to discuss HCFC replacement solutions in...

Publication date : 2008/05/13

The European Central Asia network of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) held its 7th annual meeting in Tirana, Albania. It was focused on the phase-out of CFCs in Metered-Dose Inhalants (MDIs) and the replacement of HCFCs in foams and...

Publication date : 2008/05/13

International events: Chillventa 2008

Chillventa 2008 will be held in Nuremberg, Germany, on October 15- 17, 2008. Mark this date in your diary and find out more: www.chillventa.de/en The IIR will be exhibiting on DKV's stand,...

Publication date : 2008/05/13

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