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This November, Mauritania ratified the Kigali Amendment which will enter into force in February 2026.
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Food safety: the problems caused by condensation
Some advice to prevent or remove condensation, often involved in food contamination.
IIR member news: Embraco's Position Paper on refrigerants used in light commercial refrigeration
Compressor manufacturer Embraco publishes a "Position Paper" to assess the transitory solutions towards low GWP refrigerants.
Modelling energy use in a frozen food supermarket
A study presents a simulation used to model energy consumption in a frozen food supermarket in United Kingdom.
France: A study on leak detection systems
A study focuses on two ways to detect refrigerant leaks: gas detectors and expert systems.
A solar-plus-ice-battery-storage system at Palm Springs Cultural Center
Ice Energy and Horizon Solar Power have completed the installation of a solar-plus-ice-battery-storage system at Palm Springs Cultural Center in California.
A technical day to present the evolutions of the Certicold Pharma label
On March 22, 2017, the CEMAFROID group gathered health stakeholders for a technical day dedicated to the Certicold Pharma label.
Focus on the role of humidification and dehumidification in HVAC&R
An article recently published on the website HVAC&R online clarifies the differences between those two industries and develops their respective applications.
HCFC phase-out and HFC phase-down discussed by African Ozone Officers (en anglais)
At the end of March 2017, fifty National Ozone Officers met in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, to review challenges related to the phase-out of HCFCs and the phase-down of HFCs.
France: The NF EN 378 standard enters into force on April 1st, 2017 (in French)
The NF EN 378 standard providing guidance for companies who work with refrigerating systems, entered into force in France on April 1st, 2017.
What future for the heating, cooling and ventilation industry with the "Generation Z" ?
The European Partnership for Energy and the Environment (EPEE) and the European Ventilation Industry Association (EVIA) published their "Visionary Paper" on March 15, 2017 considering the future needs in the HVAC sector by 2030.
A study ranks the investment of the European Union countries to implement the Paris Agreement
An independent study states that only three countries in Europe push in the right direction to comply with the Paris climate agreement.
The California Air Resources Board approves plan for reducing short-lived climate pollutants, including HFCs
In a statement released on March 23, 2017 the California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced its approval of a plan to curb short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs).
A mathematical study presents a general derivation and a quantifcation of the third law of thermodynamics
Two physicists from University College London have provided a derivation of the "unattainability principle", which states that any process cannot reach absolute zero temperature in a finite number of steps.
Cryotherapy can successfully help treat recurrent mesothelioma.
Radiologists at University of California recently showed that cryoablation can destroy tumour cells in patients recurrent pleural mesothelioma.
Increase in refrigerant prices in the United Kingdom.
Refrigerant suppliers across the United Kingdom announced price increases of high GWP refrigerants from April 1, 2017.
Germany: air-cycle air conditioning systems for high-speed trains
Liebherr provided cold air systems based on an environmentally friendly technology.
Supermarket refrigerant retrofitting.
A few figures about supermarkets retrofitting their refrigeration systems with alternative refrigerants.
Quebec arenas refrigeration system upgrade project.
The Ministère de l'Education, du Loisir et du Sport from Québec involves in upgrading arenas refrigeration systems.
Cold-storage facility converted to propane in Colombia.
Asocoflores has replaced an R22-based system with R290 in a cold storage facility for flowers.
US: first propane cold storage system to be installed?
Newark Refrigerated Warehouse plans to install a cold-storage refrigeration using propane in the USA.
Virtual sensor for variable refrigerant flow AC system.
A summary referring to an article recently published in the International Journal of Refrigeration (IJR).
Publication of an update on new refrigerants designations and safety classifications.
UN Environment and ASHRAE recently published a fact sheet to provide an update on ASHRAE Standards 34, which lists the designations of refrigerants.
An investigation of refrigerant leakage in commercial refrigeration.
A summary referring on an article recently published in the International Journal of Refrigeration (IJR).
Tunisian cold chain status.
Some interesting figures given during the IIR seminar on the logistics for transport of foodstuffs under controlled temperatures in hot countries.
India: increased investment in the cold chain could reduce food losses and cut CO2 emissions.
Roughly 18% of fruits and vegetables are wasted each year due to the lack of post-harvest storage infrastructure.
