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Eco friendly operation and maintenance of supermarkets.

• Author(s) : SUPERSMART
• Publication date: 2019
• Languages : English
• Formats : PDF

Osnovna postavke standarda kvaliteta cvrstih biogoriva iz sekundarnih drvnih sirovina.

Basic quality standards of solid biofuels from wood secondary raw materials.

• Author(s) : PETROVIC P., PETROVIC M.
• Publication date: 2016/12
• Languages : Serbian
• Source: 47^th International HVAC&R Congress and Exhibition.
• Formats : PDF

IIR document

Local stability analysis of an irreversible refrigerator working at the maximum thermo-ecological functions: a comparison.

• Author(s) : NGOUATEU WOUAGFACK P. A., FOUODJI KEUNE G., TCHINDA R.
• Publication date: 2017/03
• Languages : English
• Source: International Journal of Refrigeration - Revue Internationale du Froid - vol. 75
• Formats : PDF

El reto de mantener un ecosistema polar en Madrid.

The challenge of maintaining a polar ecosystem in the zoo of Madrid.

• Author(s) : MELGOSA REVILLAS S.
• Publication date: 2017/01
• Languages : Spanish
• Source: Frío Calor Aire acondicionado - vol. 45 - n. 498
• Formats : PDF

Technologie, ecologie en biologie in open en gesloten koelwatersystemen.

Technology, ecology and biology in open and closed cooling water systems.

• Author(s) : FISCHER J., KEMPEN J.
• Publication date: 2005/01
• Languages : Dutch
• Source: Koude & Luchtbehandeling - vol. 98 - n. 1

Energija, ekologija i drustvo: termodinamicki aspekt.

Energy, ecology and society: thermodynamical aspect.

• Author(s) : KAZIC N.
• Publication date: 2004/02
• Languages : Serbian
• Source: KGH (Klimatizacija Grejanje Hladenje) - vol. 33 - n. 1

IIR document

L'utilisation de glace hydrique pour l'isolation et le soulèvement des objets nuisibles pour l'environnement, dans les eaux profondes.

The use of fresh water ice for isolating and lifting ecologically dangerous objects in deep waters.

• Author(s) : CHMELYOV A. A., BAVYKIN A. P., MATSAKYAN F. A., NICULIN D. A., PILIP I. I., URSAKY M. K.
• Publication date: 1995/08/20
• Languages : French
• Source: For a Better Quality of Life. 19th International Congress of Refrigeration.
• Formats : PDF

IIR document

Complex of equipment for ecological engineering with utilization of turbomachines.

• Author(s) : BERLIN I. I., VERETSHAGIN M. P., NAUMOV A. V., ROSENOER T. M., GULIKOV A. V., KOROTEYEVA N. V., LOSEV S. V., SMIRNOVA N. V.
• Publication date: 1995/08/20
• Languages : English
• Source: For a Better Quality of Life. 19th International Congress of Refrigeration.
• Formats : PDF

France: the Climate Plan of the Ministry of the Ecological and Inclusive Transition provides a tax on HFC refrigerants.

Nicolas Hulot, French Minister for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition, unveiled France's Climate Plan on July 6, 2017. Tax incentives on alternatives to HFCs will soon be introduced.

• Publication date : 2017/07/24
• Subjects: HFCs alternatives, Regulation

The green building services market

A recent McGraw-Hill Construction report estimated that among its survey respondents, green building accounted for an average of 38% of building activity in 2012.

• Publication date : 2015/10/20
• Subjects: Environment, Figures, economy

The Top 10 Global Cities for Green Buildings

Paris, Singapore, and London came up as the top 3 global cities for green buildings.

• Publication date : 2016/07/07
• Subjects: Environment

New energy-efficient way to make ammonia

The traditional way of manufacturing ammonia leaves a huge carbon footprint. An Australian team of researchers have found a cheaper and greener way to make ammonia from air, water, and renewable electricity....

• Publication date : 2021/02/08
• Subjects: Environment, HFCs alternatives

Germany: Blue Angel ecolabel now includes heat pumps and liquid coolers

The 2023 edition of the German “Blue Angel” ecolabel now includes domestic heat pumps and “liquid coolers”.

• Publication date : 2023/09/11
• Subjects: Regulation

UNIDO project to help green Gambia’s refrigeration and air-conditioning sector

The Gambia and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) will implement a demonstration project to reduce greenhouse gases and ozone-depleting substances in the country's refrigeration and air-conditioning sector.

• Publication date : 2014/02/04
• Subjects: General information, Environment

The French Climate Plan

This summer, the French Minister of the Environment and Sustainable Development presented the Climate Plan: the government's action plan to address, by 2010, the major challenge of climate change. It involves measures encompassing all sectors of...

• Publication date : 2004/11/10

France abandons taxation of HFCs (in French)

Department of Ecology confirms during SIFA that, unlike Spain, France will not introduce taxation of refrigerants. (in French)

• Publication date : 2015/12/10
• Subjects: HFCs alternatives, Regulation

China's proposal to phase down HFCs

The Chinese Ministry of Ecology and Environment has presented a plan to phase down HFCs in line with the requirements of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol. The country has not yet ratified...

• Publication date : 2020/06/26
• Subjects: HFCs alternatives, Regulation

A blueprint HCFC and CFC phase-out regulation in France

French owners of refrigerating equipmement might have to cease all use of HCFCs before late 2017.

• Publication date : 2012/12/03
• Subjects: Regulation

China implements HFC import and export licensing system

As of 1 November 2021, China has officially begun implementing its HFC import and export licensing system, in accordance with the Kigali Amendment.

• Publication date : 2021/11/22
• Subjects: Regulation

Employment in the refrigeration sector in France (in French)

Figures from Snefcca, the French national trade union in the sector, highlight the good health of employment in the area of refrigeration, professional kitchen equipment and air conditioning.

• Publication date : 2020/11/27

Global 2020 air-conditioning market: figures and trends

Beyond the sharp decline in the air conditioning market in 2020 linked to the health crisis, strong trends have emerged: development of health-related functionalities, search for better energy efficiency and...

• Publication date : 2021/02/23
• Subjects: Figures, economy

France: tax on refrigerants does not appear in the public finance draft bill of 2018 (in French)

The tax on refrigerants announced in July 2017 by the French Ministry for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition does not finally appear in the public finance draft bill.

• Publication date : 2017/10/10
• Subjects: Regulation

France: focus on the tax on HFCs

The tax on HFCs proposed by the French Minister for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition Nicolas Hulot last July was recently debated in the French National Assembly and the Senate.

• Publication date : 2018/03/13
• Subjects: HFCs alternatives, Regulation

Obituary: Jozef Mlynarczyk

The IIR would like to express its sincere condolences to the family and relatives of Jozef Mlynarczyk, who died on March 19, 2018.

• Publication date : 2018/05/17

Obituary: Robert Heap

The IIR would like to express its sincere condolences to the family and relatives of Robert Heap, who died on March 11, 2014, at the age of 72.

• Publication date : 2014/04/30

Obituary of Professor Eric Granryd

The IIR is deeply saddened to learn that Professor Eric Granryd died on March 30, 2022 at the age of 88.

• Publication date : 2022/04/07

Obituary: Prof Ezio Fornasieri

The IIR would like to express its sincere condolences to the family and relatives of Prof Ezio Fornasieri, who died in November 2013 at the age of 70.

• Publication date : 2013/11/26

IIR member news: AFCE

The AFCE published an explanatory document of the F-Gas Regulation.

• Publication date : 2014/12/01
• Subjects: Regulation, HFCs alternatives

New IIR Informatory Note on Renewable Energy

The latest IIR Informatory Note stresses that renewable energy sources can be considered practically inexhaustible and are currently the only solution for an ecological transition to clean...

• Publication date : 2023/04/26
• Subjects: Environment

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

Additive manufacturing of regenerators for caloric cooling

In many areas of engineering, additive manufacturing allows the production of complex and multifunctional products that could not be manufactured using traditional methods. In the...

• Last update : 2022/09/16
• Langues : English, French
• Themes : Caloric cooling (magnetocaloric, electrocaloric, elastocaloric and barocaloric cooling)