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Koncentracioni solarni termalni kolektori za hladenje objekata: procena za Grcku.

Concentrating solar thermal collectors for cooling of buildings: an assessment for Greece.

• Author(s) : DROSOU V., KYRIAKI E., DIMOUDI A., et al.
• Publication date: 2016/12
• Languages : English
• Keywords : Solar collector, Building, Optimization, Greece, Case study, Energy efficiency, Solar cooling
• Source: 47^th International HVAC&R Congress and Exhibition.
• Formats : PDF

IIR document

Field test monitoring of the food cold chain in European markets.

• Author(s) : GOGOU E., DERENS E., ALVAREZ G., et al.
• Publication date: 2014/06/23
• Languages : English
• Keywords : France, Food, Cold chain, Temperature, Quality, Greece, Europe, Testing
• Source: 3^rd IIR International Conference on Sustainability and the Cold Chain. Proceedings: London, UK, June 23-25, 2014
• Formats : PDF

Performance of ductless personalized ventilation in open-plan office: field survey.

• Author(s) : DALEWSKI M., KHALIFA H. E., MELIKOV A. K.
• Publication date: 2013/06/16
• Languages : English
• Keywords : Office, Ventilation, Air quality, Greece, Survey, Thermal comfort, Air conditioning
• Source: Clima 2013. 11th REHVA World Congress and 8th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality, Ventilation and Energy Conservation in Buildings.
• Formats : PDF

Kvantitativna i kvalitativna procena unutrašnjeg toplotnog komfora i kvaliteta vazduha u dve poslovne (kancelarijske) zgrade.

Quantitative and qualitative evaluation of indoor thermal and air quality in two office buildings.

• Author(s) : ANTONIADOU P., KONSTANTINIDOU C., MANTIKAS G.
• Publication date: 2016/12
• Languages : English
• Keywords : Office, Indoor environment, Building, Air quality, Greece, Case study, Thermal comfort
• Source: 47^th International HVAC&R Congress and Exhibition.
• Formats : PDF

Appraisal modeling for FSRU greenfield energy projects.

• Author(s) : DIMITRIOU D., ZEIMPEKIS P.
• Publication date: 2022/05
• Languages : English
• Keywords : LNG, Modelling, Regasification, Life cycle, Economy, Cost, Case study, Greece, Sea
• Source: Energies - 15 - 9
• Formats : PDF

Suivi de température de la chaîne du froid alimentaire en Europe.

Food cold chain temperature follow-up in Europe.

• Author(s) : GOGOU E., DERENS E., ALVAREZ G., et al.
• Publication date: 2015/06
• Languages : French
• Keywords : France, Food, Cold chain, Transport, Temperature, Quality, Greece, Europe, Testing, Storage condition
• Source: Revue générale du Froid & du Conditionnement d'air - n. 1152
• Formats : PDF

IIR document

Hybrid refrigeration by CO2 vapour compression cycle and water-based adsorption chiller: An efficient combination of natural working fluids.

• Author(s) : GIBELHAUS A., FIDORRA N., LANZERATH F., et al.
• Publication date: 2019/07
• Languages : English
• Keywords : Compression, Energy efficiency, Case study, Greece, Modelling, Hybrid system, Adsorption, R744, Germany, Natural refrigerant
• Source: International Journal of Refrigeration - Revue Internationale du Froid - vol. 103
• Formats : PDF

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Dynamic simulation and performance enhancement analysis of a renewable driven trigeneration system.

• Author(s) : ROTAS R., ILIADIS P., NIKOLOPOULOS N., TOMBOULIDES A., KOSMATOPOULOS E.
• Publication date: 2022/06
• Languages : English
• Keywords : Trigeneration, Greece, Renewable energy, Energy storage, Simulation, Battery, Lithium, Modelling, Residential sector, Solar thermal system, Biomass, Organic Rankine cycle, Absorption system, Case study
• Source: Energies - 15 - 10
• Formats : PDF

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Space cooling market in Europe: assessment of the final energy consumption for the year 2016.

• Author(s) : PEZZUTTO S., QUAGLINI G., RIVIÈRE P., KRANZL L., NOVELLI A., ZAMBITO A., BOTTECCHIA L., WILCZYNSKI E.
• Publication date: 2022/03
• Languages : English
• Keywords : Europe, Energy consumption, Air conditioning, Residential sector, Commercial building, Office, Hotel, Hospital, Split system, Chiller, Conditionneur d'air en toiture, Italy, Spain, Greece, Germany, France
• Source: Sustainability - 14 - 5
• Formats : PDF

IIR document

Solar driven organic Rankine Cycle – ab/adsorption cogeneration systems.

• Author(s) : INFANTE FERREIRA C., ROUMPEDAKIS T. C.
• Publication date: 2019/08/24
• Languages : English
• Source: Proceedings of the 25^th IIR International Congress of Refrigeration: Montréal , Canada, August 24-30, 2019.
• Formats : PDF

IIR document

Energy and environmental performance assessment of R744 booster supermarket refrigeration systems operating in warm climates.

• Author(s) : GULLO P., ELMEGAARD B., CORTELLA G.
• Publication date: 2016/04
• Languages : English
• Source: International Journal of Refrigeration - Revue Internationale du Froid - vol. 64
• Formats : PDF

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Summer performance comparison of transcritical R744 condensing units based on experimental data and several climates.

• Author(s) : GULLO P., BIRKELUND M., KRIEZI E. E., KÆRN M. R.
• Publication date: 2022/06/13
• Languages : English
• Source: 15^th IIR-Gustav Lorentzen Conference on Natural Refrigerants (GL2022). Proceedings. Trondheim, Norway, June 13-15^th 2022.
• Formats : PDF

IIR document

Comparative study of various supermarket refrigerating systems in european climate context.

• Author(s) : GULLO P., PUROHIT N., SANKARDASGUPTA M., et al.
• Publication date: 2018/04/06
• Languages : English
• Source: 5^th IIR International Conference on Sustainability and the Cold Chain. Proceedings: Beijing, Chine, 6-8 avril 2018
• Formats : PDF

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A desk top study on the application of evaporative condensers for subcritical CO2 condensing.

• Author(s) : VISSER K., BALL J.
• Publication date: 2014/06/23
• Languages : English
• Source: 3^rd IIR International Conference on Sustainability and the Cold Chain. Proceedings: London, UK, June 23-25, 2014
• Formats : PDF

IIR document

Cooling in Mediterranean hotels during summertime experience from the NEZEH (Nearly Zero Energy Hotels) project.

• Author(s) : TSOUTSOS T., TOURNAKI S., FRANGOU M., et al.
• Publication date: 2016/04/07
• Languages : English
• Source: 4^th IIR International Conference on Sustainability and the Cold Chain. Proceedings: Auckland, New Zealand, April 7-9, 2016.
• Formats : PDF

Briefs: Britain’s greenest supermarket?

Tesco has opened its flagship environmental store in Wick in northern Scotland. The 4600 m2 store is expected to produce 50% less carbon emissions than a conventional supermarket of comparable size. Besides using wind turbines, solar cells and...

• Publication date : 2007/02/12

Agreement on air conditioner efficiency standards in the US

On November 11, 2004, air conditioner manufacturers and energy efficiency advocates in the US announced a consensus agreement on equipment efficiency standards for air conditioners and heat pumps. The current federal standard, Energy Efficiency...

• Publication date : 2005/02/11

Low GWP refrigerants for MAC systems: Dupont-Honeywell agreement

DuPont, Honeywell have announced Refrigerants Global Joint Development Agreement in Research for Low GWP Refrigerants for Mobile Air Conditioning Systems. This would enable automakers to meet the new F-Gas Directive on mobile air conditioning in...

• Publication date : 2007/05/24

Consensus agreement on air conditioner efficiency standards in the US

On November 11, 2004, air conditioner manufacturers and energy efficiency advocates in the US announced that they had reached a consensus agreement on federal equipment efficiency standards for air conditioners and heat pumps used in many...

• Publication date : 2004/11/25

Informal agreement on the future EU F-gas Regulation

On December 16, 2013, the EU institutions reached an informal agreement on the future F-gas (fluorinated gases) Regulation which could enter into force in January 2015.

• Publication date : 2013/12/20
• Subjects: HFCs alternatives, Regulation

Kigali agreement decisions and consequences.

What are the main aspects of the Kigali HFC Amendment?

• Publication date : 2017/02/20
• Subjects: Environment, HFCs alternatives, Regulation

Changes in the ATP agreement on the international carriage of perishable foodstuffs.

A new version of the international ATP agreement which lays down the rules for controlled-temperature transportation entered into force on November 13, 2014.

• Publication date : 2015/01/23
• Subjects: Regulation

International milestone agreement on the phase-down of HFC production and consumption in Kigali

The 28th Meeting of the Parties (MOP28) to the Montreal Protocol which was held in Kigali, Rwanda, from October 10 to 14, 2016, led to an international agreement on the phase-down of the production and consumption of HFCs.

• Publication date : 2016/10/18
• Subjects: HFCs alternatives, Regulation

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.

• Publication date : 2017/04/03
• Subjects: HFCs alternatives, Regulation

The Greek refrigeration industry warns its government about the illegal import of refrigerants into the country

14 Greek companies and organisations representing the air conditioning and refrigeration industry have written a letter to their government to express their concerns about the illegal import of refrigerants from several countries.

• Publication date : 2018/08/21
• Subjects: Regulation

Directories: The European and Logistics Association (ECSLA)

The European and Logistics Association (ECSLA) has published its 2003/2004 Atlas. It is a comprehensive directory of European cold-storage enterprises and includes the addresses, contact names and descriptions of over 800 public cold stores...

• Publication date : 2004/04/28

Markets: Global AC expansion

AC shipments hid a record high of 70.6 million units in 2006. US growth was particularly marked: 9 million room air conditioners (RACs) were shipped, this being 11% more than in 2005. Japan shipped 7.5 million RACs (0.5% increase compared with...

• Publication date : 2007/11/20

Refrigerant Fraud

Fake cylinders of HFCs such as R-134a, R-407C, R-410A, etc. have been found in parts of Europe in Germany, Poland and Greece, but not so far the UK. Samples taken from a cylinder labelled R-134a were analysed by refrigerant producer Honeywell and...

• Publication date : 2006/02/09

European minisplits: market overview

A recent analysis of the European minisplit market carried out by BSRIA forecasts steady growth overall in the next few years. Thanks to data collected from nine of the largest producers in Europe, and further interviews among other market to...

• Publication date : 2005/11/23

Trends and Figures: Global air-conditioning market

The new BSRIA review of the world air-conditioning (AC) market in 2007 shows a significant increase, since global AC sales were valued at USD 62 billion as compared to USD 55 billion in 2006. Globally, Asia Pacific is the largest regional market...

• Publication date : 2008/08/12

Paris Agreement signed and the OEWG37 makes headway

Find out how the Paris Agreement, adopted during the Conference of Parties (COP21) and signed on 22 April 2016, and advancements at the 37th Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol (OEWG37) will impact the...

• Publication date : 2016/04/26

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

Paris Agreement adopted during COP21: an accepted common framework for all nations

The Paris Agreement which was adopted during the Conference of Parties (COP21) on climate change is of the utmost importance.

• Publication date : 2015/12/29

Lima : A step towards an international climate agreement in 2015 ?

An outline for future negotiations during the Paris conference in 2015.

• Publication date : 2014/12/23

OEWG36: Tough week of negotiations, no agreement except possible additional meetings

OEWG 36 spent much of its time focusing on moving the discussion on HFCs management forward.

• Publication date : 2015/07/29
• Subjects: Regulation

New IIR members

The IIR welcomes the following new members: Corporate members JBT FoodTech AB, Helsingborg, Sweden Playcube SARL, Paris, France Air Products & Chemicals Inc, Allentown PA, USA Private members Mr Michael Aarup, Denmark Dr Maria...

• Publication date : 2008/10/25

IIR Sub-Commissions activities: D2

The next meeting of IIR Sub-Commission D2 CERtification, TEsting and quality of transport Equipment used for perishable foodstuffs and other temperature-sensitive materials (CERTE) will be held in Athens, Greece, on May 25-27, 2005. Contact G....

• Publication date : 2005/06/14

New IIR members

The IIR welcomes the following new members: Member country Saudi Arabia has become the 62nd member country of the IIR, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) is our correspondent. Welcome! Corporate members CRA-IAA,...

• Publication date : 2009/08/13

Check out the latest news from FRISBEE!

In this issue two hot topics: the test carried out to increase refrigerator performance and field test monitoring of the food cold chain in European markets.

• Publication date : 2014/03/10

First European field study on food cold chain carried out by the Frisbee consortium

Four Frisbee project partners will conduct a major field study in four representative European countries this Summer

• Publication date : 2012/05/15

COP22: The role of refrigeration in the combat against climate change

The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP22) was held in Marrakesh (Morocco), from 7-18 November 2016. It was, in particular, the first meeting of the Parties (CMA1) following the December 2015 Paris Agreement, and its purpose was to...

• Publication date : 2016/11/24

Small steps towards a giant leap! Parties to the Montreal Protocol continue discussions on HFCs

Last week saw another step towards a global agreement on the phase down of ozone depleting substances, the event started with a buzz around the new amendment proposals to the Montreal Protocol.

• Publication date : 2015/04/29
• Subjects: Regulation

World Bank project in Bangladesh

The IIR has just signed an agreement with the World Bank to develop a cold chain, as sustainable as possible of course, in Bangladesh, in partnership with British and Bangladeshi universities. 

• Publication date : 2021/03/29
• Subjects: Developing country

UN Climate Change Conference in Bali

- The 13th United Nations Conference of the Parties on Climate Change, which was also the 3rd meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol, took place in Bali, Indonesia, on December 3-14, 2007. More than 10 000 persons attended this event which...

• Publication date : 2008/02/15

Partnerships with other international organizations

- Eric Granryd, President of the General Conference, and Didier Coulomb attended the ASHRAE Winter Meeting in January 2006, and highlighted the role of the IIR and the need for cooperation on environmental issues. They also met with the US...

• Publication date : 2006/05/05