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EVIA/Eurovent guidance document on Ecodesign requirements for ventilation units.
Recommended by the IIR
National legislation on hydrofluorocarbons.
Regulation (EU) 2024/573 of 7 February 2024 on fluorinated greenhouse gases - F-gas regulation.
IIR document
Are the product safety standards ready to allow implementation of updated F-Gas regulations for commercial refrigeration?
EU trajectories and opportunities for HVAC sector.
Labour shortages and surpluses in Europe 2023
Clean Energy Technology Observatory: Novel Energy Storage in the European Union - 2024 Status Report on Technology Development, Trends, Value Chains and Markets.
The EPEE gapometer: an innovative tool to show how to achieve the HFC phase-down in Europe.
¿Cuál es su respuesta a la legislación en materia de refrigerantes?
How to comply with the new legislation on refrigerants?
Economie d'énergie et normes dans la réfrigération domestique.
Energy savings and standards in household refrigeration.
Good practice in energy efficiency: for a sustainable, safer and more competitive Europe.
Ozone-depleting substances 2016 - Aggregated data reported by companies on the import, export, production, destruction, and feedstock and process agent use of ozone-depleting substances in the European Union.
Sistemas de refrigeração para conservação de produtos médicos nos estabelecimentos públicos de cuidados de saúde da união europeia: estudo de mercado.
Cooling systems for the medical products preservation in public health care institutions of the European Union: market research.
Increasing energy efficiency in accordance to energy efficiency 2012/27/EU directive to decrease energy consumption for a final energy end user.
Modelling of energy use and greenhouse gas emissions from a quick service restaurant.
Refrigeration sector monitoring
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Blueberries market in the European Union
Although fresh blueberry imports are on the rise and gaining market share, frozen blueberries still accounted for over 60% of total EU blueberry imports from the world with a value of USD 431.5 million.
HFC supply within the EU drops by 29% in 2015.
The first year of the phase-down mechanism already shows some results.
Consequences of the EU F-Gas Regulation: uncertainty on the future availability of R404A
Anyone installing equipment with R404A now will probably have to retrofit to a lower GWP refrigerant in the next few years.
EU Energy Union
The European Commission has published its strategy framework for an Energy Union, containing 15 “action points” to consolidate energy supply and to reduce energy use and related carbon emissions throughout Europe.
Update about mandatory energy labelling for professional refrigirators and freezers in the European Union
Professional refrigerated equipments sold since July 2016 must now be rated from A to G for energy efficiency.
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.
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)
Revision of EU F-Gas Regulation sparks debate
The European Parliament’s recent tougher proposals on heat pumps and air conditioners have provoked many reactions.
Illicit HFC trade : a criminal network dismantled in Spain
110 tonnes of refrigerants worth €11 million were seized in Spain, illegally imported from China in violation of the EU F-gas regulation.
Approval of the revision of the F-Gas regulation by the European Parliament
On January 16, 2024, the European Parliament voted on the final version of the revision of the F-Gas regulation.
IIR Cryogenics 2025 Conference: Implementing the new EU SoHO regulation for tissue cryobanks
P. Mericka et al. highlighted key points to be addressed by establishments during implementation of the new 2024 EU Regulation on standards of quality and safety for substances of human origin (SoHO) intended...
Renewables power 26.2% of EU heating and cooling, Sweden leads the way
According to Eurostat annual analysis, the share of renewable energy sources in heating and cooling has reached its highest value since 2004.
European Commission adopts new calculation methodology for renewable cooling
The European Commission has adopted a new calculation methodology in which the renewable share of cooling depends on energy performance. This should serve as an incentive for the...
EU on track with the HFC phase-down under the F-gas Regulation
According to EEA’s Fluorinated greenhouse gases report 2024, HFCs in 2023 were 5% below the maximum quantity allowed to be placed on the EU market by the F-gas...
Importing citrus fruits into the EU: cold treatment is now mandatory
As of 24 June 2022, precooling at origin and a cold treatment in transit are mandatory for citrus fruits imported from non-EU countries.
IIR news
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Press Release: REAL Alternatives for LIFE project on blended learning for alternative refrigerants gets started
Financed by the EU's funding instrument for the environment and climate action, the REAL Alternatives for LIFE consortium met in June for the project kick-off meeting.
Discover BETTED’s new e-learning platform
The e-learning platform developed by the BETTED Team is now available and ready for use. It is dedicated to interested professionals from both participating and non-participating countries, as well as those...
New EU funded project began on October 1st, 2021: “SophiA - Sustainable off-grid solutions for pharmacies and hospitals in Africa”
With a budget of 8 million euros over four years, SophiA will develop containerized solutions for hospitals using natural refrigerants, solar thermal and photovoltaics to enable more and more African people to...
The OEWG 38: dedicated to the phase down of hydrofluorocarbons
The IIR reports back from the 38th Open-Ended Working Group meeting in Vienna
ENOUGH – a new project that will identify how food industry can become net zero by 2050
The project will develop technologies, tools and methods to contribute to the EU’s farm to fork Strategy to achieve climate neutrality in the food industry.
OEWG-47 Side Event Highlights on International Training and Certification Standards for RACHP
The Centro Studi Galileo (CSG) and the European association of refrigeration, air conditioning with support from the International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR) and Institute For Governance & Sustainable...
IIR supports REAL Alternatives for LIFE training across the globe
The REAL Alternatives for LIFE project, an extension of the previous Real Alternatives project, is funded by the EU's funding instrument for the environment and climate action, the LIFE programme.
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.
Statement given by Didier Coulomb, Director General of the IIR, during COP 27
Statement Given by the Director General of the International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR) during the 27th Conference of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 27) in Charm...
Statement given by Didier Coulomb, Director General of the IIR, during MOP 34
Statement Given by the Director General of the International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR) during the 34th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol (MOP-34) in Montréal, Canada (octobre 31 –...
Highlights: IIR Statutory Meetings in June 2017
European project CryoHub presented and Air Liquide Life Science R&D Group Manager Manager presents economic issues and scientific challenges of cryogenic energy storage at the IIR Statutory Meetings in June 2017.
AGRI-COOL consortium meeting in Vicenza: First operational demonstrator commissioned
On 10–11 June 2025, the partners of the European AGRI-COOL project gathered in Vicenza, Italy, for the project’s annual consortium meeting, marking a key milestone: the commissioning of the very first fully...
REAL Alternatives: blended Learning for Alternative Refrigerants
Last week the REAL Alternatives Europe programme partners met at IIR head offices to elaborate plans to translate the e-learning project into more languages.
Highlights from the 46th Montreal Protocol OEWG: Addressing Ozone Depletion and Climate Change Challenges
The 46th meeting of the Open-ended Working Group (OEWG) of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol took place in Montreal from 8 to 12 July 2024. The IIR took part of the event.
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.
Encyclopedia of Refrigeration
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Global HFC emissions from the refrigeration sector
This table shows HFC emissions from the refrigeration sector – including air conditioning – in million tonnes of CO2 equivalent for about 40 countries that are signatories...
