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La Mauritanie se joint à l’effort mondial contre le changement climatique en tant que 170e pays à ratifier l’amendement de Kigali
Ce mois de novembre, la Mauritanie a ratifié l’amendement de Kigali, qui entrera en vigueur dans le pays en février 2026.
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Brief: Freezer in space
Leonardo, the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module used to transport payloads to the cargo bay of the Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-121 contains a freezer called MELFI (Minus Eighty Degree Laboratory Freezer). MELFI, provided by the European...
Energy savings: Case study on a cool way to cut energy consumption in the UK food industry
A collaborative research and development project led by a mechanical engineering team from Brunel University, UK, found that supermarkets and food processing plants could cut their energy costs by over 30% and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by...
Energy savings: Japan: significant improvement of the energy efficiency of refrigerators
According to JARN, the energy efficiency of refrigerators in Japan has been continuously improved: their power consumption has been reduced to 1/5th of that 10 years ago. This is in part due to the development of vacuum heat insulators, which are...
Trends
- World: China and Denmark are the world's major reefer container manufacturers, and the refrigerating equipment used in China is generally US technology produced under licence in China . In 2002, over 80% of all reefer containers produced...
IPCC/TEAP Special Report
The Summary for Policy Makers of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)/ Technology and Economic Assessment Panel (TEAP) Special Report "Safeguarding the ozone layer and the global climate system: issues related to hydrofluorocarbons...
Brief: 12th c-dig meeting
Uusikaupunki in Finland was the setting for the 12 th c-dig meeting in April 2005 attended by 55 delegates. Roughly half the presentations were by Finnish companies, reflecting the tremendous focus on carbon dioxide in the region in recent years....
Brief: Industrial Refrigeration Consensus
During the Industrial RefrigerationConsensus hosted by Danfoss, held in December 2004 in Sønderborg , Denmark , the main following points were reached through workshop discussions with focus on the industrial refrigeration issues (thus the points...
Brief: Institute of Refrigeration Ireland launched
In November 1999, a training network for the refrigeration and air-conditioning sector in Ireland was established. The principal aim of the network, Refrigeration Technology...
Brief: JARN
The 2004 edition of the JARN Directory is now available. It gives up-to-date information on over 400 Japanese manufacturers, traders, associations, overseas companies and industrial statistics such as worldwide sales. It contains information on 12...
Brief: DKV’s annual meeting
All papers presented at DKV's annual meeting held in Bremen , Germany , in November 2004 are now available in CD-ROM and book form. Full information: info@dkv.org
Brief: Star Refrigeration
Star Refrigeration, a corporate member of the IIR,won two ACR News Awards presented at a ceremony attended by over 400 guests, held in Birmingham , UK , during RAC05. Star won the Contractor of the Year Award for companies with a turnover of over...
Out of ordinary
Residents of Harbin, China, are not daunted by their long, cold winters. Instead they celebrate by holding the Harbin Snow and Ice Festival. Organized annually since 1985, the festival draws over a million tourists every winter. Teams of sculptors...
Biological effects of low temperature
In the past couple of decades, the use of cryosurgery for the treatment of tumours, i.e. destroying abnormal lesions while protecting surrounding tissues, has spread. The biological effects of cryosurgery can be divided into 2 types: early/direct...
Supermarket news
Tesco ( Thailand ) has almost completed a 5-year £18-million programme to replace all CFCs and HCFCs used in its stores and is replacing refrigerating equipment with highly energy-efficient systems. Energy consumption has dropped 30%, this being...
Brief: Green towers: big can be green
The Bank of America's new 1 billion USD national headquarters in New York will be the first skyscraper to apply for a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) platinum rating. It will feature underfloor displacement air ventilation...
Brief: e-fruitrace project
The European Commission decided in 2001 to fund the e-fruitrace project, aimed at achieving food security in the EU through an integrated traceability system based on Internet technologies. The 200 000 € project has successfully tested a...
ASHRAE Technology Awards: winning project features green design
The ASHRAE Technology Awards recognize outstanding achievements by members who have successfully applied innovative building design in the areas of occupant comfort, indoor air quality (IAQ) and energy conservation. The designs incorporate ASHRAE...
Metro is extending RFID to cases and cartons
German retailer Metro is planning to start applying radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, with improved performance and capability, to cartons and cases in the fourth quarter of 2005. Metro and its industry partners, including Kraft Foods,...
Cool ways to chill for cold storage and maintaining an unbroken cold chain
In an interview for FOOD Magazine, Robbie Davies (Cold Chain Centre) clarifies significant progress relating to the cold chain. Refrigeration technology is an area that has advanced considerably in recent years - particularly in road transport,...
An integrated traceability system: the e-fruit system
In preparation for the General Food Law, the European Commission decided in 2001 to fund the e-fruitrace project, aimed at achieving food security in the EU through an efficient traceability system based on Internet technologies. With 200,000 euro...
Eurofreeze Contest for Young Researchers
The International Workshop Eurofreeze 2005 on Individual Quick Freezing of Foods was held in Sofia (Bulgaria) on January 13-15, 2005. It was organized by the Refrigeration Science and Technology Division of the Technical University of Sofia, with...
Traceability in Finland
The Finnish government has announced a clampdown on the traceability of fruit and vegetables. Finland's Plant Production Inspection Centre, National Food Agency, provincial governments and municipal food control authorities will work together to...
ASHRAE Publishes 2004 Residential Energy Standard
By reducing the number of tables needed to apply the envelope provisions and simplifying their application, ASHRAE's residential energy standard now contains only the essential information necessary to design and enforce energy conservation...
The ISPM 15 Norm for wood pallets will enter into force March 1, 2005
As of March 1, 2005 , the provisions included in Directive 2004/102/EC will enter into force: the EU will require ISPM-15 compliance on new wood packaging material. Only the entry into force of the provision requiring wood packaging material...
Legionella in France: the French Government is tightening cooling tower controls
Two decrees were signed Monday December 13, 2004, reinforcing prevention of legionella risks. These decrees in particular establish compulsory external controls for all cooling towers. These measures come under the Plan to combat legionella...
