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ENOUGH Project: Joint Statement on Food Waste Reduction

The ENOUGH project has joined efforts to call for rigorous food waste reduction measures in Europe.

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  • Conference update: Melbourne

    IR 2008 - HVAC Energy Efficiency Best Practice Conference will be held in Melbourne on September 18-19, 2008. This cutting-edge event will cover solar air conditioning and heating of buildings, comfort and indoor environmental quality in energy...

    • Publication date : 2008/02/12
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  • Appointments: Dr Philippe Lebrun

    Dr Philippe Lebrun was awarded an honorary doctorate by Wroclaw University of Technology (Poland), where he was invited to deliver the inaugural lecture of the academic year 2007-2008, entitled "Advanced technology from and for basic science:...

    • Publication date : 2008/02/12
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  • Appointments: Prof. Dieter Gorenflo

    The Carl von Linde Memorial Gold Medal was awarded to Prof. Dieter Gorenflo, former President of the Commission B1 of the IIR, for outstanding services in the realm of scientific and technical research. He studied and then taught as a professor at...

    • Publication date : 2008/02/12
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  • New publications: Energy Savings

    The IIR has published a new version of its guide Saving Energy in Refrigeration, Air-Conditioning and Heat-Pump Technology; the goal of this completely revised version prepared by Forbes Pearson and several IIR experts and launched during the Bali...

    • Publication date : 2008/02/12
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  • New publications: International Dictionary of Refrigeration: German

    In the previous issue of the Newsletter, we gave you the information on the publication of the first volume of the International Dictionary of Refrigeration: English-French: Terms and Definitions. Now, the German-English-French: Terms volume has...

    • Publication date : 2008/02/12
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  • Are you familiar with Fridoc, the IIR’s database?

    Readers of the paper Bulletin (or the e-Bulletin) of the IIR are regularly informed on the latest articles and publications in all refrigeration fields, thanks to the Abstracts section. Fridoc now contains over 81 500 references to articles and...

    • Publication date : 2008/02/12
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  • New IIR members

    The IIR welcomes the following new members: - Corporate members Frigrite Refrigeration Pty, Cheltenham, Australia Grenco Refrigeration Ltd, West Malling, UK Grundfos Management, Bjerringbro, Denmark IIAR, Arlington, USA Sofrigam, Nanterre,...

    • Publication date : 2008/02/12
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  • Corporate Members: news

    - Danfoss has experienced booming sales 18% growth over the first three quarters of 2007. Sales reached 2.2 billion €. Growth in China and Latin America was particularly positive and end of year sales are expected to top 3 billion €.

    • Publication date : 2008/02/12
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  • Conference update: Amsterdam

    The IIR co-sponsored 11th European Cold Chain Education Program, an IIR-co-sponsored event, will be held in Amsterdam on February 25-26, 2008. The theme is "Back to basics: safe, efficient and profitable cold storage and distribution". The event...

    • Publication date : 2008/01/25
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  • The IIR at COP13/CMP3 in Bali

    During the United Nations Conference on Climate Change which was held in Bali, Indonesia on December 3-14, 2007, delegates have agreed on both the agenda for the negotiations and a 2009 deadline for completing them. However, the text does not...

    • Publication date : 2007/12/27
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  • Editorial by Didier Coulomb

    In the previous issue of the Newsletter, a special issue on the environment, I announced proposals, from the G8 in particular, concerning accelerated phase-out of HCFCs, along with the importance of the UN Conference on the ozone layer in this...

    • Publication date : 2007/11/20
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  • ICR2007 in Beijing

    The International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR) holds Congresses every 4 years. They have two objectives: - a scientific objective: apart from the numerous IIR and IIR-co-sponsored conferences (about 50 over a 4-year period), which are focused...

    • Publication date : 2007/11/20
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  • International events

    - Montreal: MOP 19 The United Nations Conference on the ozone layer was held in Montreal, September 17-21, 2007. The 20th Anniversary of the Montreal Protocol was celebrated on a special day (September 16, 2007) and throughout the week. All...

    • Publication date : 2007/11/20
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  • Conference update: Copenhagen

    Don't miss the 8th IIR-Gustav Lorentzen Conference on Natural Working Fluids (GL2008), the event in this field, to be held on September 7-10, 2008 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Key dates: abstract submissions by February 15, 2008; paper submittal: May...

    • Publication date : 2007/11/20
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  • Conference update: Amsterdam

    The theme of the IIR-co-sponsored 11th European Cold Chain Education Program is Back to Basics; safe, efficient and profitable cold storage and distribution. Register now for this event to be held on February 25-26, 2008:

    • Publication date : 2007/11/20
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  • Conference update: Prague

    Cryogenics 2008 will cover liquid helium and hydrogen technology, superconductivity, separation of air, natural gas and other cryogenic gases, liquefaction, storage and transport and application of low temperatures and air gases in industry and...

    • Publication date : 2007/11/20
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  • Conference update: West Lafayette

    12th International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference at Purdue and the 19th International Compressor Engineering Conference at Purdue will be held on July 14-17, 2008 in West Lafayette, USA. Deadlines: abstracts - December 17, 2007;...

    • Publication date : 2007/11/20
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  • Conference update: Seoul

    Interested in sorption heat pumps? Here's a rare opportunity to become updated on the state of the art: the International Sorption Heat Pump Conference (ISHPC2008), an IIR-co-sponsored event, will take place in Seoul, Korea, on September 23-26,...

    • Publication date : 2007/11/20
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  • International Dictionary of Refrigeration

    A new International Dictionary of Refrigeration has just been published! The first volume off the press is the English-French version in the IIR's official languages, English and French, comprising about 4400 terms with their definitions. This...

    • Publication date : 2007/11/20
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  • New publications

    The IIR has issued 3 new publications: - the 20th Informatory Note on Refrigerating Technologies Magnetic Refrigeration at Room Temperature, written by P. Egolf - Chairman of the IIR working party dedicated to this technology - and Ronald...

    • Publication date : 2007/11/20
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  • New members

    The IIR welcomes the following new members: - Benefactor member TOTAL, Paris La Défense, France - Corporate members ACC Austria, Fuerstenfeld, Austria Arsenal Research, Vienna, Austria Davicani Srl, Brasov, Romania Kinarca S.A.U.,...

    • Publication date : 2007/11/20
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  • IIR Corporate members: briefs

    - Air Liquide's new LENOXeTM anaesthetic drug was recently presented at the European Congress of Anaesthesiology in Munich, Germany. It is due for commercial release in 12 European countries by the end of 2007. LENOXeTM is based on xenon (Xe), an...

    • Publication date : 2007/11/20
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  • Editorial by Mrs. Sylvie Lemmet

    The refrigeration and air conditioning (RAC) industry is remarkable for its contribution to sustainable development and indeed to the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals. Preservation of perishable food and medicines has resulted in...

    • Publication date : 2007/08/05
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  • Focus by Didier Coulomb

    As we announced in the latest issue of the Newsletter, this special issue on the environment was prepared jointly with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). 2007 is a very important year for the future of the global environment and the...

    • Publication date : 2007/08/05
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  • IIR events: conferences

    Order the proceedings of three IIR conferences covering state-of-the-art topics: - 2nd International Conference on Magnetic Refrigeration at Room Temperature (Portoroz, Slovenia, April 11-13, 2007); - Ammonia Refrigeration Technology for Today...

    • Publication date : 2007/08/05
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