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Refrigeration for sustainable development
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IIR news
IIR website: most downloaded publications in 2023Discover the three most popular IIR publications of 2023. The focus is on the carbon footprint of the cold chain and cold...
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Refrigeration sector monitoring
The refrigeration sector celebrates International Women's Day and World Engineering DayEngineers and technicians make up the bulk of the workforce in the refrigeration and heat pump sector, a growing...
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Refrigeration sector monitoring
1924 – 2024: Celebrating 100 years of the frozen food industryIn 1924, Clarence Birdseye patented the first apparatus for freezing and packaging fish.
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Publications
Files on regulations
Regulation (EU) 2024/573 of 7 February 2024 on fluorinated greenhouse gases - F-gas regulation.- European Commission
- 2024/02/07
Regulation F-gaz 2019/1937 repealing the 517/2014 regulation.
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Standard/Recommendation
Global Cooling Pledge- UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme)
- 2023/12
Collective global targets to reduce cooling related emissions by 68% by 2050.
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Informatory note
Promising prospects of non-uniform indoor environment. 56th Informatory Note on Refrigeration Technologies.- LI X., SHAO X., LIANG C.
- 2023/11
This Informatory Note synthesises current knowledge of technologies for creating demand-oriented non-uniform indoor environments.
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Guide/Handbook
WALK-IN COLD ROOMS, A PRACTITIONER'S TECHNICAL GUIDE - Design and Operation of Walk-In Cold Rooms for Precooling and Storage of Fresh Produce in Hot Climates, in Off-Grid and Unreliable Grid Situations.- 2023/12
The guide present practical guidance that enables to install effective precoolers and cold rooms that are as economically viable in off-grid, unreliable and limited power supply situations.
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Report
Three Degrees Of Change. Frozen food in a resilient and sustainable food system.- ALLOUCHE Y., EVANS J., SAYIN L., et al.
- 2023/11
Published for COP28, this work assesses the size of the opportunity of 3 degrees of change in the set point for frozen food and to identify any immediate 'no-go' critical barriers to change.
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IIR projects
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IIR news
BETTED: a new IIR EU funded projectThis project aims to promote the energy transition of the dairy value chain. The kick-off meeting is scheduled for March 11-12 in Brussels...
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Upcoming IIR events
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IIR event
14th IIR Conference on Phase-Change Materials and Slurries for Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
May 29, 2024 - May 31, 2024
Paris, France
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IIR event
8th IIR Conference on Sustainability and the Cold Chain
June 09, 2024 - June 11, 2024
Tokyo, Japan
Scheduled to take place on June 9-11, 2024, at Waseda University in Tokyo...
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IIR event
16th IIR-Gustav Lorentzen Conference on Natural Refrigerants
August 11, 2024 - August 14, 2024
College Park, United States
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