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Upcoming IIR events: Ohrid

Following a very successful initial event held in April 2005, Ammonia Refrigeration Technology for Today and Tomorrow, the second IIR event in this series, will be held on April 19-21, 2007 in Ohrid, Macedonia (FYROM). Main themes include: design...

Publication date : 2006/07/26

New IIR members

Here are the private members worldwide who have joined us over the past year. We are very pleased to welcome them. Several members are from countries that are not yet member countries. We also have a lot of new junior members (under 35 years) and...

Publication date : 2006/07/26

Refrigeration Creates the Future

This is the title of the next Congress of the International Institute of Refrigeration to be held on August 21-26, 2007 in Beijing. It will be a flagship event in more ways than one: - refrigeration meets the needs of humanity and will continue to...

Publication date : 2006/05/05

IIR committee meetings in Beijing

The Management Committee of the IIR met in Beijing on March 25, 2006. Two other meetings took place the same week: the Publications Sub-Committee (PSC) meeting and the meeting of the representatives of the Science and Technology Council to the...

Publication date : 2006/05/05

- 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

Conference: Auckland

The IIR Conference Innovative Equipment and Systems for Comfort and Food Preservation took place in Auckland, New Zealand, on February 16-19, 2006. It was co-organized with IRHACE (Institute of Refrigeration, Heating and Air-Conditioning...

Publication date : 2006/05/05

Conference: Oslo

The First International Conference on Small Scale LNG in Europe, an IIR-co-sponsored event held in Oslo on September 29-30, 2005, attracted 121 experts from 18 countries. Twenty PowerPoint presentations were given. Unlike the widely used methods...

Publication date : 2006/05/05

Register now for the 7th IIR-Gustav Lorentzen Conference on Natural Working Fluids (GL2006), May 28-31, 2006 in Trondheim, Norway. Trygve.M.Eikevik@ntnu.no

Publication date : 2006/05/05

Check out the accepted papers and register now for Cryogenics 2006 - CryoPrague 2006, July 17-21, 2006 in Prague, Czech Republic. icaris@icaris.cz

Publication date : 2006/05/05

Upcoming IIR Conference: Dinan (2006)

A call for papers has been launched for the 7th Conference on Phase-Change Materials and Slurries, September 13-15, 2006 in Dinan, France. Themes: thermophysical properties of PCMs and Slurries: measurements and identification; transport phenomena...

Publication date : 2006/05/05

Register for the 6th International Conference on Compressors and Coolants - Compressors 2006, September 27- 29, 2006 in Casta Papiernicka, Slovak Republic. Main themes: compressor and refrigeration technologies, inspection and diagnostics,...

Publication date : 2006/05/05

Brief: IOR's Anniversary

Over 900 persons attended the UK Institute of Refrigeration (IOR)'s 106th Anniversary Dinner which was held on February 8, 2006 at Grosvenour House Hotel, London, appropriately in the ballroom, a former ice skating rink. In his speech, the...

Publication date : 2006/05/05

Brief: Interclima

Interclima took place in Paris in conjunction with Idéo Bain on January 17-20, 2006. Thanks to the kind invitation of Association du Froid (AFF), Susan Phalippou and Myriam Armengaud ran the IIR's stand and set up numerous contacts. The joint...

Publication date : 2006/05/05

Brief: Dr Peter Egolf

Dr Peter Egolf, President of the IIR's Working Party on Magnetic Refrigeration, and his team at the Institut de Génie Thermique de l'Ecole d'ingénieurs du Canton de Vaud has won the Prix Spécial Energie awarded by the Office Fédéral de l'Energie...

Publication date : 2006/05/05

Brief: Ian Syminton Prize

The New Zealand National Committee of the IIR and its sponsor, APV New Zealand Ltd., has awarded the 2006 Ian Syminton Prize for Research and Development in Refrigeration Technology to Dr Grant MacDonald. Grant has conducted extensive research on...

Publication date : 2006/05/05

Bibliography on CO2: 2004-2006 references and abstracts This CD-ROM contains the bibliographical references and summaries of over 200 recent articles on CO2 and its various applications in the fields of refrigeration, air conditioning and heat...

Publication date : 2006/05/05

18th IIR Informatory Note on Refrigeration Technologies: Evaporative Cooling and Legionella: Preventing Legionellosis by using Good Practice Consult it: www.iifiir.org

Publication date : 2006/05/05

New IIR members

The IIR welcomes the following new corporate members: - Borresen Cooltech AS, Stavanger, Norway www.borresen.no - Coca Cola Services, Brussels, Belgium

Publication date : 2006/05/05

Brief: A passage to India

Indian Railways have been granted an additional 10 years, until 2020, within which to phase out or convert the use of all CFC-based refrigerants in the air conditioning of their 10 000 coaches in line with the Montreal Protocol requirements. This...

Publication date : 2006/05/05

CEFood 2006 in Sofia

The Third Central European Congress on Food (CEFood 2006) will take place in Sofia (Bulgaria) on 22-24 May 2006: http://www.cefood.org,

Publication date : 2006/02/03

The IIR at COP-11/MOP-1 in Montreal

The IIR, as an intergovernmental organization, participated in this "historic" event which gathered 10 000 people for the largest United Nations Framework Conference on Climate Change (UNFCCC) ever held. The conference held...

Publication date : 2006/01/28

IIR committee meetings

The Management Committee (MC) of the IIR met in Paris on November 29, 2005. On November 28, two other meetings took place: the Publications Sub-Committee (PSC) meeting and the meeting of the representatives of the Science and Technology Council to...

Publication date : 2006/01/28

International activities: Conferences

- The 3rd International Conference on Energy Research and Development (ICERD-3) took place in Kuwait City on November 21-23, 2005. This IIR co-sponsored conference emphasized the necessity of energy saving, even in oil-producing countries, in...

Publication date : 2006/01/28

- Didier Coulomb attended the General Assembly of REHVA (Federation of European heating and air-conditioning associations) in Lausanne, Switzerland, on October 7-8, 2005. It was the occasion to practically implement cooperation with the IIR. -...

Publication date : 2006/01/28

International activities: IKK 2005

IKK 2005, the 26th IKK-International Trade Fair Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Ventilation, took place in Hanover on November 2-4, 2005. It attracted 13 670 visitors and 610 exhibitors from 41 countries. For the third year running the IIR was...

Publication date : 2006/01/28

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