Standards
Keep the Renewable Energy Directive for renewables
Mar. 31, 2021 | A joint letter to Vice-President Timmermans A total of 116 MEPs, businesses, civil society and trade associations co-signed a joint letter to help spread the message on promoting renewable energy in the Renewable Energy Directive. The main message is to "Keep the Renewable Energy Directive for renewables – “low-carbon” fuels and non-renewable energi...
HFC Tax Postponed in France
Reported by Susan Phalippou, JARN’s European correspondent Because hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) are potent greenhouse gases (GHGs) and have a global warming potential (GWP) 1,000 to 15,000 times...
An increasingly efficient energy policy: the sites of limina
05/03/2021 Epta has always been active in promoting sustainable development and, to achieve the highest standards, it is constantly committed to increasing the environmental and energy performance of...
HFC Alternative Refrigerants Update - California’s Regulatio
On December 10, 2020, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved rules on regulating HFCs with high GWP that are used as refrigerant (see the January 2021 regular issue of JARN). In the rules approved by CARB, the upper limits on the GWP of refrigerants used in key refrigeration equipment are as follows. In new refrigeration equipment using refrigerant in excess of 50 pounds (22.7 kg...
HFC Alternative Refrigerants Update - U.S. Rejoins the Paris
This January, almost immediately after Joseph Biden was inaugurated as the 46th U.S. president, he signed an executive order to rejoin the inter-national Paris Agreement on climate change that the pre...
Ecodesign and Energy Labelling Working Plan 2020-2024 (GEN -
Task reports on possible future Product Groups available Mar 1, 2021 GEN - 1208.00. The second stakeholder meeting, initially scheduled for November 2020, will take place on 26 March 2021. Task Repo...
ASERCOM Convention 2021 Features Regulations and Standards i
On January 29, 2021, the Association of European Refrigeration Component Manufacturers (ASERCOM) held virtually the ASERCOM Convention 2021, Digital Dialogue. Speakers presented future yardsticks to ...
Preparatory study for Building Automation and Control System
Notes from the final stakeholder meeting European Policy 4 Jan 2021 GEN - 1191.00. The second stakeholder meeting on the preparatory study for Building Automation and Control Systems (BACS) was h...
Measures for more energy-efficient air conditioning in Saudi
2020/12/28 A recent article proposes key policies and technologies that could promote a more sustainable use of air conditioning in Saudi Arabia, a country where air conditioning accounts for 70% of ...
The IIR contributes to the Review of EU F-gas regulation
24 September 2020 The IIR has responded to the European Commission consultation “Fluorinated greenhouse gases – review of EU rules (2015-20)” which aims to collect opinions and suggestions about the update of the F-gas Regulation (EU) No 517/2014. The International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR) has consulted its Science and Technology Council and all its Commission m...
