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6. Environmental issues
6.1 Direct and indirect greenhouse effects
As mentioned above, the vast majority of refrigeration and air-conditioning equipment uses refrigerants.
Refrigerants, which drove the development of refrigeration, were chlorine-containing synthetic products (CFCs then HCFCs) that were implicated in...
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Bibliography
Events
Pôle Cristal October 10, 2013 in Dinan
International Congress on Refrigeration organized by the IIF every 4 years: last in Prague 2011 and next in Yokohama 2015.
IIF colloquia and thematic conferences: for example, Gustav Lorentzen conferences on natural fluids,...
Cold Chain Forum October 23-24 in Paris
Chillventa in Nuremberg every...
Regulations
European Regulation 842/2006/EC (known as F Gas) on fluorinated greenhouse gases
Directive 2006/40/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 relating to emissions from air conditioning systems in motor vehicles and amending Council Directive 70/156/EEC
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Organizations – Federations – Associations (non-exhaustive list)
AFF (Association Française du Froid) http://www.aff.assp.fr
IIF (International Institute of Refrigeration) http://www.iifiir.org
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