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2. Sustainable development
Refrigeration and air conditioning are in line with sustainable development:
for the economic aspect of an important sector with worldwide sales of 200 billion dollars. The early and widespread application of refrigeration to produce (vegetables, fruit, meat, fish) would reduce losses estimated at 15% of production in developed countries; losses which, for certain products, reach 50% in developing countries;
for the social aspect, by improving working and living conditions and creating more than 2 million skilled jobs;
for the environmental aspect with the reduction of emissions and the capture of CO 2 , the maintenance of biodiversity, the reduction or banning of substances participating in the destruction of the ozone layer or...
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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
Directory
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
AFCE (Alliance Froid Climatisation Environnement)...
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