INWIC

ASHRAE Annual Conference 2023
2023-06-24 - 2023-06-28 | JW Marriott Tampa Water Street, 510 Water St, Tampa, FL, 33602, United States
ASHRAE is looking forward to convening in Tampa at the JW Marriott Tampa Water Street and the Marriott Tampa Water Street June 24-28, 2023.

20th European RACHP Conference
2023-06-08 - 2023-06-09 | Milan, Milan, Italy
Organised under the auspices of the Italian Ministry for the Environment, the 20th European Conference will take place on June 8-9, 2023, and will bring together global leading experts in the field of HVACR.
The 20th European Conference is organised by Centro Studi Galileo in cooperation with:

United Nations Environment Programme – UNEP
Air Conditioning and Refrigeration European Association – AREA
International Institute of Refrigeration – IIR

Special Women in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Session on Thursday 8th June, with presentations from Ina Colombo (IIR and President-Elect of INWIC), and Colleen Keyworth (President of INWIC).

ASHRAE Developing Economies Conference
2023-05-10 - 2023-05-11 | JW Marriott Sahar, IA Project Rd, Navpada, Vile Parle East, Vile Parle, Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400099, India
This is the third edition of its successful format of Developing Economies Conference by ASHRAE.
“The reach is enhanced to include entire Global South economies as they face similar challenges in expanding infrastructure in cost effective manner,” said Ashish Rakheja, conference chair. “Post-COVID, the importance of healthcare and the current pressing environment needs of carbon footprint reduction are the focus area for 2023 conference. The last two editions have demonstrated the benefit of this Conference wherein it offers a two-way learning street for both Developed and Emerging economies and provides an opportunity to the global HVAC&R community to come together to network, learn and evolve their offerings in making the world a better place,” he said. The conference will have keynotes, presentations and panel discussions on current topics and technology demonstrations.
The conference theme is “Decarbonizing and Sustaining Growth of Healthcare and Residential Infrastructure in Emerging and Future Markets.”
The conference shall focus on aspects relating to Resiliency, IEQ, Decarbonization, Policies, Digitalization and other tracks. The conference will also address challenges like rapidly growing energy demand, epidemic effects, fast-paced advancements, urbanization, sustainability and the role to be played by the Global HVAC&R industry to meet the decarbonization targets set during CoP 26.
The conference provides the opportunity to bring together people from diverse cultures and climates to deliberate on various aspects of building design, operation & maintenance that is responsive to local needs and utilize traditional construction practices. The focus shall be application of latest technologies to achieve cost-effective solutions for high performance buildings in emerging economies.

10th IIR Conference on Ammonia and CO2 Refrigeration Technologies
2023-04-27 - 2023-04-29 | Metropol Lake Resort, Metropol Lake Resort, Hotel Metropol, Nas d. Konjsko, Ohrid, Ohrid, 6000, North Macedonia
The climate change is a global issue with catastrophic consequences which remind us almost every day. There are alarming projections of GHG emissions including HFCs. In Europe the Regulation No 517/2014 on F-gases has been introduced with many restrictions and gradually phase-down. A new revision is underway in 2023. The 28 Meeting of the Parties (in 2016) adopted an amendment to the Montreal Protocol for gradually phase-down of HFCs (from 2019 to 2047) to achieve 85% reduction. Recently, new HFC refrigerants (named HFOs) with low GWPs are appeared on the market. However, in July 2021, five European member states published their intention to submit a joint proposal for restriction of PFAS, including HFC and HFO refrigerants.
The choice of refrigerant (and technology) has become a very complicated issue. In the RAC industry, confusion and uncertainties related to working fluids in many applications are continuing. In addition, there are many groups with diverging interests: chemical companies, manufacturers of equipment, distributors, users, environmental organizations, politicians and the public.
After several conversions CFCs -> HCFCs -> HFCs -> HFOs(?), the global trend towards using natural refrigerants is intensifying. There are very positive signals in Europe and some parts in the world where expanding use of ammonia, carbon dioxide and hydrocarbons in various applications is occurring. We will eliminate all uncertainties in the future regarding both Protocols and environmental regulations applying to natural refrigerants.
Of all refrigerants applied today, ammonia and CO2 are the oldest that have been used since the 19th century. The topics of the conference are: design of modern ammonia and new CO2 systems and technological innovations, improving energy efficiency, various applications, technical guidelines and safety regulations. It is very clear: by using more ammonia and CO2 refrigerants, we are employing environmentally friendly technologies.

17th IIR Conference on Cryogenics
2023-04-25 - 2023-04-28 | Dorint Hotel Dresden, Dorint Hotel Dresden, : Grunaer Str. 14, Dresden, Saxony, 01069, Germany
The 17th CRYOGENICS 2023 still continues in the series of conferences held every two years.
The conference will deal with problems of the equipment and technologies with temperatures below 120 K (-153°C), as well as with other devices and technologies related to the topic.
The 17th Cryogenics 2023 is again a joint Conference of the IIR Commissions:

A1 (Cryophysics, Cryoengineering)
A2 (Liquefaction and Separation of Gases)
C1 (Cryobiology, Cryomedicine)

3rd IIR Conference on HFO Refrigerants and Low GWP Blends
2023-04-05 - 2023-04-07 | Grand Mercure Shanghai Century Park, Grand Mercure Shanghai Century Park, 1199 Ying Chun Road, Shanghai, 200135, China
With HFC phase-down now being implemented across Europe, and likely to be adopted in many other regions, the IIR Conference on HFO Refrigerants and Low GWP Blends offers an opportunity for those developing new working fluids to meet with the equipment design engineers who provide products, and the system installers who use them, as well as with representatives of the end-user community who have to live with the consequences of these scientific and technical decisions.
The conference covered essential information on the characteristics of HFO Refrigerants and Low GWP Blends, system and component design, lubricants, flammability, safety, environmental impact, efficiency, legislation, codes of practice and standards.
