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Nominate now for the IOR Lifetime Achievement Award

17/10/2016

Deadline for nominations 1st December 2016

Roy Dearden with Graeme Maidment, Past President of the IoR

Does your organisation have a service engineer that goes above and beyond and gives exceptional service to your customers? Have they been a service engineer for more than 15 years?

If you answered yes to these questions make sure to nominate them for the Institute of Refrigeration Service Engineers’ Section Lifetime Achievement Award. The winner will receive industry recognition for their contribution as a role model with a cash prize of £400, a pewter beer tankard and an invitation to meet the industry at the IOR Annual Dinner on 16th February in London.

Young engineers and researchers take centre stage at natural refrigerants conference

7/9/2016

Young Engineers at Gustav Lorentzen Natural Working Fluids Conference

Young and Senior Engineers at the Gustav Lorentzen Natural Working Fluids Conference

Over 250 people from no less than 31 countries took part in the 12th International Institute of Refrigeration Gustav Lorentzen Natural Working Fluids Conference in Edinburgh in August this year.

The event, organised by the Institute of Refrigeration, attracted a higher than usual number of student delegates 52 of presenters and attendees were young researchers, students or engineers new to the industry.

Andy Pearson, IOR Technical Committee Chairman and Chair of the Conference, remarked:

“I was impressed with all the students that attended. Currently, refrigeration is an area where problems are becoming more difficult to solve and it is great to see the students beginning their journey and participating in tackling these issues.

"The industry is dependent on students coming through, moving forward and taking on roles of responsibility in the years to come. We have to develop and help these young people along, because in twenty years it will be them on the stage encouraging the next generation of researchers and engineers.”

CryoHub Technology

19/7/2016

– A step change in energy saving for food cold stores and food processing factories

For designers, owners and operators refrigerated food cold stores and food processing plant; energy is big business.

In an attempt to look at how the food processing and chilling industry use energy in a new way a team of engineers and researchers under the title of CryoHub are looking at using energy storage techniques which allow power to be supplied back into the grid as well as providing cooling for cold stores and food factories.

New RACHP Apprenticeship Programme Starts this September

17/6/2016

Businesses of all sizes should be thinking about taking on apprentices now.

Not only is Government funding available that will cover two thirds of the training costs, but there is a completely new industry-led Apprenticeship programme coming on board that is designed to ensure trainees have the skills to deal with both today’s and tomorrow’s industry needs.

IOR Alternative Refrigerants learning programme goes from strength to strength

8/3/2016

This month the IOR has seen the 1000th person register for its free REAL Alternatives e-learning programme.

Launched almost exactly one year ago the programme now boast an uptake of about 30 new learners a month, with a learning community spread across UK, Poland, Italy, Germany, France and Belgium.

With the industry moving quickly towards the wider use of alternatives and the concerns that engineers have a good understanding of the fundamentals related to new refrigerants like HFOs or R32, as well as the traditional alternatives such as hydrocarbons, carbon dioxide and ammonia, the programme has had a wide appeal.

Institute of Refrigeration Annual Conference - February 2016

19/2/2016

The Institute of Refrigeration's management team

The Institute of Refrigeration held its annual conference at the NEC near Birmingham February. Here is a summary of the event the theme of which was 'Emissions, Energy and EcoDesign'.

Topics included system design in the future as a consequence of the Ecodesign directive, end of life treatment for temperature exchange equipment, EN 378 changes and challenges, Ecodesign case studies, updates on emission reduction and a related case study.

EN378 Refrigeration Safety Standard update

14/1/2016

Andy Pearson

It was reported at the IOR Technical Committee this month that after seven years of discussion and debate the process for the updating of EN378 is nearly complete.

This length of time might seem difficult to defend in a time when refrigerant requirements are changing very rapidly, but the task has been complex and required the balancing of numerous competing requests for change (or in some cases no change). It is difficult to see how the process could be significantly shortened without thoroughly exploring the technical implications of all viewpoints.

Institute of Refrigeration: New Focus on Youth Engagement

15/12/2015

Gordon Duncan, IOR Project Manager for Youth Engagement, explains how the Institute of Refrigeration is developing its appeal to young people.

Since 2013, when the Institute of Refrigeration launched its “Youth Engagement Project”, working with young people and students, it became a major agenda item for the IOR. As an industry, it has been estimated that only 10% of the workforce are aged between 18 and 24. This represents a risk to the future of the industry to make sure there is the right level of talent coming through.

The IOR Youth Engagement project was set up to combine the efforts of various industry initiatives and schemes and offer a single point of contact through the IOR to encourage interactivity and sharing of expertise and successes in engaging more young people in this rewarding career.

Recognising all levels of excellence - IoR Update

27/10/2015

The Institute of Refrigeration J&E Hall Gold Medal

Do you work with someone who excels at what they do? Who is worthy of recognition by their peers and the Institute of Refrigeration for their individual achievement?

From the lifetime achievement of a service engineer to ground-breaking innovation. The Institute recognises and rewards individuals across a broad spectrum of person achievement.

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