NEW ON-LINE IOR TECHNICAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY TO SAIRAC MEMBERS.
SAIRAC Members can now join the Institute of Refrigeration (IOR, UK) as an eAffiliate member at a specially discounted partner membership fee. The price for this is just £20 – equivalent to about R385 (normally around £90 per year). This rate is only available to our members because of a partnership which our National Committee have recently agreed with the IOR to share resources and work more closely together.
The benefit of taking up an IOR eAffiliate membership subscription is access to:
- over 300 technical bulletins to download from the IOR website including Safety Codes of Practice for the four refrigerant groups – usually retailing at £48 each for non members
- new refrigerant elearning and training materials for alternatives such as carbon dioxide, flammables and ammonia
- invitations to take part in technical webinars, with recordings accessible when you want to watch them and free Certificates for Professional Development when you participate
- news and updates on refrigerant developments from the IOR
- you can book to attend UK-based IOR conferences at member discount rates
SAIRAC members can find more information by logging into the SAIRAC members only area and selecting the IOR tab.
President’s Perspective: A Year for Connection, Cooperation and Bold Steps Forward
In the latest IOR Newsletter, IOR President Lisa-Jayne Cook FInstR reflects on cooperation and working together in 2025.
As I begin to settle into my term as President of the Institute of Refrigeration, I’m thrilled to focus on a theme that, I hope, will guide us throughout the year: Collaboration… This collaborative spirit is also at the heart of the Institute’s recent strategic priorities review. Members from our technical, education, environment, service, international, membership, and publications groups came together in November to identify the key issues our industry must address. The consensus was clear: education and skills are the unifying priority for the refrigeration, air conditioning, and heat pump (RACHP) industry. “
The President’s message and the full newsletter are now available here. Download it to find out more about the IOR’s exciting plans for education, training and skills and to get the latest environment, technical and membership news.
Call for volunteers to review environmental end-user guidance
The IOR is inviting input from members in the coming year to help guide our industry towards the UK’s carbon net-zero targets following the work from the TICR (Transport, Industrial and Commercial Refrigeration) project.
The TICR project work is coming to completion, where the IOR has acted as a Consortium partner alongside other research bodies, professional associations and businesses across the three sectors in question. The IOR is responsible for communications and dissemination of results of this project. Large amounts of research have been carried out by the various partners involved in the project, with the outcomes being reports which include a roadmap for emissions mitigation, identification of innovations and best-practices and training materials for each industry. The IOR will be further working on condensing each 15-page report down into digestible, actionable advice to be communicated as technical bulletins and guidance notes, hosted on the IOR website. As part of this, we welcome volunteers at all levels who would be willing to advise on or provide technical peer review of the various technical bulletins and guidance notes that will need creating off the back of the TICR project report. If any members would like to be involved, please contact me, Chris Griffiths, Chair of the Environment Committee with a short statement (50 words) detailing your areas of key expertise by 24th January.
The IOR will also be looking for members to join the Environmental Committee to guide and work on future initiatives. The building services and food services industries are not included within the TICR project, presenting a promising opportunity for future research to identify potential energy savings and efficiency improvements.
If you are interested in either initiative, please contact us via the website.
Celebrating 125th years of cooling with the IOR
To celebrate the 125th Anniversary of the Institute, the IOR recently sent each member a sticker alongside the events’ card. You can show your support for the Institute by displaying it and/or downloading a special email signature logo here.
Forthcoming Events
Advance Your Membership Grade – 20 January 2025
IOR Masterclass: Refrigeration Pipe Sizing – 23 January 2025
Cool Talks: Heat Pumps How to Design, Install and Troubleshoot Systems – 29 January 2025
TechTalk: Energy Usage in the Industrial Refrigeration Sector – 6 February 2025
IOR Masterclass: Compressors, What You Need to Know – 20 February 2025
IOR Annual Dinner – 27 February 2025
Sent by the Institute of Refrigeration