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Putting women in the frame

BELGIUM/UK: European contractors group AREA is partnering with World Refrigeration Day (WRD) to launch a video competition on best practices for all EU women in cooling.

The challenge is to provide a video of no more than 10 minutes in length showing best practices in the handling of a refrigeration, air conditioning or heat pump installation. This can include one or more of the following operations: installation, commissioning, leak testing, evacuation, load, recovery, brazing and breakdown repair.

The winner will receive a cheque for €1000 and flights, accommodation, and free registration to the UNEP-IIR-AREA-CSG 20th European Conference in Milan, from 8-9 June 2023.

Further details can be found here.

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