The Portuguese Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Industry Association (APIRAC) recently announced CLIMAMED ’09 – Mediterranean Air Conditioning Congress, and has issued a first call for papers.

The 5th edition of the congress, which will be taking place in Lisbon (Portugal) on April 16th – 18th, 2009, hopes to bring to the CLIMAMED forum all EU Mediterranean member countries, as well as those from the the Middle Eastern and North-African regions. Now an European reference in the HVACR sector, its goal is to continue being a forum where industry, technicians, manufacturers, contractors, engineers, scientists, architects, building owners, consultants, decision and policy-makers find a platform for bringing breakthroughs for the exchange of scientific and technical knowledge and for discussion about all the current concerns of HVACR in the Mediterranean Regions.

 

The Congress solicits technical papers that focus on breakthroughs, innovative features or interesting experiences in the fields of air conditioning and refrigeration: application of renewable energies to HVAC and SHW systems, energy efficiency in buildings, buildings of the future, refrigerants and the environment, IAQ, ventilation and smoke exhaust systems, quality of installations and systems, standardization and European regulations. If you are interested in presenting a technical paper in one of the four official languages – Portuguese, Spanish, French or Italian - or in English at the CLIMAMED '09, send an abstract in English with approximately 250 words and a title by 15 October 2008 to one of the following associations: APIRAC in Portugal, ATECYR in Spain, AICVF in France, AICARR in Italy. According to the organizer’s press release, each abstract will be evaluated by the local Scientific Committee and approved by the International Committee for presentation by 15 November 2008. Accepted papers will be due by 12 January 2009.