The International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR) will hold ICR 24 under the theme 'Improving Quality of Life, Preserving the Earth'. ICR 24 will include workshops on low global warming potential (GWP) refrigerants, evaluating their use in the air conditioning industry in high-ambient temperature countries, and the transition to lower GWP alternatives through laws and regulations. It also will feature a meeting of the IIR Working Party on life cycle climate performance evaluation. The IIR is a 58-country intergovernmental organization that promotes knowledge of refrigeration and associated technologies to address today's major issues, including reduction of global warming and prevention of ozone depletion.  

dates: 16-22 August 2015  
location: Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan  
contact: Secretariat, Japan Society of Refrigerating & Air Conditioning Engineers  
phone: +81 3 3219 3541  
fax: +81 3 3219 3577  
e-mail: icr2015@ics-inc.co.jp  
www: http://www.icr2015.org/index.html