IOR has published its latest Education Guidance Note in the series, this time focusing on Coaching as a way of employers supporting engineering and technician development. The Guidance Note (16) gives a guide to understanding the benefits of coaching, how this differs from mentoring and includes a useful list of organisations who can offer help with setting up coaching schemes or offer coaching.
IOR members showed their support for the Cold Chain Federation (CCF) campaign to recognise the Cold Chain as part of the UK's critical national infrastructure, as they attended the CCF's reception at the Houses of Parliament on 20th May.
Expert in climate change adaptation Tim Fox will deliver a keynote talk at the IOR’s Adaptation 2025 conference detailing why cooling is now a “mission critical” service, essential to public health, food security, global commerce, and economic well-being.
Watch this webinar on catch-up, which focused on implementing technologies and operational strategies capable of significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions across the European retail sector.
Missed the 1st May Masterclass on the vapour compression cycle? You can catch up anytime on the IOR webinar channel, where you'll find the recording of this session along with the first Masterclass webinar on this topic.
Refrigerants with temperature glide, direct expansion fin and tube evaporators and what to consider when equipment reaches its end of life are the topics covered in the latest RACHP EngTech bulletins.
IOR Members who enrolled with the STEMAZING Academy, with the support of the Institute have made a great impact promoting STEM and the RACHP Sector to young people.
The webinar PED - Is UK Compliance Under Pressure, which was held on 15th April 2025 is now available for download from the IOR website.
The Institute of Refrigeration proudly accepted an award for its STEM Toolkit at last week’s ACR Awards.In addition Lisa Waters, IOR Events Manager, was honoured with the Alan Moore Award.
The IOR 2025 Publications Catalogue is now available. It encompasses a diverse range of publications, incorporating a substantial collection of practical guidance tailored for engineers and technicians.
A new research project aims to transform that by identifying and mapping waste heat from urban cooling applications, using Birmingham as a case study.
The domestic fridge features on this BBC programme including lots of useful history, manufacturing and refrigerant information. Whilst it mainly focuses on domestic fridges it also has an interview with Lisa-Jayne Cook as President of the Institute of Refrigeration taking BBC presenter Hannah Fry through a very chilly looking cold store. Don't miss the presenter visiting "fridge school" to take apart a fridge under expert supervision of the teachers. Great PR for the industry! See on BBC iplayer now https://lnkd.in/er3dmPDa