Calling RACHP innovators! Applications for the MacRobert Award are now open.

This award recognises outstanding engineering innovation with winners receiving a £50,000 cash prize, gold medal and national acclaim. Applications are welcomed from all sectors of engineering and organisers encourage applications that showcase the diversity of talent supporting UK engineering innovation.

Details on how and why to apply for the 2022 Award can be found here. Applications close on 31 January 2022. 

 

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About the IOR

23 Apr 2026

The Institute of Refrigeration is the professional engineering body for all individuals working in RACHP. Find out more about the IOR here. 

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What we do

23 Apr 2026

Find out what the IOR can do for you: technical queries, safety codes of practice, new  technologies and professional development.

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23 Apr 2026

When you become a member of the Institute of Refrigeration you are joining a group of specialist experts driving the sector forward.

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Adaptation 2027 Draws Strong Interest with Nearly 70 Accepted Abstracts

1 Oct 2026

Close to 70 abstracts have now been accepted for the 2nd IIR International Conference on Refrigeration Adapting to Rising Temperatures (Adaptation 2027), highlighting growing global interest in addressing the challenges that a warming world presents to the refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump (RACHP) sector.

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Annual General Meeting of Members

30 Sep 2026

Invitation to attend the AGM and the President's Debate in London on 10th November.

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