20 Jun 2023
This year's theme is #NextGenCooling - this will require engineers and researchers to push innovation and technology forward, so the IOR is looking to the future with members sharing how they are promoting careers, alongside profiles and interviews with apprentices. We are also getting technical with some talks on important technical themes like “Why you should clean your condenser on World Refrigeration Day”, and finding out what can we learn from some of the big names of the past like William Rankine and Lord Kelvin himself.
Throughout the day we will be adding short videos to our linkedin, facebook, twitter and Instagram channels showing members using the new IOR STEM ToolKits, Fantastic Fridges website, and sharing some simple and fun science experiments to inspire you to inspire the next generation of young people so we can continue to develop #nextgencooling. .
Sign up now for our webinars below or look out for social media posts following #IORWRD23 on the 26th June.
A live webinar with IOR members Lawrence Leask and Dermot Cotter. This webinar is looking at one of the biggest contributors to excess energy use in refrigeration systems. If you really want to make an impact you should Clean your Condenser on World Refrigeration Day!
A talk by Physicist and TV Broadcaster Helen Czerski reminds us of what we can learn from the achievements of the past. This presentation was first broadcast as part of the William Rankine Memorial event.
We talk about getting the message out into schools and careers fairs. How members are inspiring young people with stories about their career in cooling and switching them on to science and engineering.
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A conversation with Gemma Weston, Luke Haile and Ellie Clare, All previous finalists in IOR and RAC Cooling Awards Student of the Year. They discuss the value of apprenticeships for those new to the industry and their employers. This interview was first broadcast as part Cool Careers Celebration in 2021.
15 Sep 2025
This year’s AGM will be held on 29th October. members can vote in advance, or attend live in person or online.
28 Oct 2025
The IOR and the ACES have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen collaboration and promote the exchange of ideas and expertise during the Clean Cooling Network Conference on the Sustainable Cold Chain for the Global South, taking place at the University of Birmingham from 28–29 October 2029.
22 Oct 2025
On 20th Oct the Department for Education (with others) published this document outlining future skills policy and new V levels to sit alongside A levels and T Levels in key sectors such as engineering. The RACHP industry will need to consider what these changes mean for our work to promote skills and careers to ensure sufficient supply of well trained new entrants to our sector. IOR education committee members are digesting the content...
21 Oct 2025
The IOR’s RACHP EngTech Section innovative mobile technician’s app has over 200 subscribers!
6 Oct 2025
HSE is gathering information and evidence relating to the Pressure Systems Safety Regulations 2000 (PSSR) and whether their scope and application are still fit for purpose.