November 2012

The Japan Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Industry Association

Vol. 12-04

1. The 10th International Symposium
JRAIA hosted the “International Symposium on
New Refrigerants and Environmental Technology2012” on November 8-9, in Kobe-City, Japan.
Held every 2 years since 1994, the Symposium has
beenaplaceforpresenting

thelatest

environmental technology at an international level.
It has also been a place for exchanging information
on how to tackle environmental issues amongpeople both at home and from overseas.
【Chairman Shinya Okada】
This time, about 480 experts, roughly a 10 percent
increase compared to the previous event, participated inthe Symposium. There were 87 participants from 20
countries overseas. 34 oral presentations in 8 sessions
were given which were related to the latest concerns,
suchasenergyconservation,

mildlyflammable

refrigerants and development of new refrigerants. In【Poster session】

parallel, 18 post presentations were made.
Regarding safety analysis of 2L refrigerants, one of the
key topics, 11 oral presentations were given, including
CRAA’s Risk Assessment of R32 in China, AHRI’s Risk
Assessment of Residential Heat Pump System using 2Lrefrigerants, and the latest research reports by severalorganizations in Japan. Risk assessment of mildly
flammable refrigerants is still continuously conducted byvarious organizations.

【New refrigerants session】

We expect that the results ofsuch risk assessments will be reported in the next
Symposium.
1Research on mildly flammable refrigerants for
HVAC&R equipment is attracting attention fromrelevant industries and authorities all over theworld. This Symposium was the first opportunity
for the latest reports on the risk assessment of 2L
refrigerants and their practical use in equipment tobe made public. Therefore, it was recognized by
the participants as a high level and very timelysymposium.
【A slide from keynote】

2. Chillventa 2012
Upon an agreement to build cooperation between
Nuremberg Messe and JRAIA, JRAIA set up a boothat Chillventa 2012 on October 9-11, in Nuremberg,
Germany, aiming at promotion of our two events,
Kobe International Symposium 2012 and HVAC&R
Japan 2014. This was the first time for JRAIA to setup the booth at Chillventa. A lot of participants
visited our booth and showed their interest in theKobe International Symposium and HVAC&R Japan.
【JRAIA booth in Chillventa 2012】

Following this, Chillventa booth was set up at thevenue of Kobe International Symposium.
We thank Nuremberg Messe for giving thisopportunity, and we are sure that a cooperative
relationship will be strengthened through having abooth exchange continuously.

【Chillventa booth in Kobe Symposium】

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3. ICARMA Annual Meeting 2012
ICARHMA Annual meeting 2012 was held at Kyoto Westin Miyako Hotel on October 22-24.
Early in the meeting, Mr. Satoru Fujimoto of Daikin, who was invited as a guest speaker, made apresentation on “Environmental Activities in the Air Conditioning Sector in Japan.” Then, members
provided the updates on HVACR development in their countries, including Regulatory Trends,Sustainability Efforts/Trends, MEPS andLabeling Requirements. They also discussed
various issues such as Non Tariff Trade
Barriers and Emissions Trading Schemes
and so on.
The ICARHMA Annual meeting 2013 isscheduled for next October in Rio de Janeiro
hosted by The Brazilian Refrigeration, Air
conditioning

andVentilation

Industry

Association (ABRAVA).
【ICARHMA 2012 in Kyoto】

4. RAC and PAC Domestic Shipments
RAC shipments in August and September increased for two months in a row due to extremely hot
days and continuously growing interest in energy-saving-products. August shipments of RAC were
the second-highest level in history. In addition, PAC shipments in August achieved the highest levelin the past five years.
July 2012units

Y on Ybasis %

August 2012
units

September 2012

Y on Ybasis %units

Y on Ybasis %

RAC

1,523,986

101.2

786,426121.6

480,206

111.4

PAC

88,836101.6

74,643110.4

67,227107.0

RAC: Residential Air-conditioners PAC: Commercial Air-conditioners

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URL: http://www.jraia.or.jp Contact: tajima@jraia.or.jp:kao224@jraia.or.jp

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