 IIR corporate logo | |
| Company type | Independent intergovernmental organization |
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| Industry | All refrigeration technologies and applications
Cryogenics and liquefied gases |
| Founded | 1908 |
| Headquarters | 177 boulevard Malesherbes, 75017, , |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Members | 59 member countries, over 300 experts in all fields of refrigeration
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| Website | www |
The International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR) (also known, in French, as the Institut International du Froid (IIF)), is an independent intergovernmental science and technology-based organization which promotes knowledge of refrigeration and associated technologies and applications on a global scale that improve quality of life in a cost-effective and environmentally sustainable manner, including:
- Food quality and safety from farm to consumer
- Comfort in homes and commercial buildings
- Health products and services
- Low temperature technology and liquefied gas technology
- Energy efficiency
- Use of non-ozone-depleting and low global warming refrigerants in a safe manner.
Its scientific and technical activities are coordinated by ten commissions which are divided into five distinct sections.