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The general meeting of the association
of European manufacturers of air treat-
ment, air conditioning and refrigeration
equipment was held in Bruges, Belgium
on 28 May. During the meeting Mr Carlo
Grossi, vice president of the association
and long time member of the board
of directors of Eurovent Certification
Company, took office as president.
Mr Grossi is Climaveneta SpA chief
executive officer and director of
the holding company De’Longhi
Professional, that manages the activities
of B2B De’Longhi Group, focused on
solutions for comfort and temperature
control in both commercial and industrial
processes.
Eurovent is the association representing
European industry of HVAC, and is
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recognisedbytheEuropeanCommission.
Founded in 1958 as CECMA, Eurovent
now includes 14 national associations
with headquarters in 12 countries and
represents more than 1,000 companies.
Eurovent works in a collegial and
democratic way – each association is
placed on the same level as the others.
In this period of great legislative activity
at European level, the Association works
because, together with the development
of solutions that provide better comfort,
there is also constant research for
intelligent use of energy.
Eurovent pushes these views within the
European Commission, working actively
in the drafting of the main directives
and regulations on energy efficiency
in buildings, reducing environmental
impact and total life cycle of plants.
In 1995 Eurovent founded certification
programmes in Europe for the air condi-
tioning industry in order to contribute to
the improvement of HVAC products.
Today Eurovent certified performance is
recognised as an authoritative certificate
in the market, not only in Europe but also
worldwide, together with the American
AHRI Association. Certification of
performance helps end users to choose
more efficient solutions, contributing to
market development and providing a
platform for user evaluations.
Climaveneta SpA – Italy
Climaveneta and Eurovent united for efficiency
Carlo Grossi, Climaveneta CEO and Eurovent president