Daikin rallies 800 installers around the multi-refrigerant future under F-Gas

Published: June 27, 2026

E-ficiencia

Daikin brought more than 800 HVAC professionals to Puy du Fou España to confront the EU's tightened F-Gas rules and the shift away from a single-refrigerant world. The pitch to the installer channel: train, adapt and embrace a mix of technologies and refrigerants matched to each installation. For FM teams running heating and cooling estates, it signals that future plant procurement will be refrigerant-diverse, not one-size-fits-all.

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ISO 41001 INT

FM management systems — requirements — Provides a certifiable management system — increasingly required in public procurement and large corporate FM contracts.

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FM vocabulary — Use ISO 41011 definitions in contracts and SLAs to ensure all parties share the same understanding of FM terms.

NEN-EN 15221 (series) EU

European FM standard series — Parts 3-7 remain in use for space measurement (Part 6) and FM benchmarking (Part 7) across Europe.

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