Tours aéroréfrigérantes : le point sur la nouvelle nomenclature des ICPE et les évolutions des autocontrôles

Cooling towers, or cooling installations involving the dispersion of water in an air flow as they were formerly known, were covered since December 2004 by ICPE section 2921, along with by the orders of 13 December 2004, which defined the general requirements applicable to installations subject to declaration and to installations subject to authorisation. Ten years after publication of these texts, taking into consideration the changes to cooling technology and recent knowledge, and thanks to extensive feedback, on 14 December 2013, the Ministry of ecology, sustainable development and energy issued a decree and 2 orders intended to replace the 2004 texts.