Green Coo­ling In­itia­ti­ve

The Green Cooling Initiative contributes to raising international awareness of the significant mitigation potential associated with environmentally- and climate-friendly cooling technologies. It focuses on cooperation with partner countries across the world to support their efforts in mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from cooling equipment and employing the Green Cooling concept. Among others, there are three "frontrunner partners": Thailand, Vietnam, Kenya, Uganda, Colombia, Honduras.

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Partner Countries

The Green Cooling Initiative aims to integrate and promote the RAC sector within global climate and ozone discussions, namely UNFCCC and Montreal Protocol. It recognises that exchange between technology suppliers and users, as well as between the industry, public institutions and civil society is important for the promotion of said technologies. One of the main goals is therefore to create global and regional networks with representatives from different sectors (see Network).

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Targeted policy advice based on Cooling Strategies will support partner countries in the implementation of cooling technology standards and measures, whilst capacity building will allow them to sustainably manage their technology transformations. Voluntary private sector contributions will increase transformational readiness and will generate public-private partnerships. Proposals to financing institutions can provide replicable funding models and instruments to facilitate access to Green Cooling technology.

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The phase-out and phase-down of F-gases and the increase in energy efficiency in the RAC sector make it easier to achieve ambitious NDCs, which were defined by UNFCCC COP21 as the basis for global GHG emission savings. So far, Ghana is one of the few African countries that has integrated F-gases into its NDC to a limited extent. GCI advised Ghana on this by drawing up a GHG inventory of the RAC sector, on the basis of which a Cooling Strategy for emission reduction measures was drafted.

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Green Coo­ling Sum­mit 2022 | Re­cap Day 1

05.10.2022 , News :

Find all recordings and presentations from the 1st day of the Green Cooling Summit. Please note that presentations are available for download at the end of the page.

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The Green Cooling Summit is jointly organised by the German Environment Agency (UBA) and GIZ Proklima on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV) and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). The virtual conference addresses how the transition to natural refrigerants and energy efficiency in the supermarket refrigeration sector can be completed globally from the perspective of policy, technology, planning and operation.


Day 1

Wel­co­me Re­marks, Opening & Keyno­te 

Keeping it cool, keeping it natural

Two days of inspiring keynote speeches, lively discussions and insightful inputs on Green Cooling in supermarkets!

Julika Schmitz (facilitator) and Ole Nielsen (UNIDO) took a look ahead. What technologies are being applied in the global South? What other technologies exist and what are the challenges and benefits? These are some of the questions with which the virtual event kicked off. Then Dirk Messner and Tanja Gönner opened the summit with their welcoming words. Following this, Roberto Peixoto (Maua Institute of Technology) explained the current situation and prospects for Green Cooling in supermarkets.

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GCS 2022 | Welcome | Dirk Messner, UBA

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GCS 2022 | Welcome | Tanja Gönner

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GCS 2022 | Opening | Day 1

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GCS 2022 | Keynote | Roberto Peixoto, MAUA

Ses­si­on 1

Policy approaches to advance Green Cooling in supermarket

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GCS 2022 | Session 1 | Day 1

In the first session, our speakers presented and discussed comprehensive policy approaches to promote natural refrigerants and energy efficiency in supermarkets. Birgit Mayer (GIZ Proklima) gave an overview of policy instruments and relevant experiences of the GIZ Proklima project. After that, Marco Duran ( UNEP United for Efficiency) explained  the U4E commercial refrigeration model regulation. In the end, we heard about Colombia's national strategy for the supermarket sector presented by Edwin Dickson ( NOU Colombia) .

  •  01:43 - 19:30:  Input by Birgit Mayer (GIZ Proklima) 

  • 20:45 - 32:18: Input by Marco Duran (UNEP United for Efficiency)

  •  33:13 - 44:25: Input by Edwin Dickson (National Ozone Unit, Colombia)

  •  45:00 - End: Q&A


Ses­si­on 2

Green Cooling technologies for supermarkets

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GCS 2022 | Session 2 | Day 1

The second session of the first day hosted three experts in refrigeration, which presented the state-of-the-art technologies: propane chillers, glycol systems and CO2 systems for supermarkets.  Experiences from applications in Brazil, Germany and Colombia were shared. 

  • 09:29 - 23:00: Input by Rogério Marson Rodrigues (Eletrofrio, Brazil)

  • 23:37 - 39:35:  Input by Roland Handschuh (Cool Expert, Germany)

  • 39:52 - 55:20: Input by Andreas Meier (Teko, Germany)

  • 55:22 - End: Q&A


Pa­nel Dis­cus­sion and Clo­sing

Paving the way for a wider uptake of Green Cooling in supermarkets

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GCS 2022 | Panel Discussion & Closing | Day 1

To conclude the first day, we welcomed our four panelists, who discussed the key enablers, challenges and the role of policy makers and technology providers in driving the adoption of Green Cooling in supermarkets around the world. 

Panelists

  • Clare Perry (EIA, UK)
  • Rogério Marson Rodrigues (Eletrofrio, Brazil)
  • Kasper Koefoed (UNDP, Panama)
  • Armin Hafner (NTNU, Norway)

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