Noticias

Wearing full personal protective equipment (PPE) to demonstrate its commitment to safety, members of the Technical Committee (TC) on Refrigeration and Air Conditioning tasked to update the ecolabel criteria for refrigerators and freezers and create a new criteria for room air conditioners. They visited Franke Foodservice Systems Philippines, Inc. in Lima Technology Center, Malvar, Batangas, Philippines to observe and confirm the control measures necessary to safely produce R290 refrigeration equipment for restaurant systems on 07 August 2024.

17 refrigeration and air conditioning trainers took part in a training in Kenya. The training consisted of a combination of pedagocical skills and technology knowledge on natural refrigeration.

In July 2024, 17 RAC technicians have been trained on R290 commercial fridges. Furthermore, 12 R600a freezers have been donated to national training centers for further hands-on training.

To break the vicious circle of rising temperatures, growing demand for cooling and constantly increasing greenhouse gas emissions from cooling, we need to switch to Green Cooling. Our first side event at the OEWG46 in Montreal provided insights into the interactions between suitable regulatory frameworks and market trends that are accelerating future friendly ACs and heat pumps usage in China and Europe. The second side event put spotlight on a sustainable refrigerant management to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as well as ozone-depleting substances from end-of-life cooling equipment.
 

With global temperatures rising, urbanization progressing, and economies growing, the demand for cooling solutions is increasing rapidly. Unfortunately, many of the current refrigerants harm the environment and significantly contribute to global temperature rise. In 2023, the refrigeration sector was responsible for an estimated ten to twelve percent of global greenhouse gas emissions.To combat this, the international community has committed in the Montreal Protocol to phase out ozone-depleting substances, which also have a high global warming potential, such as CFCs and HCFCs. In the Kigali Amendment, they have agreed on phasing-down climate damaging HFCs. In response to these challenges, a five-day training of trainers took place at the Bangladesh-Korea Technical Training Centre (BKTTC), Dhaka in May 2024.

16 technicians and trainers in the refrigeration and air conditioning sector came to Maintal in Germany from Brazil. They participated in a two-weeks training and learnt how to handle natural refrigerants.

One week of practical training and theoretical sessions lies behind a group of policy makers in the climate and ozone protection sector. They all participated in a training in Germany in June.

Cool Contributions fighting Climate Change II (C4II) implemented by GIZ on behalf of the International Climate Initiative of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV-IKI) provided a grant agreement to the Philippine Center for Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development, Inc. (PCEPSDI) to update ecolabel criteria for refrigerators and freezers and establish a new ecolabel criterion for room air conditioners.