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19/12/2025 Actualité Enhancing Energy Performance Standards for Room Air Conditioners in Viet Nam
On November 30, 2025, a consulting seminar on a room air conditioner market assessment for Viet Nam was held, bringing together national and international stakeholders to discuss a potential update of existing minimum energy performance standards for room air conditioners.
16/12/2025 Actualité Join our Updated Cool Training Online Courses
We have launched a major update of our Cool Training online course on the virtual learning platform Atingi, enhancing the learning experience with more interactive content and improved navigation. The course offers essential knowledge on refrigeration and air-conditioning technology and explains the benefits of climate-friendly natural refrigerants.
12/12/2025 Actualité Stakeholders Advance Stronger Energy Standards for Air Conditioners in the Philippines
As part of the ACT MEPS project a recent stakeholder consultation highlighted the need for more ambitious miminum energy performance standards (MEPS), improved enforcement, and greater consumer awareness in the Philippines to unlock energy savings and support national climate goals.
04/12/2025 Actualité Cooling with Equality: Breaking Barriers for Women in Costa Rica’s RAC Sector
The refrigeration and air conditioning (RAC) sector is essential to food security, public health, and climate protection. Yet in Costa Rica, as in much of the world, it remains a male-dominated field although more technicians are needed. The new Gender Diagnosis – Costa Rica highlights why women remain significantly underrepresented in the refrigeration and air conditioning sector, the barriers they face, and what can be done to change this reality.
02/12/2025 Actualité Handover of 200 R290 Split ACs for training and demonstration purposes in Kenya
On 2nd of December 2025, 80 green split R290 air-conditioning units were officially handed over to various technical training institutions under the GRACE Project, in a handover event organized by the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry (MoECCF) and GIZ Proklima. These units were part of a total of 200 R290 ACs that have been donated to 28 training institutions (TVET, polytechnics, universities) and demonstration projects in Kenya by GIZ Proklima, this year alone.
19/11/2025 Actualité Fit for Green Cooling material translated into Slovak through the SZ CHKT
The Slovak Association for Cooling, Air Conditioning and Heat Pumps (SZ CHKT) has begun translating GIZ Proklima's 'Fit for Green Cooling' material on establishing an effective system for qualification, certification and registration (QCR) of RAC technicians.
14/10/2025 Actualité Building a Sustainable Future: Why trainings on natural refrigerants matter in the reefer industry on the example of Costa Rica and South Africa
The refrigeration industry is going green. Natural refrigerants like CO₂ and propane are replacing HFCs, cutting emissions while keeping the global cold chain running. Trainings in Durban and Puerto Limón are equipping technicians and educators to make this sustainable shift a reality.
13/10/2025 Actualité Indian RAC Instructors Complete Training of Trainers in Germany
Sixteen RAC skills trade trainers from twelve Government Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) and National Skill Training Institutes (NSTIs) across India have successfully completed a two-week Training of Trainers (ToT) programme in Maintal, Germany.
12/10/2025 Actualité Cool Training 2025: Advancing Know-How On Natural Refrigerants Worldwide
Fourteen RAC technicians from eleven countries participated at this year’s Cool Training in Maintal acquiring comprehensive knowledge and practical expertise in the operation and maintenance of cooling technologies using natural refrigerants. Participants represented a diverse range of countries, including South Africa, Seychelles, Mongolia, and Colombia.
16/09/2025 Actualité Kenya Celebrates World Ozone Day 2025 and its Cooperation with GIZ Proklima
Kenya’s commemoration of World Ozone Day 2025, held under the theme From Science to Global Action, recognized the importance of coordinated international efforts to protect the ozone layer and combat climate change. GIZ Kenya has been implementing the Montreal Protocol for almost 30 years with funding from Germany and France, positioning the country at the forefront of climate action by promoting climate- and environmentally friendly cooling solutions.