Pub­lic­a­tions

05/2022 Pub­lic­a­tion - Tech­nical Pub­lic­a­tion En­vir­on­ment­ally and cli­mate-friendly solar-powered walk-in cold rooms

As needs for food conservation, thermal comfort or safe medicines access grow, the numbers of solar powered walk-in cold rooms increase every year. Many people and organisations believe that by constr …

04/2022 Pub­lic­a­tion - Tech­nical Pub­lic­a­tion Feas­ab­il­ity Re­port: In­su­la­tion Ma­ter­i­als and Solar Cool­ing in Zam­bia

This study explores the suitability of different insulation materials for the use with solar-powered cooling units for the dairy value chain in Zambia. Rapid milk cooling to storage temperatures of be …

12/2021 Pub­lic­a­tion - Bro­chure Baseline and mon­it­or­ing meth­od­o­lo­gies for HFC mit­ig­a­tion ac­tion

There is a wide range of cooling sector-related baseline and monitoring metholodogies in the context of different crediting mechanisms (e.g. the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) or the Joint Creditin …

12/2021 Pub­lic­a­tion - Bro­chure The 'HCFC ad­der' in the Kigali Amend­ment baseline cal­cu­la­tion

(Download the publication below) Baseline definitions for HFC emission levels under the KA, NDCs and Art. 6 differ. The former relates to production and consumption of HFCs, the latter two to HFC emis …

12/2021 Pub­lic­a­tion - Bro­chure Cool Con­tri­bu­tions fight­ing Cli­mate Change

Green Cooling around the globe: Since 2016, C4 has been promoting climate-friendly refrigeration and air conditioning in partner countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. As the proj …

12/2021 Pub­lic­a­tion - Video Video: En­ergy ef­fi­ciency in pub­lic build­ings in Bangladesh

Public buildings in Bangladesh are responsible for a significant and increasing share of the national energy consumption and related GHG emissions. The objective of the Energy Efficiency in Public Bui …

12/2021 Pub­lic­a­tion - Tech­nical Pub­lic­a­tion Con­struc­tion of a cli­mate-friendly fish cold store in Kenya

Kenya has one of the most active fisheries sectors in the region, consisting of freshwater (lakes, rivers and dams), coastal, marine and aquaculture fisheries. Against this backdrop, the Kenyan Minist …

11/2021 Pub­lic­a­tion - Video Event Re­cord­ing | (Green) Cool­ing as a Ser­vice

[Slides are linked at the bottom of the page] One of the challenges to achieve successful low-carbon transformation in line with the climate goals set out in the Paris Agreement is the provision and e …

11/2021 Pub­lic­a­tion - Tech­nical Pub­lic­a­tion Green Cool­ing in up­dated NDCs

This policy paper seeks to: give an overview of the current state of inclusion of the cooling sector in updated NDCs; provide a comparison between the initial targets of the INDCs/first NDCs and revis …

11/2021 Pub­lic­a­tion Event re­cord­ing | COP26 On­line Event: Mit­ig­a­tion Po­ten­tial of F-Gas Banks Man­age­ment and Op­tions for Mar­ket-based Ap­proaches

[The slides can be found at the end of the page] Environmentally friendly and energy-efficient cooling technologies with natural refrigerants are gaining ground: but as we move into the future, we mus …