After a forced two-year break, Proklima's Cool Trainings are back – online and on-site. In addition to our previous Cool Trainings in Maintal, Germany, an online Cool Training was launched. It is composed of self-learning material and live webinars. Two webinars for Spanish speakers were the first in the series in 2022.
“Technicians who work with ammoniac usually do not want to work with other refrigerants again. They form kind of an exclusive club”, commented the trainer – Reiner Mayers of the German professional training institute Bundesfachschule Kälte-Klima-Technik (BFS) – when talking about the natural refrigerant ammoniac (R717). The moderator wanted to know: “Is anyone here who belongs to the ‘exclusive ammoniac club’?” None of the twenty participants affirmed, though. Instead, one participant confessed that he “has fallen in love with CO2”, due to its low environmental impact, its small components sizes and because it operates in the transcritical range which takes us “out of our comfort zone”. Most of the participants from Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica and some other Latin American countries, however, seemed to belong to the ‘Propane Club’. They posed a lot of expert questions about the use of this highly efficient hydrocarbon to Reiner Mayers.
Answering questions is the main purpose of the live webinars that complement the Cool Training online course on www.atingi.org. The course provides basic knowledge about refrigeration and about the characteristics and advantages of climate-friendly natural refrigerants. It is available in English, French and Spanish.
The corresponding webinars for Spanish-speakers took place on 31 May and 2 June. They will be followed by webinars with French interpretation on 20 and 21 July and English webinars on 20 and 22 September. Participation in the online course and in the live webinars is open to anyone interested in Green Cooling technologies. For participants of the on-site Cool Trainings, the online course serves as a basis.
