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10.09.2024 News Natural refrigerants starring on Kenyan TV
In the context of the World Ozone Day 2024 on 16 September, natural refrigerants will be promoted in a talk show in the Kenyan broadcast station Citizen TV. On 11 September, 5:30-7:30pm (UTC) four panelists from various sectors will discuss the importance of the transition to future friendly technology for the planet.
02.09.2024 News Ceremonial closing event of the GCI: Sustainable cooling in Honduras
The current phase of the GCI project is over, now it is time to celebrate the successes, to pass on the knowledge gained by the trainers and to promote more sustainable cooling in Honduras.
02.09.2024 News A ceremony with the Minister - Handover of equipment
The ROCA project of the German Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) has provided Senegal with a large consignment of equipment. Prof. Daouda GNOM, Minister for the Environment and Ecological Transition, presided over the official handover ceremony.
21.08.2024 News Moving Towards Sustainable Refrigeration: Training on Safe Handling of Flammable Refrigerants
One hundred refrigeration and Air Conditioning technicians participated in two trainings held in Honduras. They improved their skills on natural refrigerants and gained knowledge on sustainability in the cooling sector.
15.08.2024 News R290 Manufacturing in the Philippines
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.
09.08.2024 News Training of Trainers: Building a Commercial Chiller Simulator Model
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.
06.08.2024 News New Standard for Uganda's cooling sector
In a consultative stakeholder’s workshop new quality and safety standards for Uganda’s cooling sector were discussed. The results will help to save energy and reduce the environmental impact.
01.08.2024 News Donation of and training on environmentally friendly Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (RAC) technologies in Uganda
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.
31.07.2024 News Side Events at OEWG46 - Accelerating the transition to future friendly cooling
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.
31.07.2024 News Training of trainers on Eco-friendly refrigerants in Bangladesh
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.