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  • 12.09.2023 News Exchange of the RAC Sector in Thailand

    How can we work together to make the RAC Sector more sustainable? What have we already achieved together? And what are activities that we can implement and support? Questions along these lines were discussed by the partners and stakeholders of the Green Cooling Initiative in Thailand in the 2nd Strategic Partner Cooperation Meeting. This Meeting took place on August 30th, 2023 in Bangkok.  

  • 08.09.2023 News Caribbean Cool Training: Enhancing expertise on R290

    A one-week training in Trinidad in August provided refrigeration and air conditioning (RAC) trainers from Trinidad and several Caribbean states with a unique learning experience on the application of the natural refrigerant propane.

  • 07.09.2023 News R290 Air Conditioner Training builds safe handling competency in Uganda

    Technical training for the safe handling of R290 (propane) air conditioners builds competency in system brazing, leak detection and vacuuming for the 89 students, technicians and trainers currently involved in the program offered at four Ugandan technical institutes.

  • 04.09.2023 News Cool Talks: "Energy efficiency to CO2 in a simple way"

    For this Cool Talk, we had the opportunity to interview Mr. Damon Wyatt, Vice President and General Manager of Kysor Warren (part of EPTA Group), a leading brand of commercial refrigeration system that offers customers natural refrigeration technologies, including transcritical CO2 (R744) systems and hydrocarbon display cases. The company, understanding that the market is ripe for the uptake of natural refrigerant-based technology, is actively installing and advocating for such systems.

  • 22.08.2023 News Cool Talks: "We are committed because the future is clear..."

    For this Cool Talk, we have had the opportunity to interview Jim VanderGiessen of PRORefrigeration. Jim has served as CEO at PRO for more than 20 years, after co-founding the company with his father in 1990. PRO is one of the leading suppliers of chiller system to the US Dairy and US Craft Brewery Markets. PRO's corporate HQ is located near Seattle, WA, with its 70,000 square feet production facility located on the east coast, near Winston Salem, NC.
     

  • 09.08.2023 News Cool Talks: “We are very passionate about the impact that we have on the environment”

    For this Cool Talk, we have had the opportunity to interview Paolo Zunino. Paolo is C.E.O. at GTS S.p.A. with more than 30 years’ experience in several market segments. He started this position in 2017 and since then, along with his team of experts, he has been involved in natural refrigerant gases development all over the world.

  • 28.07.2023 News Green Cooling Initiative donates R290 Air Conditioners to Ugandan Institutions

    The Green Cooling Initiative (GCI) has donated a total of nine propane (R290)-based split air-conditioning units to Uganda’s Kyambogo University and the Uganda National Association of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (UNARA).

  • 21.07.2023 News Capacity building for trainers in the refrigeration sector

    The ROCA project, in partnership with the national ozone office and the Heat consultancy firm, organized two training sessions for refrigeration and air-conditioning trainers from several towns in Burkina Faso in June. 



     

  • 21.07.2023 News Effective Ways toward Energy Efficiency – OEWG Side Event

    Cooling accounts for about 10 % of global electricity consumption.1 And the demand is rising. Time for more energy efficiency! The current funding window of the Montreal Protocol opens opportunities to invest in this topic. Our side event provided examples for measures that can be taken.  
    Download the presentations and watch the recording below.


     

  • 19.07.2023 News ROCA's contribution to MEPS Burkina Faso

    On 23 May 2023, a workshop was held in Ouagadougou to share the contribution of the  "Refroidissement respectueux de l’ozone et du climat en Afrique de l’Ouest en Centrale (ROCA)" project to the Minimum Energy Performance Standards (MEPS) in Burkina Faso.