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15.09.2021 News We must retrofit our buildings if we are serious about cutting emissions
8,000 tonnes CO2 – equivalent to the amount of carbon sequestered by more than 100,000 trees over ten years – could be saved, a new Proklima study from Bangladesh suggests. The energy savings potential lurking in public buildings is enormous.
20.08.2021 News Cool Talks: "We have been fans of natural refrigerants for 125 years"
Monika Witt is an enthusiastic advocate of natural refrigerants, not least in her role as Managing Director of a long-established German refrigeration company and board member of eurammon. We spoke to her about her motivation, her role in the family-run business and why we need a reality-check for safety regulations.
30.07.2021 News Recap: Virtual Technology Roadshow
Companies from Latin America, the Caribbean and Europe took us on a virtual tour to their ozone- and climate-friendly RAC systems. In an interactive webinar and video series in April and May 2021, experts reported on their experience of various applications based on ammonia, propane, CO2 and isobutane.
21.07.2021 News Recap OEWG43: Proklima hosted two successful virtual side events
How are the European Union and BMZ supporting countries in ODS phase-out and early actions on HFCs? And how big is the potential of the global window type AC market for natural refrigerants?
06.07.2021 News New Green Cooling project in francophone Africa
The ROCA project supports Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Mali and Senegal on their path to Green Cooling.
06.07.2021 News A solid foundation for Latin America and the Caribbean
The SPODS project supported seven countries in Latin America and the Caribbean in their shift to Green Cooling. Today, after almost 4 years of successful cooperation, we draw a conclusion.
05.07.2021 News Not a waste of time: Lessons learned from the 'ODS Banks' project
By 2030, ozone-depleting substances will be phased out globally. That is a great accomplishment, yet hardly anyone is looking at the chemicals still contained in old appliances. The BMU-financed GIZ project "ODS Bank Management" was one of the first projects worldwide to take on this challenge.
05.07.2021 News Cool comparison of the month: Football World Cup vs. Window-type ACs
Every month we present a figurative comparison of how high the savings potential is in the cooling sector compared to another sector. Take a guess!
01.07.2021 News Emmunize: Construction of a vaccination shelter for young children
The GIZ project builds a vaccination shelter for a health centre in Malawi and procures environmentally friendly cooling equipment to strengthen the efforts of local health workers
25.06.2021 News Cool Training for sustainable and cool careers
This year's World Refrigeration Day (26 June 2021) highlights careers in the RAC sector. The Cool Training makes a fundamental contribution to sustainable RAC practices by teaching the safe use of natural refrigerants.