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02.07.2018 News Godrej & Boyce invites Southeast Asian Manufacturers to its R290-split AC Production Site
In April, a delegation of manufacturers from Indonesia and Thailand visited the production site and training facilities from Godrej & Boyce in India to learn more about R290-split AC manufacturing, sales and servicing.
02.07.2018 News R290 Cold Store for fresh Fish at Lake Vicoria, Kenya
In June 2018, the installation of a new cold store using the natural refrigerant R290 in Kenya was successfully completed. The cold store will create an unbroken cold chain from the fisheries over transportation boats to the consumer and is state of the art in this part of the country.
02.07.2018 News New Colombian ODS Banks Inventory
On the occasion of the International Environment Fair of Bogotá (FIMA) and the Regional Meeting of the NOU of Latin America and the Caribbean in Guatemala, GIZ Proklima presented the results of the Colombian Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) Banks Inventory.
02.07.2018 News Costa Rica's innovative RAC training truck trailer
It might be the first of its kinds worldwide: the new, unique RAC training truck trailer of the Instituto Nacional de Aprendizaje (INA) will soon tour through Costa Rica. This 350 million Costa-Rica-Colónes (about EUR 531,000) investment aims to provide mobile and nationwide training for up to 250 technicians per year in the RAC sector.
02.07.2018 News How to know what refrigerant is in your fridge? – Grenada’s new label makes green cooling easy to spot!
Grenada's National Ozone Unit (NOU) together with GIZ Proklima's project C4, with financial support from the German BMU under the IKI, promotes the use of natural refrigerants in refrigeration systems and advance energy efficiency through a new green cooling label. Two local retailers already joined the initiative on the Caribbean island state of Grenada.
02.07.2018 News Two "Cool Trainings" successfully completed!
Almost 40 policymakers in the field of ozone and climate protection and RAC experts and trainers have successfully completed a Cool Training (in May respectively in June/July) on the safe use of natural refrigerants. For the first time, the training for National Ozone Units (NOUs) was conducted in Spanish.
02.07.2018 News Deep dive workshop in Manila: Saving money and the environment
At this year's Asian Clean Energy Forum (ACEF 18) in Manila in early June, the C4 project, together with the IEA and the Kigali Cooling Efficiency Program (K-CEP), organized a deep dive workshop to promote efficient and clean cooling through technology and policy Innovation.
02.07.2018 News Successful webinar on split AC assessment study
Based on recently collected performance data of split-type air-condition (split ACs), the Cool Contributions fighting Climate Change (C4) project held two webinars on costs, energy and climate impact assessment of split ACs in Asia and Latin America in June and July. All together over 150 participants from government, private sector and the civil society took part in the two webinars and discussed the findings of the market study.
02.07.2018 News Side events at OEWG: Lessons from the past and tackling the future
In the course of the OEWG 40, GIZ Proklima presented its work during three side events. More than 100 participants from science, civil society as well as policymakers and industry members informed themselves about RAC inventories, "Greenfreeze" and safety security standards.
01.04.2018 News Registration is open! Webinar on good practices in ODS bank management
Reducing banks of Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) is a complex issue, but can significantly contribute to protect our environment. While the Montreal Protocol covers the production and consumption of ODS, the disposal of accumulated substances has not been regulated yet.