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08.10.2024 News World Ozone Day 2024: Advancing Climate Action
16 September, that's when the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer is being celebrated. This year's topic - Montreal Protocol: Advancing Climate Action. To mark the occasion, we celebrated the successes achieved so far in efforts to protect the ozone layer with various activities around the world. Together with our partners, we took a look to the future and shared our perspectives within the framework of the Montreal Protocol.
08.10.2024 News Now available: Safety Standards for Refrigeration and Air Conditioning in the Philippines
In implementing the projects Cool Contributions fighting Climate Change (C4) and C4II, the Philippines has unique expertise when it comes to safety standards in refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pumps (RACHP). A new report is now available that presents the Philippines' experience in adopting international RACHP safety standards as national standards.
01.10.2024 News High GWP Refrigerants Face Soaring Prices as Natural Alternatives Offer Stability
Since March 11, 2024, the application of the EU F-gas regulation has set very ambitious targets in all sectors regarding the phase-out of HFCs (hydrofluorocarbons). As a result, prices of conventional refrigerants have increased steadily up to 1000% (see Figure 1) and higher from their initial prices of between 3 – 5 EUR/kg in 2014. In contrast, the prices of alternative refrigerants have remained stable since their levels in 2020, according to German environmental consulting firm Öko-Recherche.
25.09.2024 News Strengthening the Potential of Green Cooling in the Thai Public and Private Sectors
The Green Cooling Initiative III and the Thai Department of Skill Development have the same goal: to promote the transition to technologies that reduce environmental impact by improving the skills of refrigeration technicians.
10.09.2024 News Natural refrigerants starring on Kenyan TV
In the context of the World Ozone Day 2024 on 16 September, natural refrigerants were 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 discussed 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.