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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.
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.
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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.
18.07.2023 News Cool Training for Brazilian instructors in the context of Brazil's HPMP
This June, 15 technical school instructors from 11 states in Brazil participated in the Cool Training - a training for International Instructors and Experts in Commercial Refrigeration with Natural Refrigerants, at the BFS Training Center, located in the city of Maintal, near Frankfurt, Germany.
07.07.2023 News Supporting Partner Countries in their Global Cooling Pledge for COP 28
GIZ Proklima was part of the Deep Dive Workshop (DDW) on Regional Leadership on Sustainable Cooling and the COP 28 Cooling Pledge on 15 June 2023 at the 2023 Asian Clean Energy Forum at the Asian Development Bank Headquarters in Manila, Philippines.
03.07.2023 News Trust Female Competence – OEWG Side Event
“Trust female competence!”, was the topic of GIZ’s OEWG side event on Monday 3rd July 2023. The side event showed that there are many ladies who are skilled cooling technicians, but that women still face barriers in this male-dominated sector.
22.06.2023 News Navigating towards a Carbon-Neutral Future in Asia-Pacific
The Asian Clean Energy Forum 2023 was all about Green Cooling and Minimum Energy Performance Standards (MEPS).
05.06.2023 News Training for Trainers in Mali
In February, ROCA Mali successfully conducted two one-week Trainings for Trainers. Participants learned how to safely handle future-friendly natural refrigerants such as CO2, butane and propane and, more importantly, how to pass on their knowledge.