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05.07.2021 News Cool comparison of the month: Football World Cup vs. Window-type ACs
estimated that the last large-scale football tournament – the 2018 Russia World Cup – generated 2.2 Mt CO2 -eq in total. This figure includes transport of players and fans, accommodation, the construction [...] hosted every year until 2050, the CO2 equivalent would amount to 63.8 Mt . Assuming a regular world cup takes place every 4 years, the emissions sum up to 17.6 Mt CO2 -eq until 2050. However, this number [...] number is negligible compared to the 270 Mt CO2 -eq that could be saved through an early transition to natural refrigerants in window-type ACs (and this does not include savings through avoided F-gas banks) …
30.07.2021 News Recap: Virtual Technology Roadshow
energy storage ( Paul Kohlenbach, Beuth University Berlin), The planning and installation process of CO2 and propane-based air conditioning in an office building ( Uwe Schäfer, GIZ Building Services Bonn) [...] industry. The company distributes systems that operate with natural refrigerants such as propane, CO2 and ammonia. Roche: Pharmaceutical distribution center (Costa Rica) Roche sends biotechnological medicines …
01/2017 Publication - Inventories & Cooling StrategiesGreenhouse Gas Inventory and National Cooling Strategy for the RAC Sector in Namibia
in the RAC appliance sector, the resulting GHG emissions increased from about 0.63 Mt CO2 eq in 2010 to 0.83 Mt CO2 eq in 2015. Based on current trends and a predicted increasingly hotter climate in Namibia [...] Namibia, the GHG emissions are prone to be four times higher by 2050 to over 4 Mt CO2 eq. This inventory report first highlights the current stock of cooling equipment in the country and calculates its …
05.10.2022 News Green Cooling Summit 2022 | Recap Day 1
refrigeration, which presented the state-of-the-art technologies: propane chillers, glycol systems and CO2 systems for supermarkets. Experiences from applications in Brazil, Germany and Colombia were shared [...] highlights of the Green Cooling Summit compiled here. Find all recordings and presentations from the 2nd Day of the Green Cooling Summit …
01.11.2016 News Country Profile*: Indonesia
sectors amount to 79.4 Mt CO2eq in 2016 (Figure 2). In a business-as-usual scenario, this number can be expected to rise to 215 Mt CO2eq in the year 2030. However, an estimated 92 Mt CO2eq could be saved in [...] With a population of 253 million, an urbanization rate of 53.2% and an electrification rate of 71.4%, Indonesia’s stock of cooling appliances is quite large compared to the other Southeast Asian countries: …
01.06.2016 News Country Profile*: South Africa
sectors amount to 32.2 Mt CO2eq in 2015 (Figure 2). In a business-as-usual scenario, this number is expected to rise to 81.1 Mt CO2eq in the year 2030. However, an estimated 29.4 Mt CO2eq could be saved in …
Best practiceN2O/CO2 mixtures for applications below -50 °C
developed a unique refrigeration system for temperatures down to -80 °C based on the application of N2O/CO2 mixtures …
31.07.2024 News Side Events at OEWG46 - Accelerating the transition to future friendly cooling
sites with hydrocarbon-based chilllers installed in Europe, and 90% of new stores today are based on CO2 and propane. The heating sector is also increasingly using natural refrigerants: In 2022, 225.000 propane …
10/2022 Publication - Technical PublicationCan refrigerants with a GWP below 150 be used for split air conditioners in Europe?
an adverse increase in cost. Environmental impact, through assessment of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2 e) emissions The assessment is carried out through the use of a publicly-available RACS database [...] and piping design, quantification of mass and dimensions of system components, costs and associated CO2 e emissions. [...] refrigerants enabled by the revised safety standard for air conditioners and heat pumps, IEC 60335-2-40: 2022. The criteria against which the viability is assessed are: Product safety, through compliance …
05/2024 Publication - Technical PublicationNational Energy Efficiency report for ACs and refrigerators in Burkina Faso
major investments in additional power plants. This additional electricity production will increase CO2 emissions, contributing to global warming. These effects could be reduced if energy was used more [...] project ROCA (Refroidissement Respectueux de l’Ozone et du Climat en Afrique de l’Ouest et Centrale) is co-financed by the European Union (EU) and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and D …