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23.03.2021 News Cool Talks: "Every day is an opportunity to make an impact"
of supermarket refrigeration systems for a number of years before I learned about refrigerantsand their impact on global warming. I believed very strongly in the mission of NASRC, and even volunteered [...] barriers for natural refrigerants in commercial refrigeration applications. Together with its network, the NASRC takes collective action to accelerate the adoption of climate-friendly refrigeration technologies [...] updates to codes and standards, increasing technician training and providing clarity & data to reduce uncertainty for supermarkets on the return on investment of different natural refrigerant technologies …
05/2020 Publication - Inventories & Cooling StrategiesGHG Inventoryfor the RAC Sector in Grenada
current temperature trend in Grenada (increase of 0.7 to 2.6°C by 2060), the need forairconditioningandrefrigeration increases. Due to the increasing use of RAC appliances, the resulting annual emissions [...] In 2015, the RAC sector was responsible for 122 kt CO2eq of GHG emissions from refrigerant loss and energy consumption. This means that the RAC sector accounts for approximately 29% of Grenada’s total GHG …
12.03.2021 News Cool Talks: "Natural or no refrigerants are the only way we can ensure a future for all"
myself up to Editor for both. I stayed here for nearly a decade, visiting refrigerationandair-conditioning installations and writing about it. I knew about shecco for many years and often connected with [...] agricultural media side of things for a few years before stumbling upon the HVAC&R industry. I started as a writer for the RACA Journal (RefrigerationandAirConditioning Africa) and Cold Link Africa industry [...] highlighting two female members of our Green Cooling network and representatives of the refrigerationandairconditioning industry. Pilar Aleu and Ilana Koegelenberg both work at market accelerator ' shecco …
06.11.2023 News Cool Talks: “Natural refrigerants are the answers to climate friendly heating and cooling”
? GEA has been promoting the use of natural refrigerantsand energy efficient cooling & heating for many, many years for a more climate friendly future. And today, we’re at the forefront of technology [...] working with refrigeration systems for 150 years. Our first ammonia compressor dates back to the year of 1910. You could really say that natural refrigerants are in our DNA. We are both familiar and confident [...] energy efficient products and solutions for our customers to reduce their energy consumption as well as carbon footprint. For customers who are still using f-gases, we are promoting and helping them switching …
01.07.2020 News Thailand runs its first safety testing of R290 ACs
With its zero ODP and very low GWP, R290 is considered the definitive solution to environmental damage and positioned as the alternative for the next generation of refrigerantsfor room air conditioners. However [...] "highly flammable" refrigerant (A3 classification). According to international safety standards, certain safety measures must be incorporated into the design of refrigerationandairconditioning (RAC) equipment [...] household and commercial refrigerators nowadays use R600a which is also a propane just like R290. Even though R290 has higher flammability and the charge size for ACs is higher than refrigerators, it is still …
Best practiceProject: F-gas reduction in the Israeli refrigerationandairconditioning sector
warming potential in Israel’s refrigerationandairconditioning sectors. The main goal of the project (2014-2017) is to promote natural refrigerants such as hydrocarbons and ammonia in the cooling sector [...] both from an economic and technical perspective. Moreover, two technical workshops will be organized with the MoEP in Israel for local RAC experts. By training local technicians and political stakeholders [...] The Bavarian State Ministry of the Environment and Consumer Protection (StMuV) and the Bavarian Environment Agency (LfU) have launched a multilateral cooperative effort with the Israel Ministry of Env …
16.12.2021 News Fruitful exchanges: Technical workshops in Burkina Faso, Mali and Senegal
the European Union (EU) and the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and implemented by GIZ with local partners. It was launched in 2021 and is short for " Refroidissement respectueux [...] was the low representation of women in the refrigerationandairconditioning (RAC) sector. The reasons identified were, among others, social constraints and lack of motivation among women. The immediate [...] more by videoconference to learn more about ROCA and to give GIZ and the Burkinabe government their input and expectations for a successful implementation of the project. In his opening speech, Mr. Désiré …
01.07.2017 News The Green Cooling Initiative contributes to U4E policy guidebooks
cross-cutting information and best-practice examples on how to promote energy-efficient and climate-friendly refrigeratorsand room air conditioners in their respective national markets for the establishment of [...] Airconditioningand residential refrigerators make up a significant portion of the household energy demand, especially in hot climates. A growing population, a rising middle class and global warming are [...] prompt a steep increase in the demand for cooling appliances. Transitioning to climate-friendly and energy-efficient air conditioners and household refrigerators can attain significant energy savings …
29.10.2021 News Discussing Alternative Technologies to HCFC-22 in China
(CHEAA). Nearly 200 people from the refrigerationandairconditioning industry attended the conference. Both Mr Dong Wenfu, Director of the Division on Noise and Ozone Layer Protection in the Department [...] Environment of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) and Mr Yang Lirong, Deputy Chief Engineer and Deputy Chief Economist of FECO/MEE attended the conference in person and gave opening speeches. Mr Bernhard [...] HCFC phase-out and the HFC phase-down has started. The RAC sector is one of the main industries for HCFC-22 consumption. As the consumption of HFC-32 and HFC-410A as an alternative for HCFC-22 has increased …
07.11.2023 News Cool Talks: “SINTEF believes that natural refrigerants are the only long-term and sustainable path for the refrigerationand heat pump sector”
charge of the refrigerants of concern and to develop safe practices around services and handling of equipment. Proper education and training of technicians and service personnel will be the key for the wide [...] promoting and working with natural refrigerants since the 1980s and is strongly involved with the revival of CO2 as a refrigerant in cooperation with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology [...] is a non-for-profit research organization and conducts research projects with a focus on energy efficiency of industrial processes, refrigeration systems and heat pumps, including development and testing …