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04.03.2024 News Cool Talks: “The use of natural refrigerants is the most suitable alternative for achieving long-term sustainability”
to take another direction in life. In our "Cool Talks" interview series, members of the GreenCooling Initiative Network share their vision of GreenCooling. The GCI Network is an alliance of key players [...] targets for CFCs by developing countries approached completion (scheduled for 2010), the Parties to the Montreal Protocol considered it appropriate to bring forward the same phase-out schedule for HCFCs [...] life at the former Special Secretariat for the Environment (SEMA), under the leadership of Dr. Paulo Nogueira Neto. At that time, I was working with the green agenda, more specifically with the creation …
08.11.2023 News MOP35 Side Event: 27 years of Montreal Protocol implementation in Kenya
Ozone Unit and GIZ Proklima in the context of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) and the GreenCooling Initiative (GCI III). It was co-financed by the French and the German government. The panelists [...] out CFCs, halons and is on a very good way to phasing out HCFCs. In 2023, Kenya adopted a National Cooling Action Plan with the support of GIZ. Engineer Stephen Mwangi shared his experiences from his many [...] detect leaks, how to recover refrigerants and how to safely handle natural refrigerants. One challenge for organizing those trainings has been that many technicians in Kenya work in the informal sector. They …
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Our impacts For more than 25 years, GIZ Proklima has been at the forefront of ozone and climate protection, contributing significantly to advancing GreenCooling worldwide. Supported by the German government [...] have achieved remarkable emission reductions while catalysing tangible improvements for people, such as access to cooling or enhanced income opportunities. Proklima Impact Figures More than 340 projects [...] potential of the refrigerants in use. In October 2022, Ms Coulibaly took part in our Cool Training. "In the GIZ Cool Training, I learnt how to use natural refrigerants to reduce pollution and save energy …
11.01.2024 News Regional NOU Officers Negotiation Training held in Nairobi
The GreenCooling Initiative (GCI) of the GIZ, which is funded by the Federal Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV) and Internationale Klimaschutz [...] organized a two-day regional negotiation training on strengthening negotiation skills for the international context for the National Ozone Officers of GCI partner countries. The training took place in October [...] before the 35th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol (MOP35) and prepared the participants for the upcoming negotiations. MOP35 is the event where Parties keep track of the activities regarding …
24.07.2024 News How to: Negotiation Skills Training in Thailand
polices and regulations that align and contribute to commitments of the Montreal Protocol. The GreenCooling Initiative III therefore provided this international negotiation skills training to their partners …
Best practiceProduct: Green tomorrow, comfortable today- the PURIX A25s split solar cooling system
PURIX A25s split solar cooling system is powered by solar energy and operates with 100% natural refrigerants. By replacing conventional, expensive electricity for absorption cooling with solar heating, the [...] roof surface, mounted on the rooftops or on the ground. With a nominal cooling capacity of 2.5kW, the A25s addresses the market for small applications, such as offices and hotel rooms. [...] enables integration with interior design and architecture. Dependent on the building layout and cooling demand, the A25s supports both mono- and multi split installations. The solar panels may be integrated …
15.09.2021 News We must retrofit our buildings if we are serious about cutting emissions
solutions. Here, the GreenCooling in Public Procurement study (see link below) should be of help; it was written for the very purpose of eradicating barriers in procuring climate-friendly cooling appliances. "Efforts [...] supported by the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and the Clean Cooling Collaborative (formerly K-CEP). The numbers speak for themselves. An audit found that a retrofitting of 250 selected buildings [...] as can be seen from the picture gallery below. Today, the building sector in Bangladesh accounts for about 35% of the total electricity consumption. A "business-as-usual" attitude would not only further …
03.12.2021 News Trainers in Colombia successfully complete introductory course on CO2 refrigeration systems
meeting, the Colombian Association of Air Conditioning and Refrigeration (ACAIRE) held a training for refrigeration and air conditioning instructors on the use of CO 2 as a refrigerant. The five-day meeting [...] will gain knowledge on the application of the natural refrigerant CO 2 and thus contribute to a green transition of the sector in Colombia. On the first day, the XVI National Meeting was opened with welcoming [...] and the start-up sequence. The practical session was carried out in a demonstration unit that allows for an interactive training of the participants in the use of CO 2 as a subcritical and transcritical …
16.09.2020 News Ozone Day 2020: What we can learn from the Montreal Protocol in this very moment
promote the conversion process towards GreenCooling. Numerous appliances have been modified and adapted using more ozone- and climate-friendly refrigeration and cooling technologies. The gained knowledge [...] supply chain for air-conditioning systems is currently being established so that the climate-friendly devices can be offered nationwide in the future. The growing global demand forcooling means that more [...] is conducting these activities on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety. When scientists …
12.10.2022 News Ad-hoc Working Group Meetings of CooPSA in Eswatini, Botswana, Namibia
Energy Performance Standards (MEPS) as well as energy labels for ACs will be nationally adopted, an AC replacement programme introducing Green ACs, using the natural refrigerant R290 and which are highly [...] the partner countries in September 2022, preliminary findings on MEPS and labelling for ACs and training approaches for Air Conditioning trainers and technicians were presented, preliminary results with [...] establishment and the financing structure discussed, and further guidance to the project implementing team for advancing the work was given. Each ad-hoc working group meeting in the three partner countries comprised …