Search
Search form and result list
Results 621 to 630 of 909
01.04.2018 News Cool Contributions fighting Climate Change (C4) reaches Cuba!
In early March 2018, the National Ozone Unit of Cuba (OTOZ) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH held a kickoff workshop in Havana to initiate the project C4. It will support Cuba in formulating mitigation strategies in the cooling sector and thereby advancing its NDCs.
01.04.2018 News Advancing technicians’ skills on Green Cooling in the Philippines
On 12th of February 2018, GIZ Proklima’s C4 project entered cooperation with Philippine’s Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) on training program on proper installation and servicing of energy-efficient hydrocarbon (R-290) split-type air conditioners.
02.07.2018 News Deep dive workshop in Manila: Saving money and the environment
At this year's Asian Clean Energy Forum (ACEF 18) in Manila in early June, the C4 project, together with the IEA and the Kigali Cooling Efficiency Program (K-CEP), organized a deep dive workshop to promote efficient and clean cooling through technology and policy Innovation.
02.07.2018 News How to know what refrigerant is in your fridge? – Grenada’s new label makes green cooling easy to spot!
Grenada's National Ozone Unit (NOU) together with GIZ Proklima's project C4, with financial support from the German BMU under the IKI, promotes the use of natural refrigerants in refrigeration systems and advance energy efficiency through a new green cooling label. Two local retailers already joined the initiative on the Caribbean island state of Grenada.
02.07.2018 News Costa Rica's innovative RAC training truck trailer
It might be the first of its kinds worldwide: the new, unique RAC training truck trailer of the Instituto Nacional de Aprendizaje (INA) will soon tour through Costa Rica. This 350 million Costa-Rica-Colónes (about EUR 531,000) investment aims to provide mobile and nationwide training for up to 250 technicians per year in the RAC sector.
02.07.2018 News New Colombian ODS Banks Inventory
On the occasion of the International Environment Fair of Bogotá (FIMA) and the Regional Meeting of the NOU of Latin America and the Caribbean in Guatemala, GIZ Proklima presented the results of the Colombian Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) Banks Inventory.
02.07.2018 News R290 Cold Store for fresh Fish at Lake Vicoria, Kenya
In June 2018, the installation of a new cold store using the natural refrigerant R290 in Kenya was successfully completed. The cold store will create an unbroken cold chain from the fisheries over transportation boats to the consumer and is state of the art in this part of the country.
02.07.2018 News Two "Cool Trainings" successfully completed!
Almost 40 policymakers in the field of ozone and climate protection and RAC experts and trainers have successfully completed a Cool Training (in May respectively in June/July) on the safe use of natural refrigerants. For the first time, the training for National Ozone Units (NOUs) was conducted in Spanish.
01.04.2018 News Midea Air Conditioner receives German Ecolabel Blue Angel
On February 14, 2018, Midea – one of Chinese world’s leading technologies group in the RAC sector - received the German Blue Angel ecolabel for its new, environmentally friendly air conditioning system. The label was awarded to Midea during the Mostra Convegno Expocomfort (MCE) trade fair in Milan, Italy.
01.04.2018 News Vietnam: Preliminary inventory results presented and discussed
On the road to green cooling, Vietnam’s Department of Climate Change (DCC) in cooperation with GIZ Proklima presents its preliminary GHG inventory results for the RAC sector. The workshop took place mid of March 2018 in Hanoi and was attended by over 40 participants.