Temperatures are rising worldwide, which is leading to growing demand for cooling. However, air conditioning and refrigeration technologies emit greenhouse gases, which fuel global warming even more. To break this vicious cycle, environmentally sustainable cooling technologies are needed. They run on natural refrigerants that do not harm the climate or environment and are exceptionally energy-efficient.
Objective:
Natural refrigerants are being used worldwide, thus contributing to climate, ozone and environmental protection.
Procedure:
The project is advising the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) in relation to the international negotiations on the Montreal Protocol. With the Montreal Protocol, the international community has committed to eliminating ozone-depleting gases and reducing the use of climate-damaging substitutes.
To put this into action, the project operates in the following fields of activity:
- Working with the National Ozone Units (NOUs) in the cooperating countries to develop standards and laws.
- Training refrigeration technicians and trainers and offering ‘cool training’ courses on the use of natural refrigerants.
- Equipping training institutes with tools and technical demonstration systems.
- Developing and piloting of national certification systems.
- Supporting of pilot projects for new technologies and producing studies and materials to expand the use of natural refrigerants.
- In India, for example, it is supporting the company Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd. to develop a compressor for R290 air conditioning systems.
The project is part of the Proklima project cluster. This encompasses further projects financed by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV), the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) or other donors.