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Energy Efficiency in the Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning (RAC) Sector: Providing the Same Cooling, Using Less Energy and Living Better!
(2016)
The refrigeration and air conditioning sector represents a major share of energy use in most developing countries as refrigeration and air conditioning applications consume large amounts of electricity for cooling requirements, ...
Promoting low-GWP refrigerants for air-conditioning sectors in high-ambient temperature countries (PRAHA)
(2015)
The current commercially available technologies, used as replacements for HCFCs, not only perform less efficiently in high-ambient conditions but may also possess high-GWP characteristics which do not provide optimum ...
The Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol: HFC Phase-down
(2016)
This fact sheet summarises and highlights the main elements of the Amendment of particular interest to countries operating under Article 5 of the Protocol (Article 5 Parties).
OzonAction Kigali Fact Sheet 15: Substances Not Controlled Under the Montreal Protocol
(2018-04-18)
This Fact Sheet provides details of which substances are controlled under the Montreal Protocol and gives examples of related substances that are not included in these controls.
Update on New Refrigerants Designations and Safety Classifications - UNEP ASHRAE Factsheet 1
(2015)
The purpose of this fact sheet is to provide an update on ASHRAE standards for refrigerants and to introduce the new refrigerants that have been awarded an «R» number over the last few years and introduced into the ...
Use of HFCs in Fire Protection Systems - OzonAction Kigali Fact Sheet 18
(2018)
The most widely used fire protection systems (FPS) involve water based systems such as automatic sprinklers. An important category of FPS are chemical agents that can quickly extinguish a fire without creating some of the ...
OzonAction Kigali Fact Sheet 16: GWPs of Refrigerant Mixtures; Kigali Context
(2018-10-24)
Many of the commonly used refrigerants are mixtures of several pure fluids. The Kigali Amendment controls the use of HFCs, including those used in refrigerant mixtures. This Fact Sheet provides details about the GWP of ...
OzonAction Kigali Fact Sheet 17: Refrigerant Trends in Mobile Air-Conditioning
(2018-04-18)
Mobile air-conditioning (MAC) systems used to cool the driver and passengers in land transport including cars, vans, lorries, buses, agricultural vehicles and trains. Historically all car air-conditioning used the refrigerant ...
Phase-down Strategy: Impact of Gas Choices - OzonAction Kigali Fact Sheet 19
(2018)
In Kigali Fact Sheet 6 the development of a national HFC phase-down strategy is discussed. That Fact Sheet gives background information on the “core actions” that can be used to deliver the required cuts in HFC consumption. ...