Farmers, fishers and community leaders from across Rwanda are joining sustainable cooling experts to begin an innovative training programme that will kick-start roll-out of clean cold-chain systems in Africa. Over 100 farmers, fishers and community leaders will work with experts from the Africa Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Cooling and Cold-chain (ACES) in the launch of its flagship training and knowledge building programme, where they will learn how clean-cold technology can ...Read More
Unfreezing the Savings Potential of Commercial Refrigeration Equipment
Commercial refrigeration equipment, such as refrigerated display cabinets, beverage coolers, ice cream freezers and vending machines, is essential for the storage or display of foodstuffs in the retail and food service sectors. Over 120 million units were estimated to be in operation worldwide in 2010[1]. It is projected that by 2040, the electricity consumption for an ever-growing stock of commercial refrigeration will increase by nearly 40%. Fortunately, technologies are widely available to ...Read More
New GCF Readiness Programme Funding to Support Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Cooling in Rwanda
At a workshop in Kigali at the end of May, the Government of Rwanda, through the Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA), announced funding from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Readiness Programme which will contribute to the implementation of appliance standards, a product registration system and related aspects of the Rwanda Cooling Initiative (R-COOL), as well as operationalisation of the first Rwandan SPOKE (Specialized Outreach and Knowledge Establishment) of the Africa Centre of ...Read More
Funding to Help Developing Countries Phase Out Use of Damaging Climate Gases Announced
Developing countries will receive £4 million to drive down the emissions of harmful hydrofluorocarbons generated by outdated air conditioning units, cooling refrigeration and cold supply chains, the UK government announced on 20 April 2023 ahead of a reception in No.10 Downing Street for climate scientists serving on the Independent Assessment Panels for the UN Montreal Protocol, along with members of the United Nations Environment Programme United for Efficiency (UNEP U4E) African Centre of ...Read More
Inauguration of National Technical Committee Drives Progress Towards Energy-Efficient and Climate-Friendly Cooling in Nigeria
The importance of energy efficiency as one of the most cost-effective means of providing energy security, increasing economic productivity, reducing air pollution and mitigating greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) was recognised by Nigeria’s Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr Adeleke Olonmimbe Mamora, when he inaugurated the National Technical Committee for the Scaling Up Energy-Efficient and Climate-Friendly Cooling in Nigeria’s NDC Revision project at a Stakeholder Consultation ...Read More
ACES Stakeholders Convene in the UK for Strategic Discussions
This month key stakeholders in the Africa Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Cooling and Cold-Chain (ACES) convened in the UK to finalize immediate actions to operationalize the centre, exchange insights, and build strategic networks with government officials, industry, and academia. ACES is based in Kigali, Rwanda, and its aim is to accelerate the deployment of sustainable cold-chain solutions in Africa to improve livelihoods, health, food and nutritional security. This will be achieved ...Read More
Brazilian Stakeholders Benefit from the First Ever U4E Commercial Refrigeration Study Tour
Brazil takes important fast climate action steps forward with new nationwide energy efficient, higher performance, commercial refrigerators planned for all sectors. In January 2023, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) United for Efficiency (U4E) initiative ran its first ever commercial refrigeration technical study tour, in the framework of the GCF Readiness Programme-funded project, Leapfrogging to Energy-Efficient and Climate Friendly Commercial Refrigerating Appliances in Brazil, ...Read More
U4E Model Regulation Guidelines Support NDC4 Call for Proposals on Refrigeration and Air Conditioning NDC Strategy Development
“Ambitious countries” may be able to benefit from technical advisory in the application of best practices for Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) strategy development in the refrigeration and air conditioning (RAC) sector thanks to the NDC4 Call for Proposals from the global project Cool Contributions Fighting Climate Change II (C4 II). C4 II is funded by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV) under the ...Read More
REMA, Defra and IFC Sign a Statement of Cooperation on the Africa Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Cooling and Cold-chain
On behalf of the Africa Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Cooling and Cold-chain (ACES), the Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA) for the Rwanda Ministry of Environment, and the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) were pleased to sign a statement of cooperation with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) at COP27. This statement expresses the intent to facilitate collaboration with innovators participating in the IFC’s TechEmerge Sustainable ...Read More
ACES Welcomes Carrier as Its First Industry Partner
This week, the African Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Cooling and Cold-chain (ACES) was pleased to announce Carrier Global Corporation as its first formal industry partner. The collaboration will help to advance the Centre’s work on sustainable cold chain development in Africa and supports Carrier’s focus on expanding the cold chain. As a leading global provider of innovative healthy, safe, sustainable and intelligent building and cold chain solutions, Carrier will bring their ...Read More
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