Resources

Commercial, Professional and Domestic Refrigeration

UN Environment OzonAction, in cooperation with the World Customs Organization and the Ozone Secretariat, is launching the global Montreal Protocol award for customs and enforcement officers.

The award recognizes the crucial role of customs & enforcement officers in implementing trade restrictions and bans for… read more

The UNEP OzonAction GWP-ODP Calculator app will help you to convert between values in metric tonnes, ODP tonnes and CO2-equivalent tonnes (or kg) of substances controlled by the Montreal Protocol and their alternatives. The updated application now includes a new “Kigali Amendment” mode.

It is very important to note that in the Kigali… read more

The OzonAction ‘WhatGas?’ application is an information and identification tool for refrigerants gases: ozone depleting substances (ODS), HFCs and other alternatives. It is intended to provide some stakeholders, including Montreal Protocol National Ozone Officers, customs officers, and refrigeration and air-conditioning technicians with a… read more

A tri-annual newsletter by UNEP OzonAction under the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol.

In this issue October 2018: Focus on Food. Refrigeration and food security. Refrigeration and its applications in food preservation and conservation has played and will continue to play a major role in our… read more

OzonAction, in cooperation with UN Women, is seeking short ‘stories’ about  women  working in the refrigeration and  air-conditioning  (RAC)  sector,  explaining  their motivations, training and education, the challenges they may have faced, their experience and day to day details of their working lives.

HFC Phase-down timeline

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 refrigerant mixtures.

La plupart des réfrigérants couramment utilisés sont des mélanges de plusieurs fluides… read more

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. It was stressed that the most important long-term core action is to use lower GWP alternatives to HFCs in all new… read more

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 CFC-12. This was completely phased-out during the 1990s in developing countries and around a decade later in developing… read more

An overview of lower GWP alternatives and how these are being introduced into the different market sectors and sub-sectors.

A quick run-through of the different stakeholders that each Party must engage vis-à-vis the Kigali Amendment to ensure its successful and efficient implementation.

This fact sheet discusses some of the technical issues related to the operation of air-conditioning systems at high / extremely high ambient temperature

This fact sheet gives guidance on the impact of using flammable HFC alternatives.

This fact sheet discusses the various barriers to the successful implementation of the Kigali Amendment

The interaction and linkages of the Kigali Amendment with other existing policy measures is described in this fact sheet

The benefits and advantages of quick action to avoid costs and achieve target environmental results are explained in this fact sheet.

This fact sheet shows the four country groupings under the Kigali Amendment and provides a summary of the timetables and explains how to calculate the HFC baseline.

This fact sheet provides a summary of what Parties need to do when introducing new national legislation and setting up appropriate administrative procedures with regard to the implementation of the Kigali Amendment.

A look at the considerations and actions that Parties must make to come up with an optimal HFC phase-down strategy.