Resources

This technical brief reflects the Polish experience of setting up and managing logbooks for refrigeration, air-conditioning, heat pump (RACHP) and other types of equipment. It also provides examples of similar equipment databases used in other developed and developing countries.

This technical brief encourages Governments and National Ozone Officers to establish or amend national legislation requiring mandatory labelling of refrigerant cylinders and explains what information should be included in refrigerant cylinder labelling.

The Gas Card tool is a web-based visualization tool of refrigerant gases, developed by UN Environment Programme (UNEP) OzonActon, to provide engineers, workers, and technicians with easily accessible information on substances/ gases that they are working with or handling in the workplace on visual printable cards.

World Refrigeration Day: Cold Chain 4 Life - STICKERS in the six UN languages

Cold Chain 4 Life - The Cold Chain Connects the World - posters in the six UN languages for World Refrigeration Day

The cold chain is a series of actions and equipment applied to maintain a product within a specified low-temperature range from harvest/ production to consumption, including farming/fishing, food processing, cold storage, transportation, food services, and domestic uses, as well as special products like medicinal products and vaccines.

The Cold Chain 4 Life banners - are available as follows:

-    Cold Chain 4 Life Banner 120 x 600 (3.175 x 15.875cm)
-    Cold Chain 4 Life Banner 250 x 250 (6.615 x 6.615cm)
-    Cold Chain 4 Life Banner 728 x 90 (19.262 x 2.381cm)
-    Cold Chain 4 Life Banner 320 x 50 (8.467 x 1.323cm) Mobile banner
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Comprehensive modular training programme for new National Ozone Officers (NOOs), assistants and other staff of National Ozone Units. 

A key factor contributing to the significant success of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer is the ‘country-driven approach’. This approach places National Ozone Units at the… read more

The award recognizes the crucial role of customs & enforcement officers in implementing trade restrictions and bans for hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) and hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). Both groups of chemicals, which are controlled under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, are widely used as refrigerants and… read more

Global Award for Customs and Enforcement Officers: Compilation of iPIC Consultations & Seizures

UN Environment Programme OzonAction, in cooperation with the World Customs Organization and the Ozone Secretariat, is launching the fifth edition of the ECA Montreal Protocol Award for Customs and Enforcement Officers for the period 2019-2020. The award recognizes the crucial role of customs & enforcement officers in implementing trade… read more

This Webinar, on World Refrigeration Day (WRD), on Refrigerants for Life and how they affect modern life, intends to capture the overall global picture of policies, research,and trends of using refrigerants in different applications while presenting the role of industry, governments,and individuals in ensuring the Responsible Use of… read more

This is the electronic and interactive version of the UN Environment OzonAction Quick Guide on Good Servicing Practices for Flammable Refrigerants.It offers easy reference to the key safety classification and technical properties of flammable refrigerants that are available in the market. It also provides important safety guidance for the… read more

Video series on guidance on how to identify refrigerants using a refrigerant identifier

Cold chain technology brief in refrigeration in food production and processing

Transport Refrigeration

Cold Storage and Refrigerated Warehouses

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

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.