Member news: EPEE white paper on sustainable cooling

Date: 2019/11/29
Subject: <a href="/en/news/sectoral_intelligence?news_search_form%5Bsubject_ids%5D%5B%5D=431#results">Environment ; <a href="/en/news/sectoral_intelligence?news_search_form%5Bsubject_ids%5D%5B%5D=432#results">General information
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Keywords: Environment ; Energy efficiency ; Refrigerant ; Climate

EPEE (European Partnership for Energy and the Environment) participated in the 31^st United Nation meeting of the parties to the Montreal Protocol, which took place from 4 to 8 November in Rome.

On this occasion, EPEE presented its white paper entitled Count on Cooling: A Five-Step Approach to Delivering Sustainable Cooling. This document highlights the growth in the use of cooling, which implies an increase in energy consumption, and an increase in greenhouse gas emissions. EPEE nevertheless indicates that there are solutions to deal with these impacts.

This white paper highlights five points that seem necessary to ensure "sustainable cooling":

Optimise the needs of cooling
Improve the energy and resource efficiency of cooling
Mitigate the climate impact of refrigerants
Address the investment cost for higher efficiency solutions
Shift to renewable energy sources

The white paper can be downloaded from countoncooling.eu. This website was created to promote the role of the cold sector in the contribution to carbon neutrality in Europe.