Pathways to Near-Zero Emission Cooling
It is expected that the global stock of cooling equipment could triple by 2050, driven by growing wealth, increasing population and the impact of climate change. This massive growth needs to be accompanied by a substantial cut in greenhouse gas emissions if the world is to meet Paris Agreement targets. This webinar will explore how the world’s cooling systems could be achieving near-zero GHG emissions by 2050. A combination of measures are required to (a) reduce the demand growth through cooling load reduction measures, (b) minimise energy consumption through the use of much more efficient equipment, (c) minimise direct refrigerant emissions through use of lower GWP refrigerants and reductions in leakage levels and (d) use low carbon energy sources. The Global Cooling Emissions Model will be used to show the relative contributions of these emission reduction strategies to create a pathway to near-zero emissions.
Session lead: Ray Gluckman, Director of Gluckman Consulting Limited
Ray Gluckman is a highly experienced technical and management consultant with over 40 years of experience in the fields of refrigeration, energy efficiency and climate change.
Ray is a leading authority on reducing emissions of the powerful fluorinated greenhouse gases (the “F‑Gases”, HFCs, PFCs and SF6), which are mainly used as refrigerants. He has worked on projects related F-Gases for over 30 years and has acted as a technical advisor in this field to the many private sector clients and to public sector organisations including the UK Government, the European Commission, the United Nations and the World Bank.
Ray has an engineering degree from Cambridge University. He was President of the UK Institute of Refrigeration in 1995 and 1996. He received the Cooling Industry Gold Award in 2011. He is a senior advisor to the Montreal Protocol TEAP (Technical and Economic Assessment Panel) and a member of the Montreal Protocol RTOC (Refrigeration Technical Options Committee).
