Incentives, including exemptions of duties and taxes on natural refrigerant units, make R290 air conditioners less expensive than synthetic ones in the South Caribbean country.
The South-South cooperation effort was a starting point for introducing propane air conditioners into the two countries.
Funded, in part by GIZ Uganda, the program involved 89 students, technicians and trainers, learning brazing, leak detection and vacuuming for propane systems.
As part of the ROCA project, four donated training benches will prepare technicians to handle applications using propane refrigerant.
Since 2019, the program has saved 303,219 metric tons of carbon emissions.
An all-female team of refrigeration and air-conditioning technicians installed a split unit in the office of Minister of Climate Resilience Environment and Renewable Energy.
The GIZ Proklima class also addressed the challenges women face in the Kenyan HVAC&R industry.
The deadline is July 31 for the C4 initiative, which aims to partner with private entity to demonstrate green cooling.
GIZ Proklima has been modeling the baseline GHG emissions that can be expected from window ACs over the next two decades,
GIZ will be presenting initial test results for R290 AC prototype in webinar on July 16.
