Cool Up: Upscaling Sustainable Cooling

Energy demand in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is projected to increase by 50 percent by 2040 as a result of climate change, rapidly growing populations, urbanisation, and higher living standards. Cooling represents a large portion of energy consumption and appliances are often inefficient and rely on refrigerants with a high global warming potential. To tackle these problems and mitigate climate change, the Cool Up program promotes accelerated technological change and early implementation of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol and Paris Agreement in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey. The Cool Up approach is based on four pillars: reducing cooling demand, phasing-down hydrofluorocarbons, replacing and recycling inefficient equipment and refrigerants, and training and awareness raising. The program aims to create catalytic change in the refrigeration and air conditioning sector and ultimately upscale the deployment of sustainable cooling technologies in the market.

Project data

Countries
Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey
IKI funding
19,999,726.00 €
Included preparation phase
756,576.00 €
Duration
12/2020 till 01/2027
Status
open
Implementing organisation
Guidehouse Germany GmbH
Political Partner
  • Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change (MoEUCC) - Turkey
  • Ministry of Environment - Jordan
  • Ministry of Environment - Lebanon
  • Ministry of Environment MoE - Egypt
Implementing Partner
  • Frankfurt School of Finance & Management gGmbH
  • Institut für Luft- und Kältetechnik gemeinnützige Gesellschaft mbH (ILK Dresden)
  • Öko-Recherche GmbH
  • Regional Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (RCREEE)
  • United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

State of implementation/results

  • In 06/2023, the Training of Trainers (ToT) took place in Istanbul, Türkiye. The five-day course prepared trainers to facilitate onward trainings in their home countries, developed within the framework of the Cool Up project. Participants gained knowledge on natural refrigerants and sustainable cooling through exploration of both theoretical and practical examples. In 08/ 2023, the first local Technician Training took place in Izmir after the ToT, organised by United National Development Program (UNDP) Türkiye.
  • On 07/06/2023, the Vice President of the Turkish Climate Change Directorate, Dr. Abdulkadir Bektaş, announced the launch of the first National Cooling Action Plan (NCAP) in Türkiye at a thematic group meeting of the Cool Up project in Ankara. The NCAP is an important step towards sustainable cooling and a contribution to climate neutrality for Türkiye. The Directorate of Climate Change of the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization, and Climate Change leads the NCAP development supported by the Cool Up project.
  • The Cool Up project hosted online-seminars to dispel myths about sustainable cooling, natural refrigerants, and policymaking in June and August 2023. The “Cool Solutions” online-seminar series drew attention to misconceptions around sustainable cooling and natural refrigerants, focusing on challenges and barriers to sustainable cooling and opportunities for industry, finance and policy in the MENA region and beyond. The online-seminar featured speakers from the Cool Up team, as well as internationally recognised experts and policymakers in sustainable cooling. Simultaneous translation to Arabic and Turkish was available. (www.coolupprogramme.org/…)
  • The call for ideas for the Cool Up demonstration projects opened in 01/2023 and closed in 03/2023, seeking pioneering projects using technologies that use natural refrigerants or no refrigerants for commercial air conditioning, residential air conditioning, and commercial refrigeration. Cool Up supports the demonstration of sustainable cooling solutions, with selected applicants eligible to receive a range of support, including technical assistance, support in financing the project, and visibility and outreach within the Cool Up scope (www.coolupprogramme.org/…).
  • Cool Up attended the 27th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP27) to the UNFCCC. The Cool Up project organised and further participated in 8 side events at COP, addressing the necessary market and paradigm shift to upscale solutions for sustainable cooling and provide an overview of sustainable cooling applications employing natural refrigerants and their role in reducing the overall electricity demand and reducing environmental impacts. The importance of national cooling plans in the countries under discussion were addressed, including high sector-specific ambition and financing models for transitioning to sustainable cooling technologies (www.coolupprogramme.org/…).
  • -- The Cool Up programme held its inaugural regional conference, ‘Realising Opportunities for Sustainable Cooling,’ in 09/2022 in Istanbul, Türkiye. The conference provided an opportunity to bring together actors and stakeholders from the technical, policy, and finance communities across the Cool Up partner countries for a regional exchange on the uptake of sustainable cooling and natural refrigerants (www.coolupprogramme.org/…).
  • In 07/2022, the Cool Up project in Jordan participated in the national workshop organised by the Jordanian-German Energy Partnership and the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources. The discussion centred on the development of the National Energy Efficiency Action Plan (NEEAP III) in Jordan. The Cool Up team presented sustainable cooling measures that are proposed in the Cool Up regulatory analysis report and selected as priority actions to support sustainable cooling in Jordan (www.coolupprogramme.org/…).
  • In a meeting on 04.08.2022, the Jordan Ministry of Environment Secretary General Dr. Mohammed Al Khashashneh discussed the preparation for the launch of Jordan’s national plan for sustainable air conditioning and refrigeration. In his discussion, Dr. Al Khashashneh cited that the national cooling plan will be developed according to the policy recommendations provided by the Cool Up projectt (www.coolupprogramme.org/…).
  • Cool Up joined the Cool Coalition in 03/2022 to build ties with the large membership base, contribute to their activities that are relevant for Cool Up and vis-a-versa.
  • Cool Up hosted a joint online-seminar with the Global Cool Cities Alliance in 03/2022 (www.coolupprogramme.org/…).
  • Cool Up joined Cairo Climate talks as a panellist and was represented by Dr Mohamed Salheen from national partner IDG, on 27.07.2021 (www.coolupprogramme.org/…).

Latest Update:
03/2024

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