Avo­iding 0.1 de­grees Cel­si­us with “Green” Split Air Con­di­tio­ners

10 new Air Conditioners (ACs) are being sold every second for the next 30 years. If not addressed, energy demand from ACs will more than triple by 2050, equal to China’s electricity demand today (IEA 2018). Split ACs represent the largest growing sub-sector. At the same time, they are responsible for the largest share of energy, of HCFC and HFC consumption and therefore of CO2-eq emissions.

The Side Event will present “Green” split ACs using the natural refrigerant R290 and being very energy efficient. R290 is ozone, climate and environmentally friendly: compared to synthetic refrigerants (F-gases and PFAS), it has a very low global warming potential and no toxic breakdown products.

Those “Green” ACs exist but are introduced only slowly. However, the world would benefit from their spread as they have a huge mitigation potential at very low costs: It is estimated that highly energy efficient ACs using R290 can reduce global warming by up to 0.1 degrees Celsius.

The Side Event is organized by GIZ in cooperation with the KliK Foundation (tbc) and country representatives (tbc).