Resources

These resources provide context for and background information relating to K-CEP’s cooling efficiency work as well as other useful resources from K-CEP partners:

Knowledge Briefs & Toolkits

2021

China’s Cooling Imperative. By the Economist Intelligence Unit. June 2021.
On thin ice: the political economy of cooling in a warming world. By E3G. May 2021.
Green Cooling in Public Procurement: How to advance the procurement of climate-friendly and energy efficient air conditioners in the public sector. By GIZ. May 2021.
How countries can enhance Nationally Determined Contributions in 2021 with climate-friendly cooling. By K-CEP, the Cool Coalition, E3G, and CEA. May 2021.
Chilling Prospects: Tracking Sustainable Cooling for All 2021. By SEforALL. May 2021.
Raising Ambitions for Off-grid Cooling Appliances. By SEforALL and CLASP. April 2021.
Cooling Suppliers: Who’s winning the Race to Zero? By the Carbon Trust, the Cool Coalition, K-CEP, and the COP26 High Level Champions. March 2021.
Climate Action Pathway – Net Zero Cooling Action Table. By the Carbon Trust, the Cool Coalition, K-CEP, the Oxford Martin School, and the COP26 High Level Champions. March 2021.
The Cool Calculator. By the Carbon Trust and the Cool Coalition. March 2021.
Pathway to Net-Zero: Cooling Product List. By the Environmental Investigation Agency and Shecco. March 2021.
Not Passing on Passive Cooling: How Philanthropy Can Help Accelerate Passive Cooling Solutions and Their Climate Benefits. By the Cool Coalition, K-CEP, SEforALL, and CEA Consulting. March 2021.
Cooling and Climate Change. By the UN Environment Programme. March 2021.
Mepsy: The Appliance & Equipment Climate Impact Calculator. By CLASP. February 2021.
Energizing Finance: A Framework for Tracking Cooling Investment. By Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) and the Climate Policy Initiative. February 2021.
Sustainable Cooling in Support of a Resilient and Climate-Proof Recovery. By the Cool Coalition and the Climate and Clean Air Coalition’s Efficient Cooling Initiative. February 2021.
Phasing down HFCs in off- and weak-grid refrigeration: An opportunity to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. By Efficiency for Access. February 2021.
Ensuring Compliance with MEPS and Energy Labels. By United for Efficiency. January 2021.
Energy Labelling Guidance for Lighting and Appliances. By United for Efficiency. January 2021.
Service-based business models for heating and cooling as a way to save energy and contribute to a circular economy. By Count on Cooling. January 2021.
Industrial Energy Accelerator – Industrial Cooling Efficiency Solutions Kit. By the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). January 2021.

2020

Cooling: Transporting us to Net Zero. How efficient, climate-friendly cooling can support the transport sector’s transition to net zero emissions. By the Economist Intelligence Unit. December 2020.
Accelerate Magazine: Three Predictors for Cooling in 2021. By Dan Hamza-Goodacre. December 2020.
Climate Action Pathway for Net Zero Cooling. By the Carbon Trust, the Cool Coalition, K-CEP, Oxford University, and the COP26 High-Level Champions. December 2020.
Renewable Energy Policies in a Time of Transition: Heating and Cooling. By IRENA and IEA. November 2020.
Knowledge Brief Series: Green On-Wage Financing. By BASE. November 2020.
Understanding the Cold Chain Challenge for Covid-19 Vaccination. By the University of Birmingham and the Centre for Sustainable Cooling. November 2020.
The Power of Efficient Cooling: How efficient, climate-friendly cooling can support the power sector’s transition to net zero emissions. By the Economist Intelligence Unit. November 2020.
Cooling for All: The role of cold chain in delivering a COVID-19 vaccine. By SEforALL and Professor Toby Peters. November 2020.
Primer for Space Cooling and Compendium to the Primer for Space Cooling. By ESMAP (World Bank Group). September 2020.
Energy Transition: Stay cool and get to zero – Energy Efficiency Magazine (pg 41). By Dan Hamza-Goodacre. September 2020.
Cool Development Banks: Rising to the Challenge of Cooling a Warming World. By E3G. September 2020.
Net Zero Cold Chains for Food. By the Carbon Trust and K-CEP. September 2020.
Efficient Cooling in a Warming World. By the Climate Group and the Alliance to Save Energy. September 2020.
Fair Cooling Now. By Ashden, K-CEP and ClimateWorks Foundation. August 2020.
The Economic Benefits of a Clean Recovery. The Case of Energy-efficient Cooling. By the Economist Intelligence Unit. August 2020.
Better Design for Cool Buildings: How Improved Building Design Can Reduce the Massive Need for Space Cooling in Hot Climate. By the Programme for Energy Efficiency in Buildings (PEEB). August 2020.
Primer for Cool Cities: Reducing Excessive Urban Heat – With a Focus on Passive Measures. By ESMAP (World Bank Group). July 2020.
Cooling as a Service (CaaS) Toolkit. By the CaaS Initiative. July 2020.
Cooling Emissions and Policy Synthesis Report. By the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Energy Agency (IEA). July 2020.
‘This is Cool’ Campaign Toolkit. By Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL). July 2020.
Chilling Prospects: Tracking Sustainable Cooling for All 2020. By Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL). July 2020.
UK Leadership on Sustainable Cooling: From Covid-19 to COP26. By the Carbon Trust, the UK Government, the UN Environment Programme, and the Cool Coalition. July 2020.
Mobile Cooling : Assessment of Challenges and Options. By the World Bank Group. June 2020.
Building Back Better: How Climate-Friendly Cooling Can Support a Clean, Resilient Covid-19 Recovery. By E3G and K-CEP. June 2020.
‘Cooling for All: Needs-based assessment – Country-scale Cooling Action Plan Methodology. By Heriot Watt University, Centre for Sustainable Cooling, and SEforAll. June 2020.
Investor Research Report on the Cooling Sector: Ranking 18 of the largest publicly listed companies. By CDP. June 2020.
Financing Access to Cooling Solutions. By Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL). March 2020
Brochure on Good Refrigeration Practices. By the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). March 2020
Assessment of climate and development benefits of efficient and climate-friendly cooling. By the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC). February 2020.

2019

The Cooling Imperative: Forecasting the size and source of future cooling demand. By The Economist Intelligence Unit. December 2019.
Digital Public Sphere Analysis Insights Research: Efficient, Climate Friendly Cooling. By Alto Data Analytics. December 2019.
Chilling Prospects: Tracking Sustainable Cooling for All 2019. By Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL). November 2019.
Cooling in a warming world – Opportunities for delivering efficient and climate friendly cooling for all. By UN Environment and IEA. October 2019.
Model regulation guidelines for energy-efficient, climate-friendly room air conditioners and refrigerators. United for Efficiency (U4E). September 2019.
We Will: Efficient, Climate-Friendly Cooling for All brochure. By the Cool Coalition.
Maps of national cooling policies
Guides for Government and business action on efficient, climate-friendly cooling for the UN Secretary General’s Climate Action Summit (for governments / for businesses / for civil society / for cities)
Discussion Paper: Architecture & Financing Models for Efficient Cooling alongside the Montreal Protocol By NRDC and Climate Finance Adviors. July 2019.
Guidance on Incorporating Efficient, Clean Cooling into the Enhancement of Nationally Determined Contributions (English /French / Spanish)

2018

Clean Cooling Landscape Assessment
Efficient, Clean Cooling- A Major Near-Term Opportunity for China
Principles for National Cooling Plans
Global Climate Impact from Hospital Cooling
Enhancing China’s South-South Cooperation on Efficient, Clean Cooling
Cooling as a Service (CaaS)
Global, Regional, and Country Activities Supported by the Kigali Cooling Efficiency Program
Optimization, Monitoring, and Maintenance of Cooling Technology.
K-CEP Glossary
Chilling Prospects: Providing Sustainable Cooling for All. By Sustainable Energy for All (SEforAll). July 2018
The Future of Cooling: Opportunities for energy-efficient air conditioning. By the International Energy Agency (IEA). May 2018
Cooling Efficiency: Benefits, progress & opportunities. By the Efficiency Cooling Office and the Carbon Trust. November 2017.
Freezing in the tropics: Asean’s air-con conundrum. Written and produced by Eco-Business Research. January 2018.
Cooling efficiency finance case studies. By the Efficiency Cooling Office and the Carbon Trust. April 2018.
Africa cooling map. The Africa cooling cap presents African cooling policies, activities, and data related to making cooling more efficient and less polluting across the continent.

Pathway to Zero

Climate Action Pathway for Net Zero Cooling. By the Carbon Trust, the Cool Coalition, K-CEP, Oxford University, and the COP26 High-Level Champions. December 2020.
Race to Zero Breakthroughs: Transforming Our Systems Together. By the COP26 Climate Champions.
Cooling Suppliers: Who’s winning the Race to Zero? By the Carbon Trust, the Cool Coalition, K-CEP, and the COP26 High Level Champions. March 2021.
Climate Action Pathway – Net Zero Cooling Action Table. By the Carbon Trust, the Cool Coalition, K-CEP, the Oxford Martin School, and the COP26 High Level Champions. March 2021.

Briefs, Science & Research

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory: Benefits of Leapfrogging to Superefficiency and Low Global Warming Potential Refrigerants in Room Air Conditioning.
Contribution of air conditioning adoption to future energy use under global warming. By Lucas W. Davis and Paul J. Gertler
Deadly heat waves projected in the densely populated agricultural regions of South Asia. By Eun-Soon Im, Jeremy S. Pal, Elfatih A. B. Eltahir. August 2, 2017

Financing Mechanisms

Lessons Learned From Incentive Programs for Efficient Air Conditioners: A Review. By Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. May 2015. (Highlight: Page 50 – description of Mexico’s program.)
On-Bill Financing: Overview and Key Considerations for Program Design. By NRDC. July 2013. (Highlight: On-bill financing in the U.S. context.)
Options for Financing Energy Efficiency in Public Buildings in Georgia. By the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) and the World Bank’s Europe and Central Asia Region. September, 2016. (Highlight: Page 20/Section 4 – International Experience in Financing Public Sector Energy Efficiency Projects.)

Organizations and Agencies

The Cool Coalition. The Cool Coalition is a global multi-stakeholder network that connects a wide range of key actors from to facilitate knowledge exchange, advocacy and joint action towards a rapid global transition to efficient and climate-friendly cooling.
UNEP Ozone Secretariat. Find information on the Montreal Protocol, including the Kigali Amendment, along with Technical Economic Assessment Panel (TEAP) reports and data.
Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol. The Fund is dedicated to reversing the deterioration of the Earth’s ozone layer. It was established in 1991 to assist developing countries meet their Montreal Protocol commitments.
The Climate & Clean Air Coalition HFC initiative
HFCville interactive tool. Explore where HFCs are commonly used and where lower GWP substances and alternative technologies are readily available.
UNEP Fact Sheet: Maximizing Climate Benefits of HCFC Phase-out in the Refrigeration Servicing Sector.