Changing the future of Natural Refrigerants at ATMOsphere 2010

ATMOsphere 2010 is an International Workshop on Natural Refrigerants and will be held on 27-28 September in Brussels. Around 150 participants, 40 high-level speakers from policy and industry as well as 30 moderators will meet to help answer one simple question: HOW to bring natural refrigerants 'Faster to Market'? This year a new workshop concept has been developed: 15 groups in interactive workshops will bring together all main stakeholders to discuss what policy and industry can do to support the use of ammonia, hydrocarbons and CO₂ as refrigerants in developed and developing countries. The final programme Monday, 27 September

Policy Sessions Monday:

• Rajendra Shende, United Nations Environment Programme: Accelerating towards a Cool Green Economy: Low-GWP stimulus for the market
• Lambert Kuijpers, Technology and Economic Assessment Panel of the Montreal Protocol: Presentation of the 2010 TEAP report on low GWP substances
• Philip Owen, European Commission DG CLIM: Review of the F-gas Regulation - Whatʼs in it for natural refrigerants
• Tonje Haabeth, European Commission DG Energy: The role of natural refrigerants in the eco design rules for commercial refrigeration
• Julius Banks, United States Environmental Protection Agency: U.S. EPA policy concerning acceptability and use of natural refrigerants
• Miruza Mohamed, Ministry of Housing and Environment, Maldives: Carbon neutrality in the Maldives - the role of natural refrigerants

Lunch Session Education:

• Armin Hafner, SINTEF (Chairman): An LCCP tool for cooling and heating
• Daniel Colbourne, German Organisation for Technical Cooperation (GTZ): Guidelines for the safe use of hydrocarbons
• Katja Becken, German Federal Environment Agency (UBA): Natural refrigerants - a chance to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
• Monika Witt, eurammon: The role of the eurammon award on natural refrigerants in educating future generations of engineers

Retailers Session (Interactive Panel Debate):

• Paul Rowsome, Carrefour
• Rene van Gerwen, Unilever
• Andrea Voigt, European Partnership for Energy and the Environment (EPEE)
• Christoph Brouwers, Carrier Commercial Refrigeration
• Juergen Suess, Danfoss
• Marc Chasserot, shecco (Chairman)

Technology Workshop Refrigeration:

• Volkmar Hasse, German Organisation for Technical Cooperation (GTZ): The costs involved in HC conversions - experiences from production & commercialisation
• Giacomo Pisano, Dorin: The compressor role in the roadmap to viable CO2 refrigeration equipment
• Luca Costantini, blupura: Hydrocarbon water coolers - technology and market potential
• Raphael Gerber, Frigo-Consulting: Innovations in Commercial Refrigeration

Programme Tuesday, 28 September

Policy Session:

• Sidi Menad Si Ahmed, United Nations Industrial Development Organization: Supporting developing countries in shifting away from ozone depleting substances
• Ryoichi Yamamoto, Senior Advisor to the Japanese Government: Japanʼs leading role with natural refrigerants - Recommendations to ATMOsphere 2010
• Javier Camargo, Multilateral Fund of the Montreal Protocol: Criteria established by the Executive Committee to support Article 5 countries to meet their commitments under the Protocol
• Nidia Pabón, Ministry of Housing and Environment, Colombia: Colombiaʼs position on natural refrigerants
• Janos Mate, Greenpeace: Replacing HFCs with natural refrigerants
• Theodoros Skylakakis, European Parliament: How can CDM credits benefit natural refrigerants

Lunch Session India:

• Rajendra Shende, UNEP (Chairman)
• Souvik Bhattacharyya - Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
• Anshu Kumar, Bureau of Energy Efficiency India
• Philippe de Rougemont, Noé21: Campaign aiming at supermarket chains in India: Let's change perceptions on natural refrigerants!

Technology Workshop Heat Pumps:

• Alexander Cohr Pachai, Johnson Controls: High-efficiency NH₃ and HC heat pumps for low-carbon buildings in the EU
• Kenneth Hoffmann, Star Refrigeration: Economic benefits of high temperature ammonia heat pumps (two case stories)
• Sergio Girotto, enEX: Latest developments in natural refrigerants heat pump technology
• Merle Rocke, Ecothermics: CO₂ compressor and system technology: sustainable heating and cooling

Technology Workshop AC/MAC:

• Brent Hoare, Green Cooling Association Australiaʼs leadership role for innovative HC air-conditioning systems
• Jan Boone, Mayekawa A new range of cooling applications using natural refrigerants
• Nicholas Cox, Earthcare Innovative designs for plant room chillers using hydrocarbon refrigerants