ASHRAE and UN Environment Programme Launch Three-Year Work Plan
ATLANTA — ASHRAE and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) announced the launch of its 2021-2023 work plan. The work plan’s theme is “Refrigeration Management for Developing Economies” and was signed by Charles E. Gulledge III, P.E., 2020-2021 ASHRAE president and James S. Curlin, acting head of UNEP OzonAction Programme.
In 2007, ASHRAE and UNEP OzonAction signed an agreement aimed at promoting the adoption of state-of-the-art technologies and practices in developing countries that avoid the use of ozone depleting substances and promote the deployment of lower global warming potential (Lower-GWP) refrigerants. The two global organizations also worked to offer tools and knowledge to help in eliminating emissions of refrigerants while servicing refrigeration and air conditioning applications. Both parties renewed their commitment of the continuing strategic partnership through a new umbrella MOU signed in 2019, replacing the original 2007 agreement. This is the fifth joint work plan.