Cambodia National Cooling Action Plan.
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Abstract
This Cambodia National Cooling Action Plan (NCAP) is a sectoral policy document covering the period of 2022-2042. The aim of the NCAP is to pave the way for a transition towards climate-friendly cooling by reducing cooling demand, improving the energy efficiency of appliances and promoting low-GWP refrigerants to help reduce GHG emissions. The NCAP focuses on five main areas: 1) Building Space Cooling, 2) Food Cold Chain, 3) Healthcare Cold Chain, 4) Mobile Air Conditioning, and 5) Process Cooling. The interventions under the NCAP are divided into three main periods: the short term (5 years), medium term (10 years), and long term (20 years).
In Cambodia, the cooling sector consumed a total of 4,738 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of electricity in 2020, and this is expected to nearly double to 8,944 GWh by 2040 in the absence of significant action towards sustainable cooling. The cooling sector contributed 6.27 million tons of carbon dioxide (CO2 ) equivalent emissions in 2020. In response to this challenge, the Goals of the NCAP are set as: 1. Propose policy, regulatory and actual interventions for climate-friendly and energy-efficient practices; 2. Enhance climate-friendly and energy-efficient technologies and practices; 3 Explore and develop market mechanisms for accessible and affordable cooling technologies; 4 Build stakeholder capacities and promote public awareness and stakeholder engagement on energy efficiency in the cooling sector; 5. Contribute to a combined reduction in direct and indirect GHG of 12 per cent in 2030 and 17 per cent in 2040 as compared to the Business-As-Usual (BAU); and 6. Reduce total electricity consumption in the cooling sector of 14 per cent by 2030 and of 20 per cent by 2040 as compared to the NCAP BAU projection.
The NCAP proposes a multi-pronged approach towards meeting a country’s cooling demand, including: Reduce cooling demand, and where possible the need for mechanical cooling, through better urban planning and building design, and the use of nature-based solutions such as green public spaces and green roofs and walls; Shift towards renewables-based cooling, district cooling approaches, solar-powered cold chains, etc.; Improve conventional cooling by increasing the efficiency of air conditioning and refrigeration equipment and demand response measures; and Protect vulnerable people from the effects of extreme heat and the consequences of unreliable medical and agricultural cold chains.
The proposed NCAP interventions reflect the measures outlined in Cambodia’s updated NDC for better addressing cooling demand, including enhancing minimum energy performance standards (MEPS), implementing passive cooling measures in cities and in public and commercial buildings, transitioning away from fluorinated gases (F-gases) in all cooling sectors, and supporting sustainable cooling for the food and beverage industries. These interventions would contribute to reducing GHG emissions, improving living conditions, improving storage for vaccines and food supply, and saving energy costs.
In Cambodia, the cooling sector consumed a total of 4,738 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of electricity in 2020, and this is expected to nearly double to 8,944 GWh by 2040 in the absence of significant action towards sustainable cooling. The cooling sector contributed 6.27 million tons of carbon dioxide (CO2 ) equivalent emissions in 2020. In response to this challenge, the Goals of the NCAP are set as: 1. Propose policy, regulatory and actual interventions for climate-friendly and energy-efficient practices; 2. Enhance climate-friendly and energy-efficient technologies and practices; 3 Explore and develop market mechanisms for accessible and affordable cooling technologies; 4 Build stakeholder capacities and promote public awareness and stakeholder engagement on energy efficiency in the cooling sector; 5. Contribute to a combined reduction in direct and indirect GHG of 12 per cent in 2030 and 17 per cent in 2040 as compared to the Business-As-Usual (BAU); and 6. Reduce total electricity consumption in the cooling sector of 14 per cent by 2030 and of 20 per cent by 2040 as compared to the NCAP BAU projection.
The NCAP proposes a multi-pronged approach towards meeting a country’s cooling demand, including: Reduce cooling demand, and where possible the need for mechanical cooling, through better urban planning and building design, and the use of nature-based solutions such as green public spaces and green roofs and walls; Shift towards renewables-based cooling, district cooling approaches, solar-powered cold chains, etc.; Improve conventional cooling by increasing the efficiency of air conditioning and refrigeration equipment and demand response measures; and Protect vulnerable people from the effects of extreme heat and the consequences of unreliable medical and agricultural cold chains.
The proposed NCAP interventions reflect the measures outlined in Cambodia’s updated NDC for better addressing cooling demand, including enhancing minimum energy performance standards (MEPS), implementing passive cooling measures in cities and in public and commercial buildings, transitioning away from fluorinated gases (F-gases) in all cooling sectors, and supporting sustainable cooling for the food and beverage industries. These interventions would contribute to reducing GHG emissions, improving living conditions, improving storage for vaccines and food supply, and saving energy costs.
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