News from Project 53

The project Advanced Cooling/Refrigeration Technologies Development was initiated to share information to encourage the development of high-efficiency and low–global warming potential air-condition, refrigeration, and heat pump technologies. The results now available, summarize the current RD&D status of the leading technologies and give a pathway for future development for clean and...

Listen to Van Baxter, Co-Operating Agent of Annex 53 talking about Advanced cooling/refrigeration technologies development here. Read more about the TCP Universal Meeting 2021 here. The video presentation can be found on the TCP Universal Meeting event page on the IEA website and will also soon be added to the...

Growing populations and improving economies world-wide, especially in the developing world, are projected to lead to huge increases in global demand for space cooling, dehumidification, and refrigeration. This will make reaching global energy and climate goals extremely challenging. Therefore Annex 53 has been started with the objective to develop technology...

On January 11, HPT Annex 53 (Advanced Cooling / Refrigeration Technologies Development) held their initial kick-off meeting at the Ashrae conference in Atlanta, GA USA. The event attracted a wide range of people, mostly representatives of the primary US research institutes. The meeting was co-lead by Van Baxter, co-operating agent...

To start up and introduce their new Annex 53 “Advanced Cooling / Refrigeration Technologies Development” the Annex 53 team will have a kick off during the 2019 ASHRAE winter meeting in the United States. The meeting is open to all HPT member country representatives.  The Annex is just starting and...