EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS
INCORPORATING COLD CHAIN
shecco shakes up the atmosphere
Compiled by Ntsako Khosa
The highly anticipated first-ever ATMOsphere conference in South Africa
brought together the industry in Cape Town.
T
he conference took place on 10 (BASE), a Swiss not-for-profit foundation Commercial Refrigeration Services (CRS), using different types of natural refrigerant
March at the Vineyard in Cape and a specialised partner of the United Grant Laidlaw owner and principal of technologies, including benefits,
Town. Under the theme of providing Nations Environment Programme the Air Conditioning and Refrigeration challenges and future plans.
environmentally-friendly solutions that (UNEP). The roundtable sessions looked Academy (ACRA) and Thomas are business-and-economically savvy at the opportunities and challenges Motmans, Sustainable Energy Finance case study presentations from Energy
for the HVAC&R industry, industry surrounding implementing the CaaS specialist from CaaS gave an exclusive Partners, Valeo and Arneg. Case studies
experts shared their perspectives. model in South Africa. look at how global technology changes were on both commercial and industrial
are tied into Cape Town’s market. applications of natural refrigerants.
About 150 thought leaders, including
policymakers, manufacturers, end users,
The programme ran as follows:
Group CEO, Mark Chasserot, was MC
During the break, guests were
The last topic of the day covered
ATMOsphere conferences occur
NGOs, contractors and academics at the event. He welcomed attendees given the opportunity to go around all over the world, several times a
attended to discuss the latest market and introduced the speakers. the exhibition area to view various year. They target local industry and
companies and products they supply. commerce interested in natural
developments for natural refrigerants,
Under the Global Market Trends
provide updates on regulations topic, (deputy manager) Market and standards, and showcase new Development at shecco, Ilana Obed Baloyi from the Department of opportunities to network, learn about
technology innovations. Koegelenberg and John Ackermann, Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF) new trends in policy, technology,
Cooling as a Service (CaaS) held a
After the break, Koegelenberg and
refrigeration by giving these entities
founder of Cold Link Africa, gave a gave an in-depth explanation of policy markets, and present their products and
matchmaking event the day before thoroughly explained panoramic view changes that could affect the industry services. These conferences can target
to speak to the local HVAC&R industry of global market trends and how these and markets in and around the Cape whole continents, countries, or in the
and its clients about the CaaS business may affect the Cape Town region. Town area. A panel discussion with case of Cape Town, zones that have
representatives from Spar, Woolworths a high potential for development in
and Pick n Pay shared their experiences natural refrigerants.
model. The CaaS Initiative is part of the
Basel Agency for Sustainable Energy
COLD LINK AFRICA •
March/April 2020
Under Tech Trends, Wynand
Groenewald, chief technology officer at
CLA‑
www.coldlinkafrica.co.za
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