FEATURE

2022

By Benjamin Brits

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2022

South African Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Contractors Association ( SARACCA ) Barney Richardson will present on refrigerant safe handling , which covers the processes , training , registration and renewals . This workshop will also cover the levels of registration and responsibilities .

South African Qualification & Certification Committee – Gas ( SAQCC Gas ) This workshop will address online certificates of conformance ( CoCs ) including the processes and procedures involved .

Department of Forestry , Fisheries and the Environment ( DFFE ) Margaret Molefe will discuss the South African signing of the Kigali amendment and phase-down / out of HCFC ’ s and HFC ’ s .

Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Academy ( ACRA ) Grant Laidlaw will speak about the status quo of air conditioning and refrigeration training in South Africa . He will also cover the latest qualification outline and address regular questions such as :

• Are natural refrigerants , including flammable hydrocarbons , in the training curriculum ?

• Is R32 included ?

• Is flammable refrigerant training available ?

• How to set up apprenticeships and a workplace register with a SETA .

• Are you obliged to use any particular SETA ?

• About learnerships .

• Qualifying your staff , trade testing .

• Who qualifies for trade testing , what criteria does the applicant need to meet , ie time , scope , qualifications ?

• What process does an applicant / company need to follow ?

• Will there be an ammonia-specific qualification with a trade test ?

• What does the future hold for air conditioning and refrigeration training and trade testing ? Special training projects will also be included .

Energy Partners The subject of this talk , presented by Dawie Kriel , is servitisation in refrigeration and how it supports the use of natural refrigerants and shifts the focus sharply to life-cycle cost . Servitisation is a well-known tool in many industries such as photocopiers , Uber and aircraft engines ; but in refrigeration it is a relatively new concept and is now known more widely as Cooling as a Service ( CaaS ). Energy Partners started offering their customers CaaS as an option since 2017 . Recently , the Basil Agency for Sustainable Energy ( BASE ), has started a world-wide drive to promote CaaS as a tool to promote the use of natural refrigerants and increased energy efficiency . Kriel will explain how CaaS works in practice , including the advantages to end-users and suppliers . In conclusion , with the use of data from refrigeration systems Energy Partners owns and operates , it will be demonstrated how the lifecycle cost can be optimised and guaranteed when using natural refrigerants in a CaaS project .

A Gas Werner Terblanche will discuss driving a circular economy and the latest refrigerant trends . His topic highlights the use and disposal lifecycle for refrigerants and why we need to change our outlook on how we deal with refrigerants . With an industry faced with environmental pressures , and one that operates under a quota mechanism , he will explain why A‐Gas is focusing on refrigerant reclamation to help reduce our carbon emissions to protect the planet . Terblanche will also be showcasing current refrigerant trends to lower GWP alternatives .

Baltimore Aircoil Company ( BAC ) BAC will have an international speaker that will present on the subject of Legionnaires ’ disease .

Other workshops will be presented by :

• Apollo Air

• Industrial Water Cooling ( IWC )

* 11 workshop slots were allocated at time of publishing . The final programme will be published in the official visitor catalogue .

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