Events and Exhibitions
Preliminary agenda Day 1*
08:30 – 09:30 Registration of participants
09:30 – 10:00 Opening address
Piet van Zyl, Head of Department, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning (DEA&DP), Western Cape
Government
Welcome address
MEC Anton Bredell, Minister of Local of Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning, Western
Cape Government
Welcome address
German Embassy
10:00 – 10:20 Project Introduction: Cooperation between the Western Cape Government, Bavaria and GIZ Proklima
Dr Joy Leaner, Director: Air Quality Management DEA&DP, Western Cape Government
Elisabeth Dusik, Bavarian Environment Agency
10:20 – 10:50 South African RAC sector: status quo, trends, developments and achievements
Department of Environmental Affairs, South Africa
Grant Laidlaw, South African Institute for Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (SAIRAC)
10:50 – 11:30 Keynote Address: The final phase-down? Why natural refrigerants are the ultimate solution!
GIZ
11:30 – 11:45 Q&A
11:45 – 13:00 Networking and Lunch Break
Parallel Breakaway Session
Technical and training aspects of RAC
Regulatory and policy aspects of RAC
13:00 – 13:45 Safe handling of natural refrigerants –Tackling safety
concerns in installation and maintenance
GIZ
The EU F-Gas regulation and the regulatory situation:
Best Practice from Bavaria
Nivedita Mahida-Königsdörfer, Bavarian Environment
Agency, GIZ
13:45 – 14:30 Current situation on certification of RAC Technicians F-Gas regulation and the regulatory situation in South
in South Africa
Africa
Grant Laidlaw, SAIRAC
Department of Environmental Affairs, South Africa
Training and Certification: How the sector can benefit
from qualified technicians
GIZ
14:30 – 15:00 Tea and coffee break
Plenary session – energy efficiency
15:00 – 15:45 Energy-efficiency in the RAC sector
GIZ
15:45 – 16:30 Energy efficiency in government / industry projects in the Western Cape
Cold storage chains in the agricultural industry
Industry from the Western Cape.
Air conditioning in government buildings
Department of Transport and Public Works, Western Cape
16:30 – 16:45 Q&A
16:45 – 17:00 Closing and Summary of Day 1
Gottlieb Arendse, Chief Director: Environmental Quality DEA&DP, Western Cape Government
17:00 onward Evening Canapé Reception
*Subject to change
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