This report presents a review of refrigeration and air conditioning technologies that would reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases, comprising both “direct emissions” through the release of refrigerants with high global warming potential as well as “indirect emissions” as CO2 emissions in electricity generation.

The subject matter is very extensive. This report reduces the focus (a) by limiting the geographical area to Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), and (b) by considering the perspective of an energy service company (ESCO), i.e. a private company that would invest in projects with the goal of energy savings and emissions reduction as defined in the previous paragraph.

This review was produced by MGM Innova Capital as part of a project under our finance window.