Appendix C: The Danish refrigeration industry's plan of action, Danish Environmental Protection Agency

Evaluation of the possibilities of substituting potent greenhouse gases (HFCs, PFCs and SF₆)

Appendix C:
The Danish refrigeration industry's plan of action

Below is the note of the four refrigeration associations on additional costs in connection with the implementation of the Danish Environmental Agency's plan of action on phase-out of potent greenhouse gases.

The purpose of the preparation of this note is to try to get an idea of the magnitude of the costs of a fully completed plan of action for the refrigeration industry.

The necessity of a co-operation between the authorities and all "refrigeration players" and the need for overall co-ordination and knowledge dissemination to the entire industry are – in the view of the associations – crucial to whether the industry succeeds in completing the approaching conversion process for application of refrigerants with ozone layer depleting substances or potent greenhouse gases (natural refrigerants) within the time frames suggested by the authorities. It is about handling the task jointly.

The present layout takes its starting point in headword and headings prepared as an introductory presentation for the refrigeration associations meeting with the Danish Environmental Protection Agency on 28 June 2001 concerning a plan of action for the refrigeration industry. Priority and selection have not been made, additions have not been made and subjects have not been removed.

So far it has been agreed that an application is prepared and sent to the Danish Environmental Protection Agency as a preliminary project which in details should make the outlined plan of action more specific and verify the associated costs.

Remarks and comments

The enclosed estimate is carried out in a very short time and should therefore be taken with some reservations.

Estimate

The economic estimates in the table are provisional:

	Total	Activity
	[tDKK]	[type]
Which refrigerants for which applications	600	Information
Basic analysis of who makes what in the Danish industry
Preparation of common course with regard to the systems which have to be used for which refrigerants
Authorisation/certification/competence	4,800	Courses, etc.
Updating of present authorisation scheme (certification scheme?)
Securing of competence of companies and individuals
Upgrading of all authorised companies for certificate 2 in time
Education/basic and further education/courses	2,000	Courses, etc.
Development of basic and further education as well as courses covering all requirements
Knowledge dissemination/internet/info centre/hotline/ consultancy/…	7,200	Information
Web based information service in the refrigeration industry
Knowledge dissemination from institutes and educational establishments for implementing companies
Components/development/import/wholesalers/…	25,000	Development
Development and/or import of components for future systems
System experience/field test/system construction/ System design/dimensioning	46,000	Development
Knowledge dissemination from prototype and laboratory work
Building up of operational experience with new system types
Assistance for companies to gain experience with new types of system quickly
Organisation/co-ordination/KKO/KMO/works committees/…	1,900	Information
Organisation of the preparation of a industry plan of action
Codes of practice/guidelines/…	3,900	Information
Examination and adjustment of codes of practice
Make the authority requirements operative
Translation of standards from "foreign languages" – including DS/EN 378
New requirements for tightness and use of applicable components and assembly methods
Consider whether small systems with small charges should be allowed to use HFC for some time to come
Knowledge dissemination for project planners, consultants and implementers	3,100	Information
Knowledge dissemination for project planners, consultants, etc.?
Køleteknisk Informationscenter, including web based knowledge base
Economy	15,000	Development/ implementation
Compensation to customers for the additional expense of new systems – possibly in a transitional period
Energy consumption/environmental impact/life economy	4,000	Inf./udv.
Ensure that all new installations are not of an inferior level than the existing
Integration of relevant requirements in Kølebranchens Kvalitetssikringsordning (the Danish refrigeration industry's quality assurance scheme)
In total	113,500

NB! The estimates comprise all expected costs! It is not assessed to which extent the Danish Environmental Protection Agency and other authorities can and will subsidise the individual activities.