Responsible use of HFC’s Dutch-AREA approach Joop Hoogkamer NVKL: Director Technology and Environment AREA: Member of the Board

Responsible use of HFCs - Workshop and Demonstration Agenda  Introduction  Dutch approach (model), a key to a successful policy  General experiences  Results in emission reduction  Conclusions and recommendations  EU outlook and recommendations  AREA Leonardo da Vinci project

Responsible use of HFCs - Workshop and Demonstration Baseline Dutch approach  Counsel ozone directive 594/91/EEG adopted in November 1992 in the national legislation 599:  leakage free installations (RLK)  certification schema (STEK)  Scope: CFC’s, HCFC’s and HFC’s  “Two flies (ozone and global warming) in one blow”

Responsible use of HFCs - Workshop and Demonstration Dutch approach  Government partnership has been successful  Focus on training and education  Set-up an independent authority to approve companies and personnel  Develop technical-/organisation standards  Support these in the form of legislation and active inspections

Responsible use of HFCs - Workshop and Demonstration Dutch approach  March 1993 the ministry (VROM) legally implement:  the Dutch regulation on leak-free refrigeration equipment (RLK)  appointed STEK as the organisation for the education en certification (licence) schema for personnel and companies

Responsible use of HFCs - Workshop and Demonstration Dutch approach  Mandatory technical-, operational- and administrative requirements  you will find them in the council proposal for a Regulation on F-gases  Mandatory a STEK licence for contracting companies and there engineers  you will find them in the council proposal, unfortunately the license for companies has been scraped between the April and June version ?????????????

Responsible use of HFCs - Workshop and Demonstration Results  Leakage tight installations total > 92%  Overall leakage rate < 4.5% (2000)  Leakage rate per sector:  AC < 1%, process < 1%, industrial < 5%  fishing industry 80% till 200%  Tremendous reduction (50%) of refrigerants in spite of economical crow  Elimination of odd-jobbers/fly-by-nighters

Responsible use of HFCs - Workshop and Demonstration Conclusions  Dutch approach tackles ozone en greenhouse issues at the source of all evil: leakage and no end off pipe solutions  After initial problems, regulation acts well  Monitoring results shows a significant decrease in leakage rate  Quality level and environmental behaviour in the sector increased

Responsible use of HFCs - Workshop and Demonstration European outlook  A joint EU-approach is recommended to reduce leakage and emissions of refrigerants  A joint EU-approach is recommended in the field of training and certificating of the relevant personnel and companies  lets have a look at the ARAE Leonardo da Vinci project

Responsible use of HFCs - Workshop and Demonstration AREA refrigeration craftsman  The commission awarded ARAE a grant for the project entitled  The Refrigeration craftsman (competence and quality of personnel)  AREA collected in 7 member states the relevant job competences  A portfolio of the profile of the AREA (EU) Refrigeration Craftsman will be made soon

Responsible use of HFCs - Workshop and Demonstration Leonardo da Vinci  AREA skills competition during the IKK in Nuremberg, October 2004  Skills competition shows the appropriate qualifications and competence  The skills competition is based on the profile of the AREA (EU) Refrigeration Craftsman  7 European countries will compete for the Morten Arnvig Memorial Award