Carbon reduction targets will only be achieved if the UK invests in cold innovations, experts say, with notable industry figures coming forward calling for action.
Expert witnesses from industry and academia, including group engineer at Tesco and SME sustainable refrigeration pioneers, Hubbard, Dearman and Iceotope, presented to the Birmingham Energy Institute policy commission last week to warn against the risks of apathy in refrigeration and cooling markets.
Referring to the UK government’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction target of 80% by 2050, the experts said the only way this could be achieved is to adopt a systems level approach that integrates heating and cooling and seriously reconsiders the way cold energy is generated and consumed.
The Birmingham Energy Institute Policy commission chaired by Lord Robin Teverson, Principal Spokesperson for Transport and former Member of the European Parliament, brings together academic experts in energy and energy policy with industry experts from a range of sectors and organisations including the Global Development Fund, National Grid and the Manufacturing Technology Centre to address the desperate need to rethink cooling provision in the UK and globally, and how to ‘do cold smarter’.
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