What’s wrong with stripping down and being natural? We can get rid of synthetics, remove all fake blends and use what the earth provides, propane, Co2 and ammonia all the way! 

I had a great time speaking at ATMOsphere Australia 2019. To be on the contractor’s panel where we could share our challenges and ideas was awesome. Although nervous and flapping around like a fish out of water, I was glad to be able to share our views on mindsets and training. Critical to our future, being prepared and accepting is essential, hopefully, our ideas and beliefs were well received. 

Mindsets are so powerful they can be created or changed, developed or perfected. Our push to create a natural world will face many challenges, we will have non–believers, non–spenders and miserable realists. Our ability to inspire what is “just and right” will be significant in cementing change. 

We have so many things in our favour when we try to instil a positive “natural” mindset. For us and our people it’s exciting, new and old technologies combine to keep our minds fresh. Our customers can be shown the benefits of a reduced carbon footprint and the future proofing from increased and accelerated synthetic refrigerant costs. Clients can also be shown (in most cases) lower energy costs. 

 

“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step” – Lao Tzu

 

Training us and our people is a great extension of mindset change. Once we have an open mind and our thoughts in a row, we can perfect and challenge. We can come up with new ideas, new technologies, and new best practice.  

All training starts with the teacher, in this case that’s us. A teacher should be the greatest learner, you can’t teach what you don’t know. In a changing world we need to constantly learn so our lessons are up to date and informative. Information on natural refrigerants and technology is everywhere, one of the best available resources is the Danfoss eLearning platform. Everyone at Coolphase, from apprentice to engineer is encouraged to log on and learn. 

Attending ATMOsphere Australia 2019 was especially awesome, learning and hearing the experiences of  so many educated and knowledgeable people. I truly appreciate the opportunity to present and share our own views. The ‘Natural Refrigerant World’ is an exciting place, one we should all take pride in being a part of.

R290 Natural Refrigerant Promotional Island Fridge

R290 Natural Refrigerant Promotional Island Fridge

Promotional Island Fridge Natural Refrigerant

Promotional Island Fridge Natural Refrigerant

Opal the R290 Promotional Island Fridge

Opal the R290 Promotional Island Fridge

Coolphase sells R290 Natural Refrigerant Fridges

Coolphase sells R290 Natural Refrigerant Fridges

Transcrital CO2 refrigeration systems are here and we can’t wait to play our part!

 

Perceptions, ideas and beliefs, it’s amazing what a change in mindset can achieve.

 

While on a recent “work trip” to Europe my mind was set alight with the brilliant acceptance of change and the boom of transcritical refrigeration. The European Union has played its hand straight-up in combating the effects of global warming. Wind and solar farms distort the landscape and the endeavor to remove F-gases is ongoing and systematic. There is a distinct aura of responsibility and willingness in Europe to find a better, greener way.

Our short trip involved a visit to Chillventa the expo for energy efficiency, heat pumps and refrigeration, where we witnessed first-hand a drive to create sustainable solutions for the future. Every second stand involved natural refrigerants, CO2 transcritical racks, propane systems and one guy was even trying to sell systems that contained good old H2O (water) as a refrigerant.

 

Change was everywhere, and change was commonplace.

 

Several factory visits later and our initial perceptions were confirmed, innovation and belief. And the most amazing thing was, people weren’t scared of transcritical CO2 systems. The demand for the natural solution is huge, manufacturers can’t keep up.

Continued after image: sheccoBase (2018), ongoing research for World Guide to CO2 Transcritical Refrigeration, to be published in 2019 (more information at info@sheccobase.com)

Mindset Change.

 

We have a knack in Australia to make things more complicated than they really are.  We fear the word and system “transcritical”. But, don’t be afraid. People have installed it all over the world. Not so long ago we led the world in refrigeration. In fact we were the first to patent the vapour compression cycle! Therefore, we need to catch up and get back to being innovative and responsible.

Whether you are a conspiracy theorist or hardcore environmentalist, the change in the earth’s surface temperature is evident. 0.85oC higher than late in the 19th century, man-made or a cycle of the sun? In conclusion, as an industry we can help just a little by using natural refrigerants. So, what are we waiting for?