The IIR

The IIR has prepared the Refrigeration Sector Achievements and Challenges Report for the Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development on August 26- September 4, 2002. The report, titled “Industry as a partner for sustainable development”, is one of 22 sector reports prepared under the auspices of and facilitated by UNEP. For each sector, the overall achievements and limits for the three main dimensions of sustainable development, i.e. social, economic and environmental, are described in depth and future challenges are outlined. The IEA Heat Pump Centre has contributed to the sector report drafting process. The economic scope of the heat pump sub-sector has been estimated at USD 17.8 billion of annual sales. At the launch meeting of the report on May 15, 2002, IIR Director François Billiard stressed that reducing the gap between industrialised and developing countries in terms of the availability of refrigeration equipment, knowledge and training, will undoubtedly be the main refrigeration sector challenge in years to come