World Refrigeration Day marked in Nay Pyi Taw

The World Refrigeration Day for 2023 was held at the Environmental Conservation Department in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday morning.
At the ceremony, Union Minister for Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation U Khin Maung Yi said that this year’s slogan “Next Generation Cooling: The future is in our hands” is to remind and call on people to meet the increasing demand for low-carbon cooling systems and to realize the gradual changes in the cooling technology, that the depletion of the ozone layer caused by the refrigerants used in cooling equipment is a challenge to be seriously addressed and that Myanmar is implementing the reduction of substances that can damage the ozone layer.
The Union minister added that development of technologies that can mitigate the global temperature and decrease the atmospheric humidity plays a vital role in reducing the use of energy and carbon emission, that 20 per cent of the total electricity used in buildings around the world is used in air conditioners and that it is important to import and distribute only energy-saving and efficient cooling equipment and alternative cooling agents that do not harm the ozone layer. — MNA/KZW