ATMO Asia 2018: Live coverage highlights

The 5^th annual ATMOsphere Asia is being held on 4 September in Singapore. Over 160 delegates from manufacturing, policy and end user circles have gathered to hear about the latest market, technology and policy trends for natural refrigerants across Southeast Asia and to discuss the market prospects for natural refrigerant-based HVAC&R solutions in industry sectors such as hospitality, cold storage and food retail.

Below are some highlights of our media coverage. Please click here to read the full conference feed, including social media coverage. 

Kiat Ananda Cold Storage, MClean Technologies, Phapros and Fairmont Singapore & Swissôtel the Stamford sharing their experiences using different #NatRef technologies during the Future of the Industry End User Panel of #ATMOAsia! #GoNatRefs pic.twitter.com/8gnnVKGBkG

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"Basically we do our business while taking care of humanity, the environment and taking care of the business all together in one. For some they say it is not easy but believe me it can be done" - Ray Soraya, Kiat Ananda Cold Storage#ATMOAsia #GoNatRefs pic.twitter.com/SSD6j0jt8v

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"I believe everyone here knows we have our own responsibility to look towards creating a better environment" - Jason Yeo Hock Huat, MClean Technologies#ATMOAsia #GoNatRefs pic.twitter.com/6u9UPK5HNf

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"The criteria we use for investment decisions include not only the initial cost but we must also consider the operation costs which mean energy and maintenance costs” - Barokah Sri Utami (Emmy), Phapros#ATMOAsia #GoNatRefs pic.twitter.com/F0BLimKZJu

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"For hotels, its very hard to justify a major investment unless its an end of life project rather than a return on investment project" - Nicholas Mak, Fairmont Singapore & Swissôtel The Stamford#ATMOAsia #GoNatRefs pic.twitter.com/nH9iVcULaY

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"There are two drivers for adoption of low charge ammonia systems - safety through the reduction of ammonia charge and superior energy efficiency" - Stefan Jensen, Scantec #ATMOAsia #GoNatRefs pic.twitter.com/CzatkJQXhS

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"The benefit of using #CO2 heat pumps is that you are utilising waste. Primarily focusing on generating hot water and putting the chilled water back into the use of the system" - Wynand Groenewald, Sphere Solutions#ATMOAsia #GoNatRefs pic.twitter.com/DhlI6pRMgo

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"We're looking at COPs of 7-8 combined when combining hot water and chilled water generation at the same time”- Wynand Groenewald talking about how using CO2 heat pumps can significantly reduce energy consumption, carbon emissions & even water use in the #hospitality sector pic.twitter.com/d4hcb8Eo0V

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"Not one solution fits everything. Look at your options, look at what you want, and then decide what is perfect for you” - Inderpal Saund, Beijer Ref #ATMOAsia #GoNatRefs pic.twitter.com/yIxrVnWZDV

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"One of the best pieces of evidence to support the fact that hydrocarbons are the refrigerants of the future is the huge growth of prices seen for #HFC gases since 2017" - Esequias Pereira, Embraco #ATMOAsia #GoNatRefs pic.twitter.com/j2mQFMoYyz

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"Our manufacturing capacity for [hydrocarbon RAC units] is 180,000 units per annum and today we have around 600,000 units in the field without any accidents that can be attributed to hydrocarbons” - Abhijit Acharekar, Godrej#ATMOAsia #GoNatRefs pic.twitter.com/GI2inJrVU2

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"In terms of #training, from my perspective, #hydrocarbons for us are not the future, it is the present because we already have 600,000 units sold. So our focus now is on training #technicians" - Abhijit Acharekar, Godrej#ATMOAsia #GoNatRefs pic.twitter.com/hRhFDP38Sb

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#ATMOAsia's #Policy Panel had Ministry of Environment and Forestry of #Indonesia, Department of Environment of #Malaysia, #Green Chillers #NAMA Project, GIZ Proklima and National University of Singapore on the stage. #GoNatRefs pic.twitter.com/IbwTnZwNz2

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"We request from you as private companies to provide us with alternative technologies at the time when the developing countries are ready to implement the #KigaliAmendment” - Bitul Zulhasni, Ministry of Environment and Forestry of #Indonesia#ATMOAsia #GoNatRefs pic.twitter.com/GydEN8NNny

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"When we implement the #KigaliAmendment, we're thinking of reducing consumption of R134a in the beginning, perhaps from the domestic ref sector, because it's already common to use R600a” Bitul Zulhasni, Ministry of Environment and Forestry of #Indonesia#ATMOAsia #GoNatRefs pic.twitter.com/NFQyG06Ei8

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"By 1 January #2020 we hope to ban the import, manufacturing and installation of refrigeration and air conditioning equipment with #HCFCs” - Amy Charlene Wong, Department of Environment of #Malaysia#ATMOAsia #GoNatRefs pic.twitter.com/c5jl2fl9l3

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"We've set up a center of excellence to train and certify #technicians because we see that #NatRefs are coming to #Malaysia" - Amy Charlene Wong, Department of Environment of Malaysia#ATMOAsia #GoNatRefs pic.twitter.com/h7iMKFLAbj

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"We don’t deny that #natural #refrigerants will be the future of the industry so we want to properly prepare the industry in how to correctly service and maintain these systems" - Amy Charlene Wong, Department of Environment of #Malaysia#ATMOAsia #GoNatRefs pic.twitter.com/ON6c6UBrOr

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"If we want to use #hydrocarbons or other #NatRefs, we have to deal w/ the high pressure and the flammability of the refrigerants, so I think every country should prepare for this capacity development especially for the technicians" Herlin Herlianika, Green Chillers NAMA Project pic.twitter.com/KCMZdmILXv

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"It is not enough to only be a #technician with good knowledge. They have to have the skills, education and competence for handling these new #refrigerants. That’s why we have the created a #certification scheme. Not only training” - Herlin Herlianika#ATMOAsia #GoNatRefs pic.twitter.com/3j0tKHFnBm

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"We think that #hydrocarbons have huge potential in #Asia and especially in #SoutheastAsia and we think that a comprehensive approach can help overcome this key barrier with the lack of trained technicians” - Philipp Munzinger, GIZ Proklima#ATMOAsia #GoNatRefs pic.twitter.com/gZ5DhclqJX

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"When you look at the building sector and also the residential sectors in #Singapore, you see a big share of energy consumption with cooling and refrigeration" - Dr. Victor Nian, Energy Studies Institute, National University of Singapore #ATMOAsia #GoNatRefs pic.twitter.com/kRoo3UaEzS

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"The licensing regime for #HFCs [in #Singapore] is expected to commence on 1 January 2019” - Dr. Victor Nian, Energy Studies Institute, National University of Singapore #ATMOAsia #GoNatRefs pic.twitter.com/prSiFEy2vb

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shecco COO Alvaro de Ona kicking off our 5th #ATMOAsia conference for the Southeast Asian market, with the highest percentage of ATMO first timers and plenty of interested end users looking for green tech. Follow along live: https://t.co/vJkNUpvRH8 #GoNatRefs pic.twitter.com/VIg4FHxgXU

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#DYK #ATMOAsia 2018 kicked off with the highest percentage of first-timers? Nearly 30% of the room’s delegates raised their hands when asked if it was their first time at an ATMO #conference! #GoNatRefs pic.twitter.com/kvsGMa8diY

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"The pressure on #HFCs is now having an impact not just in #Europe and #America, but in #SoutheastAsia as well” - Alvaro De Oña, Group COO, shecco#ATMOAsia #GoNatRefs pic.twitter.com/rTVJ1V63st

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