The
National CFC Consumption
Phasing-out Plan (NCCoPP)
is India’s final
CFC phase-out project
for the refrigeration
and air conditioning
(RAC) servicing sector.
CFCs are banned from
use in manufacturing
of refrigeration appliances
such as refrigerators
or car air conditioners
under the Ozone Rules
2000 since January 2003.
The project aims to also
completely phase-out
the CFC service consumption
of 1500 tons (1999 baseline)
by 1st January 2010 to
secure India’s
compliance with the
phase out schedules
of the
Montreal
Protocol.
NCCoPP is funded by
the Multilateral
Fund of the Montreal
Protocol. In parallel
the production of CFCs
in India (and else
where in the World)
are phased
out. Compared to the
1999 baseline the production
sector sales had been
reduced to 50% by 2005.
They will have to be
reduced further down
to 15% of the 1999
volumes by 2007.
The
project's main scope
is on training
technicians from predominantly
micro
and small scale refrigeration
servicing sector enterprises
in good practices, alternative
non-CFC refrigerants
(HFC134a and hydrocarbons)
and retrofit. Since 2004
more than 3300 technicians
have been trained under
NCCoPP. Dedicated training
courses do in addition
disseminate good practice
and retrofit for Mobile
Air-Conditioning (MAC) and Open
Type Compressors (OTC). OTCs are used
in Railways and small
scale food processing
enterprises. The project
adopts a multi-pronged
approach to achieve its
targets. In addition
to training, it includes
equipment
support, awareness
building and information
dissemination, and customs
support components.
Information dissemination and creating
awareness regarding CFC phase-out
in India is of utmost importance
to ensure the project’s success.
Various methods are being employed
to create awareness: viz. video
film, posters, newsletter, flyers,
dealer workshops, equipment support
workshops, articles in newspapers
and this dedicated website.
NCCoPP takes over from the Indo-Swiss
Human and Institutional Development
in Ecological Refrigeration (HIDECOR)
project. The HIDECOR operation,
initiated in 1998, was geographically
restricted to selected states and
the target group was limited to
Micro and Small and Medium-sized
service Enterprises in the RAC sector.
NCCoPP currently has a presence
in all the States of India. It aims
to encourage good servicing practices
among all RSEs, with a special focus
on those firms consuming more than
50 kg CFC per annum.
The project is scheduled
to end by 31 December 2009.
