Refrigeration and air conditioning need to be regulated

Papua New Guinea needs to improve its efforts towards regulating and ensuring best practices in the air conditioning and refrigeration industry, an official says.
Interim president of PNG Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Association (PNGRACA) Daniel Geoghegan said this during the 2018 Ozone Day Refrigeration Technical Skills Challenge in Port Moresby over the weekend.
He said refrigeration and air conditioning was a big industry in the country which needed to be promoted well to ensure best practices were applied.
As a step forward in that direction, PNGRACA was formed.
“There are currently over 200 refrigerants out in the market and the producers and manufacturers are coming up with more every day,” Geoghegan said.
“How do we ensure best practices are observed and prompted in the country?
“That is something we are looking forward to promote with the establishment of the association.”
He said they were looking forward to launch the association next year.
Geoghegan said after launching the association next year, their focus would be on improving the standard and practice of refrigeration and air condition in Papua New Guinea.
He said the association would copntinue to work to create a environment that is friendly and pollution free.
They are working closely with the Papua New Guinea Conservation and Environment Protection Authority (Cepa) to see how best they can promote best practices in refrigeration and air conditioning in the country that would have less impact on the environment.