Experts create clean cold research hub to meet global challenge

Led by UK Universities, multi-disciplinary researchers from around the globe are joining forces in an innovative new research centre aimed at speeding up the use of radical new cooling solutions to help small-holder farmers, medicine suppliers and others make the most of clean and sustainable chilled distribution systems. Researchers at the Centre for Sustainable Cooling (CSC) will work closely with governments, international development agencies, NGOs and industry to deliver sustainable cooling for all. Activities will include: The CSC will transform clean cold research into affordable technology, working through global partners including Kyushu University, Japan; Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; Norwegian University of Science and Technology; CEPT India, Technical University - Sofia; Institute of Engineering Thermophysics (IET), Chinese Academy of Sciences, and University of Science and Technology Beijing, plus UK universities such as Aston, Birmingham, Brighton, Brunel, Heriot-Watt, London South Bank and Loughborough. Aiming to accelerate delivery of access to cooling for all who need it sustainably by combining science and technology with policy and skills development, the CSC will work with partners to help create a global sustainable cooling economy. This will simultaneously help reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions simply and effectively - particularly in countries of the Global South. CSC Founding Director, Toby Peters, Professor of Cold Economy at the University of Birmingham commented: "Access to cooling is not a luxury.