IEA/HPT Annex 53 Advanced Cooling/Refrigeration Technologies Development – Task 1 Report
Air conditioning (AC) and refrigeration systems account for a large share of today’s global energy consumption, and this demand is expected to increase sharply over the next 50 years unless actions are taken to ameliorate the increase. The adoption of AC in developed countries increased rapidly in the twentieth century, and the twenty-first century is expected to see increased adoption in developing countries—especially those with hotter climates and large, growing populations, such as India, China, Brazil, and Middle Eastern and African nations. The International Energy Agency (IEA) projects that by 2050, AC energy consumption levels will increase by 4.3 times over the 2010 levels for non-Organization of Economic Coordination and Development (OECD) countries vs. only 1.5 times for OECD countries (Figure 1).
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- OSTI ID:
- 1649030
- Report Number(s):
- ORNL/TM-2020/1592; HPT-AN53-1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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