Van D. Baxter, Co-Operating Agent of Annex 53: The demand for cooling is going to explode in the near future

Growing populations and improving economies world-wide, especially in the developing world, are projected to lead to huge increases in global demand for space cooling, dehumidification, and refrigeration. This will make reaching global energy and climate goals extremely challenging. Therefore Annex 53 has been started with the objective to develop technology solutions for higher efficiency air-conditioning/refrigeration systems to help reduce projected energy consumption increases.