Decision 75/40

In accordance with the recommendations of the contact group established under agenda item 8(a), Overview of issues identified during project review, to consider projects to demonstrate low-global-warming-potential technologies and feasibility studies on district cooling, the Executive Committee decided to approve the demonstration project for the use of R-290 (propane) as an alternative refrigerant in commercial air-conditioning manufacturing at Industrias Thermotar ltda in Colombia, in the amount of US $500,000, plus agency support costs of US $35,000 for UNDP; and to deduct 0.73 ODP tonnes of HCFC-22 from the remaining consumption eligible for funding.