Following the report of the contact group, the Executive Committee decided:
- To approve the stand-alone HFC investment project for the conversion of a domestic refrigerator manufacturing facility from HFC-134a to isobutane as a refrigerant and conversion of a compressor manufacturing facility from HFC-134a-based compressors to isobutane-based compressors at Walton Hitech Industries Limited, in Bangladesh, for UNDP; and
- To approve the requests for funding for the preparation of the following stand-alone HFC investment projects as contained in the work programme amendments for UNDP, UNIDO and the World Bank for 2017:
In the domestic refrigeration sector:
- Replacement of HFC-134a with R-600a in domestic refrigeration manufacturing at Lematic Industries, in Lebanon;
- Conversion from HFC-134a to R-600a in the manufacture of domestic refrigerators at Capri, in Zimbabwe;
In the commercial refrigeration sector:
- Conversion from HFC-134a to HC-290 in the manufacture of stand-alone, self-contained commercial refrigerators at Farco, in the Dominican Republic;
- Replacement of HFC-134a with R-600a in self-contained commercial refrigeration equipment at Ecasa, in Ecuador;
- Replacement of HFC-134a with R-290 in self-contained commercial refrigeration equipment at Imbera enterprise, in Mexico;
- Conversion from HFC to HFO-based or low-global-warming-potential alternatives in the production of commercial refrigeration equipment at Pattana Intercool, in Thailand;
In the foam sector:
- Conversion from HFC-245fa to HFO as a foam agent in a refrigerator manufacturer, in China; and
- Conversion from HFC-134a to HFO-1234ze and other liquid HFOs in the manufacture of polyurethane/pour in place and spray foam, in Egypt.