About NCCoPP

The National CFC Consumption Phasing-out Plan (NCCoPP) is India’s final CFC phase-out project for the refrigeration and air conditioning (RAC) servicing sector. CFCs are banned from use in manufacturing of refrigeration appliances such as refrigerators or car air conditioners under the Ozone Rules 2000 since January 2003. The project aims to also completely phase-out the CFC service consumption of 1500 tons (1999 baseline) by 1st January 2010 to secure India’s compliance with the phase out schedules of the Montreal Protocol. NCCoPP is funded by the Multilateral Fund of the Montreal Protocol. In parallel the production of CFCs in India (and else where in the World) are phased out. Compared to the 1999 baseline the production sector sales had been reduced to 50% by 2005. They will have to be reduced further down to 15% of the 1999 volumes by 2007.

The project's main scope is on training technicians from predominantly micro and small scale refrigeration servicing sector enterprises in good practices, alternative non-CFC refrigerants (HFC134a and hydrocarbons) and retrofit. Since 2004 more than 3300 technicians have been trained under NCCoPP. Dedicated training courses do in addition disseminate good practice and retrofit for Mobile Air-Conditioning (MAC) and Open Type Compressors (OTC). OTCs are used in Railways and small scale food processing enterprises. The project adopts a multi-pronged approach to achieve its targets. In addition to training, it includes equipment support, awareness building and information dissemination, and customs support components.

Information dissemination and creating awareness regarding CFC phase-out in India is of utmost importance to ensure the project’s success. Various methods are being employed to create awareness: viz. video film, posters, newsletter, flyers, dealer workshops, equipment support workshops, articles in newspapers and this dedicated website.

NCCoPP takes over from the Indo-Swiss Human and Institutional Development in Ecological Refrigeration (HIDECOR) project. The HIDECOR operation, initiated in 1998, was geographically restricted to selected states and the target group was limited to Micro and Small and Medium-sized service Enterprises in the RAC sector. NCCoPP currently has a presence in all the States of India. It aims to encourage good servicing practices among all RSEs, with a special focus on those firms consuming more than 50 kg CFC per annum.

NCCoPP Training

Training constitutes one of the main efforts under NCCoPP. Training is offered to Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (RAC) technicians all over India through Training Cells in all the major states.

Training focuses on Mobile Air-Conditioning servicing; retrofitting for large commercial appliances using open-type compressors; retrofitting for domestic and small commercial appliances; and recovery & recycling of CFC refrigerants.

Good practice in handling CFCs is the primary focus. In addition, technicians are also trained in non–CFC technologies to ensure customer satisfaction, on which, finally, their survival depends. Safety aspects are also an issue, especially with regard to use of Hydrocarbons and must be understood.

NCCoPP operates through a network of training cells in most of the States in India. The training cells are managed through Quest Consulting and Training which coordinate the training programmes. They lead the training initiatives in India. Industry partners such as Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Ltd., Whirlpool, and Kirloskar Copeland Ltd. also participate in the programme and provide their resources to train refrigeration servicing enterprise technicians in addition to training their own service networks and their franchisees. These industries cater to the training needs of RSE technicians from all regions/states in India. The number of training cells may change over the project’s lifetime as it will be uneconomical to operate all the individual training cells. For example, in the South, a very high coverage of the sector has already been achieved through the HIDECOR project, so the training cells in these areas and the number of training programmes in this region will gradually reduce.

All selected training institutions are given initial support through training of trainers’ workshops and equipment to reinforce their capacity and infrastructure.

Please click on the following links for a description of the future training programmes and schedules,the registration process and the benefits of attending the technicians training.