第41届蒙特利尔议定书缔约方大会于2019年7月1日至5日在泰国曼谷召开，这是“基加利修正案”生效以来首次举行会议，旨在讨论HCFCs和HFCs转变为低GWP替代制冷剂等关键议题。广东美的制冷设备有限公司因为在环保制冷剂应用技术突出成就，成为为该会议提供替代技术路线支撑的空调行业关键企业之一。

空调行业在“基加利修正案”执行过程中将面临能效提升以及淘汰高GWP制冷剂的双重挑战。为此联合国环境署（UNEP）经济与技术委员会（TEAP）成立了“提升能效的低GWP技术”特别小组，对当前及未来低GWP制冷剂应用及能效提升的可行性与成本进行评估。

广东美的制冷设备有限公司历时10年持续研发R290环保制冷剂在家用空调中的应用，成功获得了全球第一张“蓝天使”认证，该认证是当前空调产品能效与环保要求最高且最权威的认证。

同时，美的也在行业内率先开发出高能效R290变频空调，自2016年安装于嘉兴南洋职业技术学院以来，R290分体空调已在中国成功销售超过6万套，另外超过10万套R290移动空调已经投放到欧洲市场，真正意义上实现了“高效、环保、安全”空调的市场化。

R290替代技术是当前家用空调行业内唯一完全适用于基加利修正案的技术方案，其成功市场化应用将会极大提升空调行业对全球环境保护的贡献。

由于其严苛的设计安全标准、零部件以及系统设计和生产复杂等原因，R290空调器是否能成功开发并市场化一直是蒙特利尔协议各缔约方关心的热点问题之一。因此，美的R290空调成功经验成为此次特别小组的大会报告中重要案例及技术支撑，受到与会世界各国的广泛关注，极大鼓舞了各缔约方未来执行基加利修正案的信心。

United Nations Executive Agencies Honor Midea Driving the Implementation of the Kigali Amendment

Meeting for the first time since the entry into force of the Kigali Amendment-the forty-first meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (OEWG 41) is held in Bangkok, Thailand from July 1st to 5th, 2019, and will address a number of issues such as linkages between hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) and hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in transitioning to low global warming potential (GWP) alternatives. GD Midea Air-Conditioning Equipment Co., Ltd has become one of the key enterprises in the air-conditioning industry that provides alternative technology support for the conference because of its outstanding achievements in environmentally friendly refrigerant alternative technology.

The air-conditioning industry will face the challenges of improving energy efficiency and phasing down high-GWP refrigerants simultaneously during the implementation of the Kigali Amendment. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Economic and Technical Committee (TEAP) established Task Force expert group to assess the feasibility and cost of current and future low GWP refrigerant applications and energy efficiency improvements.

GD Midea Air-Conditioning Equipment Co., Ltd has continuously invested in the application of R290 environmentally friendly refrigerant in household air conditioners for 10 years, and successfully obtained the world's first “Blue Angel” certification, which is one of the most authoritative certifications considering energy efficiency and environmental friendly of air conditioner products.

At the same time, Midea has successfully developed high-efficiency R290 inverter air conditioners. Since its installation in Jiaxing Nanyang Polytechnic Institute in 2016, Midea R290 split air conditioner has successfully been sold more than 60,000 sets in China, and more than 100,000 sets of R290 mobile air conditioners have been put into the European market, which truly realized the marketization of “efficient, environmentally friendly and safe” air conditioners.

The R290 alternative technology is the only technical solution for the current residential air conditioning sector that can fully applicable to the Kigali Amendment. Its successful commercialization will greatly enhance the contribution of the air conditioning industry to global environmental protection.

Due to the rigorous safety standards, components and system design and production complexity, whether the R290 air conditioner can be successfully developed and marketed has always been one of the focus to Montreal Protocol parties. Therefore, the successful experience of R290 air-conditioning in Midea has become an important case and technical support in the Task Force report. It has received wide attention from all countries in this OWG meeting and greatly encouraged the confidence of the parties in implementing the Kigali amendment in the future.