Measurement and Evaluation of Refrigerator Energy Consumption and Efficiencies in Ghana

Abstract

In February 2006, the CSR-Institute of Industrial Research submitted technical and financial proposal on the Ghana Refrigerator Efficiency Initiative for the consideration of the Energy Commission for funding. The proposal was submitted by the Institute on behalf of the Ghana Refrigeration Efficiency Collaborative (GREC), which comprises the CSIR-Institute of Industrial Research, Energy Foundation, National Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Workshops Owners Association (NARWOE), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (Department of Mechanical Engineering), all in Ghana, and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, California, USA.