World Refrigeration Day 2025 Observed on 26 June to Celebrate Cool Skills.
Important Days
On 26 June 2025, World Refrigeration Day highlights the vital role of refrigeration, air-conditioning, heat pumps, and sustainable heating in modern life. With this year’s theme, “Cool Skills,” the day celebrates the professional expertise behind temperature-controlled systems essential to health, safety, and climate resilience.
- Observed annually since 26 June 2019, World Refrigeration Day commemorates the birth date of Lord Kelvin (born 1824), a pioneer in thermodynamics. It was launched by consultant Stephen Gill and garnered early support from ASHRAE and UNEP.
- This year’s focus celebrates the essential competencies—from technicians to researchers—that enable modern refrigeration, air-conditioning, heat pump, and sustainable heating systems. It highlights the need for skilled professionals in energy-efficient and low-carbon cooling solutions.
- Cooling technologies ensure vaccine integrity, enable fresh food preservation, support data centres, and provide comfortable indoor environments. Refrigeration plays a central role in healthcare, food security, and economic resilience.
Main Point :- (i) Refrigeration systems account for approximately 20% of global building energy usage. Improving energy efficiency, adopting low‑carbon refrigerants, and employing trained professionals are critical steps in meeting climate goals and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
(ii) ASHRAE champions “Cool Skills” through education, certification, and sustainability checklists in collaboration with UNEP’s OzonAction programme. IIR (International Institute of Refrigeration) hosted events in Paris, bringing together policymakers, industry experts, engineers, and scientists.
(iii) As the demand for cold chain services and sustainable cooling rises—driven by food preservation needs, climate resilience, and digital infrastructure—World Refrigeration Day 2025 aims to inspire a new generation of HVAC&R professionals through awareness campaigns, career drives, webinars, and technical demonstrations.
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