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cost of US $401,500 plus agency support costs of US $30,113 for UNDP, noting that the project was consistent with decision 55/43(e) and that it had been designed to disseminate the results from the validation of methyl formate technology in rigid and integral skin polyurethane foam applications globally, and on the understanding that the project would be the final validation project for methyl formate in the manufacture of rigid and integral skin polyurethane foams, and that approval of the project was without prejudice to consideration of the future funding request for phase II of the project by the Executive Committee.

a reasonable price on the local market; and, in line with the central policy objective of the Government of China to mitigate climate impacts, a low carbon solution takes priority (which is also in line with decision XIX/6 of the Parties).

cost-effectiveness value was higher than the established threshold.

Multilateral Fund, and how these technologies would be introduced in foreign-owned systems houses, UNDP explained that although it is not possible to associate a reduction in HCFC-141b to this technical assistance component, the Government and the industry consider that it will be instrumental in reducing the demand for HCFC-141b, particularly by SMEs.

7); exhibits 1.5 to 2.0 per cent energy efficiency improvement compared to baseline HFC-245fa; and might be commercially available in 2012-2013.

not be more cost-effective and sustainable to introduce the ban at the end of 2020 (i.e., completion of stage II of the HPMP) when cost-effective alternative technologies will be fully available.

refrigerators and chest freezers at Light Industries Company, at a total funding level of US $2,161,581, plus agency support costs of US $162,119 for UNIDO, without prejudice to the non-compliance mechanism of the Montreal Protocol, and on the understanding that no other project for the phase-out of CFCs in the refrigeration manufacturing sector would be approved for Iraq outside the national phase-out plan.

the attitude of insurers to the risk posed.

undertaken by systems houses when alternative formulations are commercially available and technically viable, otherwise such development work would be wasted.

(US $120,000 for each enterprise manufacturing insulation foam for domestic refrigeration equipment, and US $60,000 for each enterprise manufacturing discontinuous panels); civil and electrical works (US $120,000/enterprise); training, trials, testing and certification (US $150,000/enterprise); and contingencies (estimated at 10 per cent of the capital cost).

and systems; and trials, training for plants maintenance and safety audits.

were available; lower capital and operating costs of HCFC-based technologies; safety issues and local regulatory constraints related to the introduction of a flammable technology; and availability of HCFC-141b based pre-blended polyols in local markets.

advantages of HFCs over hydrocarbons are greater in refrigerators (average temperature of 5°C) than in water heaters (average temperature of 40°C).