Transforming Kenya’s Cold Chain

InspiraFarms and BASE have started collaborating in Kenya to demonstrate that Cooling as a Service (CaaS) can transform the affordability and accessibility of cold chain infrastructure in emerging markets. Join the webinar on 25 June 2020 at 3pm CEST to find out more! Inspirafarms and BASE signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) earlier this month (June)  … Continued

BASE joins InspiraFarms webinar on CaaS for cold supply chains

BASE will join InspiraFarm’s webinar on “Cooling as a service in agricultural supply chains” on Thursday, 25 June at 4.00pm CEST InspiraFarms produces energy-efficient pre-cooling and cold rooms, packhouses and automated ripening chambers; client-centered technical support; and affordable asset financing terms that allow agribusinesses in East Africa to leapfrog barriers to emerging technology and finance … Continued

ECOFRIDGES closes deals with four commercial banks in Ghana

The ECOWAS Refrigerators and Air Conditioners Initiative (ECOFRIDGES) is received with enthusiasm by the financial sector in Ghana. ECOFRIDGES Green On-wage financing (ECOFRIDGES GO) will be commercially available for Ghanaian households in the coming months. ECOFRIDGES is a joint program by the United Nations Environment Programme’s United for Efficiency (U4E) initiative and the Governments ofGhana … Continued

CaaS Global E-Summit – Save the date 

The virtual event will take place 1 December from 8.30 to 19.00 CET and all interested parties are invited to register to attend free-of-charge.  Hosted by the Basel Agency for Sustainable Energy (BASE), the Cooling as a Service (CaaS) E-Summit will highlight how this cooling servitisation business model works. The E-Summit will bring together business … Continued

Calling all servitisation projects to apply to the Global CaaS Prize

Implemented pay-per-use cooling/ outsourced cooling projects from Asia, Africa, and Latin America can enter the Cooling as a Service (CaaS) Prize before the extended deadline of 31 July 2020. About the CaaS Prize  The main focus of the CaaS Initiative is to mainstream the adoption of the Cooling as a Service (CaaS) servitisation model around … Continued

Calling all servitisation projects to apply to the Global CaaS Prize

Implemented pay-per-use cooling/ outsourced cooling projects from Asia, Africa, and Latin America can enter the Cooling as a Service (CaaS) Prize before the extended deadline of 31 July 2020. About the CaaS Prize  The main focus of the CaaS Initiative is to mainstream the adoption of the Cooling as a Service (CaaS) servitisation model around … Continued

Ecobank Ghana joins ECOFRIDGES

Environmentally-friendly refrigerators and ACs will soon become widely accessible in Ghana through the Green On-wage (GO) financial mechanism through the ECOFRIDGES program with Ecobank Ghana. The ECOWAS Refrigerators and Air Conditioners Initiative (ECOFRIDGES) is a joint program by the United Nations Environment Programme’s United for Efficiency (U4E) initiative and the Governments of Ghana and Senegal … Continued

BASE joins EPEE webinar on energy as a service

BASE will join EPEE’s webinar on “Energy as a service: cutting emissions, creating jobs, lowering energy bills… meeting EU climate goals” on Tuesday, 19 May at 9.30am CEST. EPEE representing the cooling industry in Europe and is hosting a #CountOnCooling Webinar focusing on the phenomenon of ‘servitisation’ in the energy sector, exploring what works, what … Continued

BASE participates in responsAbility’s webinar

BASE will present at responsAbility Investments AG’s webinar on “Game-changing financial models to unlock investment in clean cooling”, on 6 March at 10am CET. BACKGROUND: Space cooling accounts for 10 per cent of the world’s electricity consumption. According to IEA, CO2 emissions from cooling have tripled since 1990 to 1.1 billion tonnes, equivalent to approximately twice … Continued

El GBCCR entrevista a BASE sobre el modelo CaaS

El Green Building Council Costa Rica (GBCCR) ha entrevistado a nuestra experta Carla della Maggiora sobre el modelo Cooling as a Service (CaaS) que va a ser implementado en Costa Rica con Grupo Clima. El año pasado, BASE fue invitado por el Green Building Council Costa Rica (GBCCR) para que participara con ponentes destacados en … Continued