Register to BASE, IEA and SEAD webinar

BASE, IEA and SEAD are hosting a joint webinar on “how Cooling as a Service is set to revolutionise the cooling industry” on Wednesday, 22 April at 10am CEST.

This webinar will help you understand how the innovative pay-per-use business model “Cooling as a Service” is set to revolutionise the cooling industry by overcoming the key market barriers for the commercial and industrial sectors.

Background

Cooling accounts for 10 per cent of global electricity consumption and demand is expected to triple by 2050. Given this context, innovative technical and financial solutions are required to ensure that cleaner and more efficient cooling solutions are adopted.

Content

• The current market and the trends in the cooling sector
• Why cooling is relevant for climate change
• Mega trend: Servitisation across industries
• The CaaS financial model: how it works, challenges and opportunities.
• How BASE is supporting the adoption of the model around the world
• How you can get involved
• Insights from Sustainable Development Capital Limited (SDCL): perspectives from an investment fund investing in CaaS

Who should attend?

• Business and building managers who want to understand how clean and efficient cooling solutions can be accessed without purchasing the equipment.
• Equipment manufacturers who want to learn how to increase their project portfolio thanks to this business model (transitioning from selling products to selling services).
• Financial institutions interested in the model and the opportunities offered by the financing of these technologies.

Speakers:

• Thomas Motmans, Sustainable Energy Financial Specialist, BASE. Thomas has experience in South America, the Caribbean, Africa and Asia structuring and implementing public / private financial products and risk mitigation mechanisms to accelerate investments in sustainable energy. Since 2018, Thomas manages the BASE “Cooling as a Service” Initiative, which aims to unlock investments in clean and efficient cooling through the innovative pay-per-use business model.
• Jim Maguire is a Partner at Sustainable Development Capital, LLP (“SDCL”), a privately-owned and government-backed institutional investment management and advisory firm. He currently coordinates an SDCL grant under the Kigali Cooling Efficiency Program (“K-CEP”), developing advanced cooling technology projects in Asia and Africa. He has over twenty years’ experience at the intersection of infrastructure development, project finance and insurance and speaks frequently on the role of financial risk management instruments supporting Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
• Peter Hobson is a London based Senior Investment director specialising in energy efficiency, renewable energy and sustainable infrastructure development at Sustainable Development Capital, LLP (SDCL). Peter is responsible for SDCL activities in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East and he has in-country experience across Western Europe, Central & Eastern Europe (CEE), Russia and the CIS. Peter has 30 years’ expertise in project finance, privatisation and corporate transactions in the energy and natural resources sectors as well as all areas of energy and climate change policy.

If you missed the webinar organised by BASE of “How Cooling as a Service can accelerate transition to net zero carbon buildings”, now you can see it online on YouTube. You can also read the Q&A of the webinar here.