​Register for the Opening Plenary here.

The Carbon Containment Lab is convening a high-impact group of industry experts, advocacy organizations, policymakers, and academic researchers at The Yale School of Management to work together on advancing the scale-up and speed of implementation of lifecycle refrigerant management (LRM) practices.

​Why is this so important? Refrigerant gases are hundreds to thousands of times more potent than CO2 on a ton-for-ton basis if they leak or are released at equipment end-of-life. In the US, the collective amount of gas in existing equipment (known as the “installed refrigerant bank”) is set to double through 2050, growing to 6.9 billion tons of CO2 equivalent–a volume greater than current U.S. annual economy-wide CO2e emissions. Want to learn more? Join us at the opening plenary of the Yale Cooling Conference 2025 on Thursday, February 20. The plenary session will take place from 3-5pm, followed by a reception with light refreshments. We'll also have a virtual participation option for the opening plenary.

This meeting is hosted by Carbon Containment Lab with support from the Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY), the Institution for Social and Policy Studies at Yale (ISPS), Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council (SPLC), and Refrigerant Emissions Elimination Forum (REEF). Note that there is no registration fee to attend. You can register for the public plenary session through this link. The registration deadline is February 14, 2025.