Summer Camp Ozone Awareness

 The NOU continued our summer youth awareness with sessions at the following camps educating on Ozone Layer Protection.

Shaw Park

Speyside

Mt. Pleasant

Montgmery

Courland 

Patience Hill

Roxborough

Training at the Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards

The NOU conducted a 2 day training for the Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards staff for their ISO 17025 compliance.  This training involved ensuring that TTBS is equipped with the knowledge and expertise for monitoring imports of refrigerants and refrigeration and AC equipment and ensuring compliance to national standards.

Ozone Awareness

The NOU continued its public awareness for schools educating on ozone depletion and climate protection at the Nalis St Helena library camp.

Ozone Camp Sensitization

The NOU continued its public awareness for schools educating on ozone depletion and climate protection at the Nalis Mt. Lambert/ Mt. Hope library camps.

NDC4 webinar series

 

The NDC4 webinar series shines light on the importance and potential of the cooling sector for more ambitious and enhanced NDCs and disseminates holistic mitigation approaches. The link below has links to recordings from these webinars.

https://www.green-cooling-initiative.org/about-us/our-projects/cool-contributions-fighting-climate-change-ii-c4-ii/ndc4-webinars

World Refrigeration Day Youth Recognition

Trinidad and Tobago commemorated World Refrigeration Day 2025,  under the theme “Cool Skills” with a fitting tribute to the people and expertise that power this vital sector. Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning (RAC) systems are the silent engines of modern society. From food safety and vaccine storage to comfort, data integrity, and industrial processes, cooling is everywhere often operating unnoticed, but always essential. And behind every unit installed, serviced, or optimized, there is a trained technician, an engineer, a policymaker, and a trainer. 

The top Female and Male RAC students from El Dorado East Secondary and Mucurapo Secondary were presented with tokens and tools recognizing their achievements.

El Dorado East Secondary School 

Female 

Naomi Applewhite-Meade 

Male

Joshua Ramsaroop 

East Mucurapo Secondary School 

Female 

Rinelle Richards

Male

Jayvyn Manswell

Stakeholder Forum on Montreal Protocol

The National Ozone Unit of the Environmental Policy and Planning Division held a Stakeholder Forum focused on national measures and controls governing the importation of refrigerants and other controlled substances under the Montreal Protocol.

The forum was relevant to stakeholders in the refrigeration and air-conditioning (RAC) sector, fire suppression and petroleum industry, medical field, foam manufacturing (building and construction), and fumigation services. It provided critical updates on national policies, licensing systems, and compliance procedures for controlled substances under the Montreal Protocol and its Kigali Amendment.

 

The event will also highlight key standards, policy measures, and training resources to support sector-specific compliance and capacity building.

Hydrocarbon Training

 The NOU conducts training for MIC year 1 students in Tobago on Hydrocarbon as a refrigerant. June 23 2025. Training includes practical components, calculating refrigerant charge, and safe practice when vacuuming and charging R290 AC systems.