Our Research

The Global Cooling Program of Berkeley Lab performs global technology and decision-relevant research on cooling equipment in order to:

• Enhance comfort, health, energy, and economic outcomes by optimizing the performance of the cooling equipment.
• Reduce the harmful effects of the anticipated substantial increase in cooling demand on the grid and peak load and income growth.
• Expand access to cooling

​We facilitate partnerships with industry, academia, and other organizations to drive innovation and enhance performance in cooling and refrigerants. While this effort is currently focused on space cooling equipment, we plan to expand this effort to other types of cooling equipment as well.