Daikin Europe N.V., a subsidiary of Daikin Industries, Ltd., has recently joined forces and signed an MOU for a collaborative partnership with the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA), which consists of 10 wards and cities located in the northwest region of England. In signing the MOU, the two parties agreed to cooperate in the promotion of decarbonization, investment, and job creation.
The UK is a global leader in environmental policies aimed at achieving carbon neutrality, and the GMCA, one of the UK’s largest metropolitan areas, is particularly attracting great attention for setting the challenging goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2038, which significantly brings forward the national target year of 2050.
Daikin is planning to propose various demonstration themes that utilize its unique environmental technologies. These themes include replacing existing gas boilers in approximately 1,000 homes with heat pump heating systems, introducing commercial heating and cooling systems that use the low-GWP refrigerant R32 to public buildings, connecting those systems to sophisticated controllers and the cloud to provide optimal control for energy savings through remote monitoring. Additionally, Daikin, in cooperation with schools and re-employment centers in the GMCA, will provide training programs for developing HVAC technicians and establish an official qualification system with the aim of creating jobs and revitalizing the economy. Daikin is also considering the introduction of wearable devices for workers that utilize AI to improve the efficiency of on-site operations and service quality.
