⭐ Noah's top-level asks (cover note)
- Keep a laser focus on progress snapshots. The website's core job is simple, easy to find and digest updates on progress to date, on top of the primer and resources.
- The two progress stories that are missing: where are we in the fixed-speed to inverter transition, and how the refrigerant market has shifted (R-32 up, R-410A down) with average GWP coming down. Both are the red items below.
- Both depend on external data availability. Options for sharing the data, including less granular or protected forms, are being explored.
- Add a Cool News bubble. The CCC team supplies the summaries at an agreed cadence. Already built.
Main page (Strategic Summary & Launch)
Rework the high-level framing and wording
9 items
OV-08
Open with what the site is, then the bigger frame
Start with "Cool Progress is a website designed to provide...". Then the larger frame: a warming world, people turning to AC and fans, IEA projection of 3 billion additional ACs by 2050 with India and Indonesia largest, the grid stress, outages and warming loop, then a sentence that over 1 billion people lack the cooling they need.
WIP
OV-09
Drop the tons and % of global emissions from the intro text
Those figures already appear in the graphics below, so remove them from the intro to avoid duplication.
WIP
OV-10
Anchor on the 7% to 10% figure
Anchor around cooling reaching 10% of all global GHG emissions, phrased as 7% today, growing to 10% by 2050.
WIP
OV-11
Remove the TWh savings bullet at the bottom
Drop the MEPS TWh savings bullet for now. It also cleans up the layout into two neat rows of three.
WIP
OV-12
Add the health benefit to the Opportunity text
"Protect public health and productivity by drastically reducing heat related illnesses and deaths."
WIP
OV-13
Rewrite the Passive design sentence
"Thermally focused building designs (insulation, shading, ventilation and cool roofs) cut cooling demand at the source while enhancing thermal comfort."
WIP
OV-14
Say ultra-low GWP and add lifecycle management
The refrigerants line only mentions low GWP. Say "ultra-low GWP" (or low and ultra-low), add lifecycle management (leak prevention and end-of-life venting), and lock a common vocabulary: low below 750, ultra-low below 10. Ties to KI-15.
WIP
OV-15
Rename "MEPS" on page 4
Many readers will not know the term. Call it "energy efficiency standards or regulations" instead.
WIP
CC-11
Cool News bubble
Built. New Cool News page plus a link box on the Overview and sidebar. Still needs the CCC team's cadence and format for supplying the summaries.
Done
Cross-cutting
Applies across every tab
5 items
CC-06
Make page breaks more visible; add page numbers per tab
WIP
CC-07
Remove the Partner Ecosystem section and the "partner" framing
Done. Partner Ecosystem page, route and components removed, and the "partner" wording dropped dashboard-wide. Data sources are still credited. Also answers the opening question on listing organisation names.
Done
CC-08
Cover refrigerators, not only ACs
Many places only talk about air conditioners. Talk about both and, where appropriate, use broader terms like space cooling and refrigeration. Broad sweep across pillars, but no blocker.
WIP
CC-09
Be clear whether emissions are annual or cumulative
Add "/year" everywhere it applies. Emissions pillar already swept; Kigali, MEPS and the Overview cards still to do.
WIP
CC-10
Spell out every acronym on first use
GWP and all others, written out the first time they appear.
WIP
Emissions
Mostly closed in the 8 September session
14 items
EM-16
Say "fossil fuel", not just "fossil"
Done
EM-17
Fix the direct and indirect definitions
Direct = refrigerant that leaks from cooling equipment. Indirect = CO2 released at power plants generating the electricity. Reworded.
Done
EM-18
Add the roughly 70% indirect, 30% direct split
Done. Noah's guess confirmed by literature (about 71% indirect, 29% direct for the RAC sector), with the varies-by-equipment caveat and source.
Done
EM-19
Top-line figures in GT, not MT
Stat cards now read 2.3 Gt today and 6 Gt in 2050 under BAU. Fewer significant figures.
Done
EM-20
Reword the Pillar 3 cross-reference to drop "Kigali"
Done. Now "For more information about refrigerants and work to transition away from HFCs, see Pillar 3."
Done
EM-21
Number formatting on the map
Done. Comma thousands separators, map hover in Mt CO2/yr, legend reads "Annual emissions".
Done
EM-22
Add a normalisation caveat to the map colours
Note that shading is not a measure of how well a country is doing, because the data is not normalised for population size or climate.
WIP
EM-23
Fix the confusing "over 1 GtCO2e annually" sentence
Done. The contradictory clause was removed and the fast-growing-regions point reworded.
Done
EM-24
Remove the logos and the term "data partner" from the map
"Data partner" wording has been removed across the dashboard. Data-source logos are currently retained; the logo-removal request is still under review.
Done
EM-25
The pledge text and progress link appear out of context
Introduce it first and explain why the user should go to the progress report, or remove it.
WIP
EM-26
Label the emissions trajectory as annual emissions (Mt CO2/yr)
Done. Trajectory and country-detail y-axes relabelled, tooltips carry the unit.
Done
EM-27
The AC-stock plot is confusing and the y-axis is wrong
Done. Subtitle now derives from the plotted data so it cannot contradict the bars, the y-axis label was fixed, and a scope note distinguishes the CLASP split-AC data from the IEA "3 billion additional ACs" headline.
Done
EM-28
Note that household refrigerators have very low direct emissions
Done. Note added (industry shifted to ultra-low GWP refrigerants such as R-600a; the direct challenge is concentrated in AC).
Done
EM-29
Document the map's HFC methodology
How the map integrates HFC emissions per country, the HFC source, and how reliable it is. A documentation task.
WIP
Product Efficiency
Reflow the whole section around progress and the inverter story
9 items
ME-21
Reflow, part 1: growth, future emissions and grid stress
Lead with AC growth and grid stress, dialled up (ACs up to 50% of peak in heatwaves, outage risk), then MEPS as the policy floor avoiding locked-in waste over 10-plus year lifetimes. Larger rewrite, but no blocker.
WIP
ME-22
Move the U4E country assessments to the front
Frame them as the savings potential from up-to-date MEPS, pointing to the UNEP United for Efficiency assessments, with at least one example.
WIP
ME-23
Inverter story with a "% inverters by country" plot His caps
Pending data availability. Flagged as the single most important addition. Awaiting confirmation of data-sharing terms for the underlying dataset. One of the two core progress stories.
Problem
ME-24
Factual error: inverter savings is 25 to 30%, not 60%
Done. Reverted to "25% to 30%". The 5x Global Cooling Prize potential is kept as a reach goal, not as achievable savings.
Done
ME-25
Add a country and appliance MEPS lookup
Dropdowns for country and appliance (for example Nigeria and refrigerators), with a caveat that different test methods prevent apples-to-apples comparison.
WIP
ME-26
Remove the "does a country have MEPS?" map
The map has been retained for now, with the last-update year shown prominently on hover and the tooltip contrast improved. The removal request is still under review.
Done
ME-27
Pivot to "raise the floor" and the Global Cooling Prize
Reference the GCP work, the 60% efficiency plus better-refrigerant goal, and key documents. Awaiting recommended reference links.
WIP
ME-28
Reword the dumping sentence
"Manufacturers often offload their least efficient models into markets that do not have efficiency regulations, or that have weaker or outdated ones." Dumping can be legal where MEPS are weak.
WIP
ME-29
Broaden the ceiling-fans framing
Not only for households that cannot afford AC. In places like India a household may own both, using a fan in shoulder seasons or before the AC is needed.
WIP
Refrigerants (HFCs)
Noah's lead comment, plus the CCC team's detailed notes
9 items
KI-12
Show the shared refrigerant market plots, even password protected Let's discuss
Pending data availability. The core progress story: average GWP falling, R-32 rising and R-410A falling, country comparisons. Same dependency as ME-23.
Problem
KI-13
Broaden the products beyond Residential AC and Domestic Refrigerators
HFCs are used across supermarkets, heat pumps, commercial refrigeration and AC, and more. The current top-of-page framing is too narrow.
WIP
KI-14
Reword the "leaking the climate away" tagline
Done. Now "Refrigerant leaks are a massive climate risk."
Done
KI-15
Define GWP terms objectively and introduce "ultra-low GWP"
Give an objective measure the ecosystem recognises, at minimum introduce ultra-low GWP, and consider a GWP infographic. Ties to OV-14.
WIP
KI-16
Replace the busy Kigali schedule table with a graph
Show the schedules as a graph, use colour to group countries, and summarise the groups alongside.
WIP
KI-17
Elevate the market momentum note
It is small and unsupported today. Make it a standout point, with sources.
WIP
KI-18
Define "more ambitious" on the ratification map
Some approved KIPs go beyond the 10% by 2029 requirement but do not seem to show. Should they?
WIP
KI-19
Bug: countries show "undefined % by undefined"
Fixed. A KIP override missing its step values now falls back to the default schedule instead of rendering "undefined".
Done
KI-20
Resources fixes and additions
CARB SB 1206 next to New York Part 494. Label "EIA International" as EIA UK, use EIA-US for the AIM Act. Add EPA HFC Data Hub, Cool Technologies, Climate-Friendly Supermarkets and scorecard, Multilateral Fund CP data, Ozone Secretariat data centre, UC Berkeley KigaliSim.
WIP
Access & National Plans
Feedback not yet received
1 item
AC-09
Detailed feedback still to come from CCC
Blocked, awaiting CCC. Noah noted this will be sent as a follow-up. Held open pending receipt.
Problem
No items with this status.