Training & Professional Development

Cooling and cold-chain training from our team of expert practitioners

The Clean Cooling Academy offers a growing range of educational and professional development courses covering a variety of general and cooling specific topics.

We are working with industry and other partners to develop and deliver a series of training programmes and modules around cooling and cold-chains.

All courses are delivered by experienced specialist practitioners. Some courses are fully online, others in-person or hybrid. Many of our in-person courses are repeated multiple times a year, in different countries. The range of fully online courses on offer is set to grow rapidly over the coming months and a key objective running through the core of our activities will be integrating women and youth into our training platforms.

Latest launch

Join one of our Refrigeration and Cooling Courses at the ACES campus. 

Featured Courses

For all course enquiries please contact us on [email protected]

Upcoming Training Courses

Cold Chain for Global Health
Ensuring Integrity in Vital Temperature-Sensitive Biological and Nutritional Products (Vaccines, therapeutics, Reagents, Biospecimens and food), towards a One Health approach.
26th May 2025, Kigali, Rwanda

Train the Trainer Programme

Train the Trainer Programme

Comprehensive knowledge in refrigeration, cold chain applications, cooling hub design and essential business models.

Foundation in Cold-Chain

Foundation in Cold-Chain

Baseline knowledge on cold-chain, refrigeration, post-harvest management, food and pharma supply chain requirements.

Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI)

Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI)

Explore how to access untapped potential via gender equality and social inclusion.

Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) for Policymakers

Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) for Policymakers

Explore how to access untapped potential via gender equality and social inclusion.

Creative Storytelling for a Cooler World

Creative Storytelling for a Cooler World

A photography course produced in cooperation with the renowned international photo-agency Panos Pictures.

Go Solar Energy Training

Go Solar Energy Training

Solar energy plays a crucial role in powering sustainable and off-grid solutions for various applications, including agriculture, cold-chain management, and rural electrification.

Introduction to Sustainable Refrigeration for a Cooler World

Introduction to Sustainable Refrigeration for a Cooler World

Building a foundational understanding of refrigeration systems, its role across various industries, and some of the advancements in sustainable and energy-efficient cooling technologies. 

Cold Chain for Global Health

Cold Chain for Global Health

Ensuring Integrity in Vital Temperature-Sensitive Biological and Nutritional Products (Vaccines, therapeutics, Reagents, Biospecimens and food), towards a One Health approach.

Clean Cooling Opportunity
Programme Manager 
Research Delivery

The programme now has more than 65 researchers, experts, trainers, technicians and advisors. We need someone to work and help manage the large-scale ACES project at the University of Birmingham, collaborating with global partners across academia, government, NGOs, and industry to deliver project goals and impact.

  • Full-time, initially 12 month contract
  • Can work in Birmingham, Rwanda or remotely
  • English essential, French preferable other languages are useful

Final applications by 29th May 2025 17.00 GMT.

Network News

The latest from the global Clean Cooling community

The ACES team visit the Ntarama Genocide Memorial

On April 9th, 2025, the team from the Africa Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Cooling and Cold-chain (ACES) visited the Ntarama Genocide Memorial to honour the memory of the victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. In this place of remembra

CCN and ACES announce the Festival of Cooling for September 2025

The Clean Cooling Network and the Africa Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Cooling and Cold-chain (ACES) are hosting a week-long, public engagement “Festival of Cooling” (Sept 22nd – 26th) at the ACES Campus in Kigali, Rwanda, and via an outreach programme.

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Events & Webinars

Exclusive lectures and workshops from the Clean Cooling team and partners.

Festival of Cooling

The Clean Cooling Network and the Africa Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Cooling and Cold-chain (ACES) are hosting a week-long, public engagement “Festival of Cooling” at the ACES Campus in Kigali, Rwanda, and via an outreach programme.

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For all enquiries please contact us on [email protected]