Converted Canadian CFC Chiller Stock Remains Consistent
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario — The Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Institute of Canada (HRAI) recently released the 2011 update on the Canadian CFC chiller stock study. This update estimates that 252 chillers previously operating on CFC refrigerants were converted or replaced during the year 2011 in Canada. This represents approximately the same number of conversions/replacements that were completed in 2010 (253).
The conversion and replacement numbers for 2011 bring the total number of converted or replaced chillers from 3,388 (2010) to 3,640 and the rate of conversion/replacements from 72.2 percent (2010) to 83 percent. These numbers are based on the new baseline number determined in 2011 which updated the HRAI study, entitled “Determining a Baseline Number of CFC Chillers in Canada”, published in July of 2000.