Sept. 25, 2014: HVACR Associations Organize Global Refrigerant Management Initiative
Initiative Will Work to Improve the Management of Refrigerants and Reduce Leaks
NEW YORK — Three of the world’s leading HVACR associations, the Alliance for Responsible Atmospheric Policy, Air-Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI), and Brazilian Association for HVAC-R (ABRAVA), announced the formation of the Global Refrigerant Management Initiative at the United Nations Secretary-General’s Climate Summit.
The organizations noted the leakage of refrigerant during servicing of equipment is the largest source of hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) emissions. This initiative will work to identify opportunities to educate the industry’s global supply chain on ways to improve the management of refrigerants and to reduce leaks and service emissions, particularly where current leak rates are the greatest. In addition, the initiative will promote the recycling, recovery, reclaiming, and end of life destruction of refrigerants and develop policies to promote proper refrigerant management.