Company Aims to Reduce GHG Emissions in 2020 to 25 Percent of Its 2005 Levels
HOUSTON — Daikin North America and its subsidiary, Goodman Mfg. Co., have announced a commitment to help slash greenhouse gas emissions by developing low-GWP (global warming potential) air conditioners and/or heat pumps. Daikin aims to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions in 2020 to one-quarter of its 2005 emissions. The manufacturer plans to introduce a full product line of lower-GWP refrigerant air conditioners and heat pumps after working with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other stakeholders to permit these refrigerants in both building codes and the Clean Air Significant New Alternatives Program (SNAP).
The Daikin commitment was announced during a White House event where the Obama administration announced a series of voluntary commitments by the HVAC industry, plus some of the country’s largest chemical firms and retailers, to move rapidly away from R-134a and similar compounds used in U.S. offices, homes, and automobiles.