MILWAUKEE — Johnson Controls Inc. donated $100,000 to ASHRAE Research during the ASHRAE 2016 Annual Conference in St. Louis. The money will help donation research that supports the development of safety standards regarding the use of mildly flammable low-GWP (global warming potential) refrigerants.
As the industry looks at alternatives to higher-GWP refrigerants, some of the low-GWP refrigerants under consideration, specifically 2L refrigerants, are classified as mildly flammable or flammable. ASHRAE, AHRI (Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced a partnership to fund vital research that will facilitate and accelerate the safe use of these refrigerants. Johnson Controls supports this research.