New Collaboration Seeks to Develop New Refrigerants, Improve Energy Efficiency
ORNL teams with HVAC manufacturers to find new solutions for AC, refrigeration
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and five leading building equipment industries will collaborate to improve the energy performance of heating, air conditioning and ventilation systems and investigate climate-friendly alternative refrigerants.
Through collaborative research and development agreements, or CRADAs, scientists at the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) only designated national user facility for buildings research – the Building Technologies Research and Integration Center (BTRIC) at ORNL – will conduct research and development with the National Automatic Merchandising Association, Taylor Commercial Foodservice, Emerson Climate Technologies, Enginuity Power Systems, and Baltimore Aircoil Company.