For the last several years, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) has been diligently working to craft regulations that would dramatically reduce HFC emissions in the state in an effort to slow the effects of climate change. Under Senate Bill 1383, California is required to reduce HFC emissions 40 percent below 2013 levels by 2030, which is not an easy feat.
Last December, those aspirations were realized, when CARB officially voted to phase down the use of high-GWP HFC refrigerants in commercial and industrial stationary refrigeration units, as well as commercial and residential air conditioning equipment.