WASHINGTON, DC — The big question surrounding the use of HFCs as refrigerants has been whether or not their global warming impact would eventually be found unacceptable.
A recent report to the Alliance for Responsible Atmospheric Policy, however, has declared that earlier statements of R-134a’s global warming impact “substantially overstate[d] the net warming impact of HFCs, given the significant contribution to energy savings that the unique properties HFCs provide in many applications.”