ESSEN, Germany — “Anyone purchasing new equipment today should insist on equipment without R-22.”
Lest anyone stateside who has big standing orders of R-22 air conditioners panic over such a statement, relax a bit. It comes from Europe, but it is the strongest statement yet on what’s happening overseas in the curtailing of the use of HCFC refrigerants. And it does lay out the kind of scenario stateside contractors might see in the future when R-22 phaseouts in the United States kick in with full force.