Articles Tagged with ''Refrigerant Phasedown''

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Supermarkets Slow to Adopt New Refrigerants

Most contractors still primarily servicing and installing HFC equipment
Joanna Turpin
Joanna R. Turpin
July 9, 2018
As more states — and possibly the federal government — move to restrict the use of HFCs, it is likely that end users will soon start moving over to these alternative refrigerants, which means contractors should be prepared for that transition.
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Creard

Daikin Announces First Retrofit Using Creard R-407H

Daikin Creard R-407H, a new, high-efficiency, economical, low-GWP refrigerant gas, was chosen to replace R-22
February 20, 2018
Daikin Creard R-407H, with a GWP of 1,380 GWP, provides exceptional retrofit performance for R-22 and R-404A systems in commercial refrigeration as well as best-in-class performance for new refrigeration applications.
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HFC Ban

US Court of Appeals Rescinds HFC Ban

Court decision overturns Honeywell, Chemours appeal, determines the EPA doesn’t have the authority to require manufacturers to utilize low-GWP replacement refrigerants
Herb 2018
Herb Woerpel
January 30, 2018
The ruling conceptually overturns a 2015 EPA proposal by former president Barack Obama’s administration to phase out the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in retail food refrigeration HVACR applications.
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Emerson Launches GWP Phase Down Calculator

Tool is designed to help retailers transition to lower-GWP refrigerant alternatives
October 4, 2017
Emerson has launched a refrigerant calculator designed to help retailers forecast the impacts of phasing down higher-global-warming potential (GWP) systems and phasing in new refrigerant architectures.
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Two Views of the DC Court’s HFC Ruling

The EPA can’t use SNAP to phase down HFCs –is that a pointless sidetrack or a wise slowdown?
Ron Rajecki
September 5, 2017

It is said that every story has two sides, and two recent conversations I had with estimable members of the refrigeration industry vividly illustrated that. Both of these gentlemen have been involved in the industry for a long time -- one on the supplier side and one on the contracting side. The topic of both conversations was the ruling by a United States court of appeals that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cannot ban the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) under Section 612 of the Clean Air Act. The topic was the same, but the conversations were very different.


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Chemours Responds to EPA 2015 Ruling to Regulate HFCs

Chemours supports EPA’s authority under the Clean Air Act to change the status of high-GWP alternatives to unacceptable
August 17, 2017

The Chemours Co. expresses its disappointment with the decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit regarding the U.S. Environmental Association’s (EPA’s) Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) program Rule 20.


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