Articles Tagged with ''Refrigerant Phasedown''

Australia Approves HFC Phasedown

Hopes to phase down HFCs
July 5, 2017

The Australian government successfully passed legislation to phase down hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which comprise up to 2 percent of Australia's greenhouse gas emissions.


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Alliance

Alliance Head Urges Pruitt and Tillerson to Honor Montreal Protocol

Alliance for Responsible Atmospheric Policy’s Kevin Fay cites numerous benefits to U.S.
June 5, 2017

The Alliance for Responsible Atmospheric Policy has sent letters to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt urging that the United States uphold its commitments to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, and the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol that was adopted in October 2016.  


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Bluon Energy Announces Investors, Strategic Partnerships

Actor and environmental activist Leonardo DiCaprio joins as investor
May 19, 2017

Bluon Energy announced the addition of new investors and the addition of a board advisor to bolster the company’s awareness and sales. This comes at a time when existing HVACR refrigerants used by the majority of the U.S. and the world are becoming obsolete due to federal regulation and global phaseouts.


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Refrigerant

What’s the Latest with R-404A?

As another industry workhorse feels the GWP crunch, contractors look at alternatives
John Tomczyk
May 1, 2017
R-404A is being used by OEMs in new equipment and also on retrofitted equipment. However, because of its high global-warming potential (GWP), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), under its Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) program, has listed R-404A as an “unacceptable” refrigerant in a number of retail food refrigeration categories and in vending machines end-uses.
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NIST

New Research from NIST Identifies Research Needs for Alternative Refrigerants

Researchers must look beyond nonflammable chemicals
April 3, 2017

NIST’s study, entitled “Limited options for low-global warming potential [GWP] refrigerants,” focused on residential and small-commercial single-package and split air conditioning systems, but the authors said their conclusions also generally apply to room air conditioning units and other refrigeration and heat-pump systems currently using common, ozone-depleting refrigerants such as R-410A or R-22, which are still used in some developing countries today. “The takeaway is there is no perfect, easy replacement for current refrigerants,” NIST chemical engineer Mark McLinden said.


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R-410A

Is R-410A Here to Stay?

In a world of phaseouts and phasedowns, R-410A seems safe – for now
Ron Rajecki
March 13, 2017
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has not given any indication that it will target R-410A in residential applications, and under the Trump administration, the agency may perhaps be less aggressive than it was under the Obama administration and, therefore, less likely to push for additional refrigerant phasedowns.
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