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According to a summary from AHRI, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued a decision to vacate the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA’s) Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) Rule 21 last month in response to a lawsuit brought by Mexichem Fluor and Arkema, with Chemours and Honeywell joining the case on the side of the EPA.

In support of the world’s first refrigeration day — which will take place on June 26 — and with the aim of raising awareness and boosting accessibility of the refrigeration sector from the grassroots up on an international level, the International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR) is calling to all stakeholders to actively bring the HVACR sector to the public eye by organizing initiatives in their national markets.

Available for commercial and industrial applications, this product supports safety compliance inside of machinery rooms, mechanical equipment rooms, chiller plants, cold storage facilities, and walk-in freezers by monitoring for refrigerant leaks for numerous gases including HFCs, HFOs, HCFCs, CO2, and ammonia (NH3)).

This product is under 40 pounds and automates the system evacuation and recharge process.

The U.S. HVAC industry considered (and largely still considers) an HFC phasedown to be inevitable.

Troubleshooting the high side of a refrigeration system will often give service technicians valuable information. That’s because what happens in the condenser is a direct reflection of what is happening in the rest of the refrigeration system.

According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a typical food retail store leaks an estimated 25 percent of refrigerant, or approximately 1,000 pounds, annually.

If a system has a defective compressor, finding a replacement is generally easy, but here are a few tips, just in case.