This R-410A alternative — R-454B — is expected to replace all of the company’s ducted residential and light commercial packaged solutions sold in North America.

CoolSys has acquired ABC Refrigeration & HVAC. Headquartered in Syracuse, New York, ABC Refrigeration is a commercial refrigeration and air conditioning services provider in the Northeast that also has in-house metal fabrication capabilities.

Danfoss’s EnVisioneer of the Year competition seeks to recognize actions that reduce energy consumption, CO₂ emissions, and oil consumption. ASHRAE and UN Environment's Lower-GWP Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Innovation Award recognizes people who have developed or implemented innovative technological concepts applied in developing countries that minimize GWP through refrigerant management.

A-Gas, a company involved in the supply and lifecycle management of refrigerants, clean agent fire suppression, and performance chemical blowing agents, recently announced that it is expanding into Canada. A-Gas also recently announced that it has acquired Singapore-based refrigerant company, VEMAC Services.

The North American Sustainable Refrigeration Council recently presented a natural refrigerant seminar and live CO₂ demo at the Danfoss headquarters in Baltimore, Maryland.

This hunger for knowledge about refrigerants is apparent all around the industry. At the recently held AHR Expo, for example, there were several information sessions offered on refrigerants, and all were packed with attendees who wanted to know more.

Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church’s community center in the Tempe, Arizona suburb of Guadalupe now has state-of-the-art HVAC thanks to variable refrigerant flow equipment, accessories, and installation labor donations from RectorSeal, Panasonic Air Conditioning Group (a division of Panasonic Corp. of North America), and Woody’s Heating and Air Conditioning.