Most of the world’s largest companies do not report their greenhouse gas emissions fully or correctly and do not have the data independently verified, a study by an environmental research body showed on Wednesday.
Recent incidents involving counterfeit refrigerants with cargo trailers have heightened the significant dangers regarding improperly sourced refrigerants.
Government regulations aside, refrigerant tracking and monitoring are more good ideas that insure a healthy bottom line. In an effort to understand the rapidly changing refrigerant industry, Polar Technology recently published a new white paper titled “Managing a New Dynamic in Climate Control”.
“I am very conservative and believe global is a real man-impacted event. Polar was the first company, and as fate would have it, the only refrigerant recycler enrolled in the government’s 1605B greenhouse voluntary registry.”
There are a number of companies promoting 100% hydrocarbon based refrigerants to replace R-22 as direct drop ins for HVAC and commercial refrigeration. Do they work? Yes. Are they legal? No: not for replacing R-22 in existing HVAC and commercial refrigeration systems! They are highly flammable and can be dangerous.
The ozone layer seems to be on a road to recovery as Satellite images indicate that the hole in the protective layer, which was prominent over Antarctica, is the smallest seen in the past decade.
R-22, the predominant supermarket refrigerant that is targeted for elimination by the government by 2020, still accounts for 39.7% of the refrigerants (by weight) used by eight food retailers across 2,445 stores, according to a new SN survey…
The California Air Resources Board’s Refrigerant Management Program (RMP) requires all facilities with large refrigeration systems, those with 2,000 pounds of refrigerant or more, register and submit an Annual Report each year by March 1.
A recent technical conference in Bangkok, Thailand, has provided some of the most up-to-date information on a way to deal with unwanted ozone depleting and greenhouse gases.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a No Action Assurance Letter to the manufacturers and importers of R-22, now allowing production and importation of the refrigerant. This letter is valid until December 31, 2013 or until the R-22 Allocation rule is finalized by the EPA, whichever comes first.