Refrigerant management was recently listed as the #1 solution to global warming in Project Drawdown. This #1 listing took many by surprise and left them asking: What is refrigerant management? So, here's what it is, and why it's important. What is Refrigerant Management? To explain what refrigerant management...
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The California Air Resources Board (CARB) as part of the California Code of Regulations is working on creating new requirements intended to help the state achieve the emissions reduction goals for air pollution of SB1383. They are specifically aimed at reducing high global warming potential...
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We regularly share information about how to better manage refrigerants and implement better refrigerant tracking. We talk about their impact, results from our work, and stories we hear from others. This week we’re reviewing a report by the EIA (Environmental Investigation Agency)....
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Performance management (plan) isn’t some phrase reserved for late night TV ads but rather an important part of success to any business, especially in the HVAC/R industry since your job is tied to equipment performance. Compliance is a measurement of the success of your PMP....
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We began to focus solely on refrigerant leak tracking in 2014. The Internet of Things (IoT) was an existing trend that was supposed to help track refrigerant leaks and wind down 50 years of uncontrolled leaks. There were 15 BILLION IoT devices in 2015 and...
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Service providers, technicians, contractors, all of you are the front line soldiers on the emissions success issue. You are incredibly important and valued. Fixing the refrigerant leaks, spending late nights retrofitting equipment, reclaiming/destroying instead of venting no matter how small an amount. Thank you for...
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The paper very thoroughly explains the industry challenges related to capturing the massive stockpiles of refrigerant installed in equipment all over the globe (and here at home as well). It also provides some global success stories and potential insight on how we might solve the...
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A lapsed car registration effects everyone no matter what you drive, whether it is a gas guzzler producing more smog than a Beijing city street or an emissions-free electric vehicle. You can’t go back to the gas station and blame them because you failed to...
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If you rely on HVAC invoices for insights on your equipment and refrigerant tracking, you may find it difficult to respond to changing regulatory requirements for environmental sustainability and manage risk effectively....
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The process of refrigerant management was recently listed as the #1 solution to global warming in Project Drawdown. This #1 listing took many by surprise and left them asking: What is refrigerant management, and why is it so important to environmental sustainability? And how do...
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