It was accepted that governance or control was going to be led by the US and no one doubted it. We had the tech, manpower and expertise needed to lead environmental sustainability initiatives and decreasing our environmental footprint. We also had big businesses working on...
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We enjoy exploring the complexities of HVAC, refrigerant management, refrigerant tracking, legislation, and climate action, but on occasion more basic questions cross our desk. So here is a bit of HVAC/R 101....
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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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Refrigerants have been identified as the Big Bad when it comes to climate change and environmental sustainability, and therefore the management of those refrigerants has been widely recognized as the No 1 solution. We need to embrace better refrigerant management to decrease our environmental footprint....
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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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Just like how your shipping address can be different than your billing, there is a difference between your cooling/heating appliances and all the other assets around your buildings. There are a lot of reasons to separate things into segments with the most common reason being...
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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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