We've been waiting on potential SEC climate disclosure rules for most of 2023 now, but it appears they might be delayed. According to SP Global, Robert Jackson (a law professor at New York University and former SEC commissioner) appeared on an April 27 webinar hosted...
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If you own any building or business in the United States, you are now host to a new set of responsibilities -- because that unit likely contains high GWP refrigerants, including HFC refrigerants and maybe even some HCFCs and possible chlorofluorocarbons. For the past 25 years,...
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Accelerating Solutions, Expanding Reach, and Saving Money Through Collaborative Problem Solving On April 3, 2023, Fexa LLC completed the acquisition of Trakref, bringing together two leading companies in the facilities management space. Here's the official press release. Why this move was made This merger was driven by the...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) held a refrigerant technical transition meeting in December 2022 to discuss the latest updates to their regulatory responsibility resulting from the 2020 AIM Act. During the call, the EPA referenced industry trends related to refrigerants and their environmental impact; this...
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We published both of these refrigerant charge resources a few years ago but revised them a little bit, so we wanted to draw more direct attention to them. Understanding refrigerant charge A refrigerant charge calculator We also might be getting back into YouTube more in the...
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The National Association for Environmental, Health & Safety, and Sustainability (NAEM) has a solid track record of putting on great conferences. NAEM has a dozen great events per year, and the upcoming NAEM conference of note is Tech23, which is in Tucson in mid-March and...
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Where we're generally at with ESG regulation The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is the primary federal oversight body for what we think of conventionally as "climate" or "ESG regulation." However, it's relatively easy to argue that the EPA hasn't been tremendously successful in this space over...
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Reporting and measuring GHG emissions of your air conditioning systems This post is a general guide to mastering refrigerant emissions reporting. It's a quick and easy (not dirty!) guide to HVAC/R and Scope 1 Emission. Above all, realize this: reporting and compliance around HVAC/R can feel complicated, but it's...
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A basic introduction to the Federal Supplier Climate Risks and Resilience Rule On November 10, 2022, the Biden-Harris Administration made a significant move to tackle greenhouse gas emissions and safeguard the Federal Government's supply chains from financial risks linked to climate change. In line with President...
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A bit of background on environmental health and safety, especially around HVAC/R Historically HVAC/R owners/Operators have had the responsibility to track refrigerants only if systems contained 50 pounds or more of refrigerant. Refrigerants are a class of chemicals used in cooling equipment that can cool, people,...
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