Is your company's practices in line with the federal EPA policy changes that are already underway and will impact refrigerant regulations in 2021? In the past month alone, numerous regulatory activities have showcased the shift that will occur with federal refrigerant policy. For instance, there have...
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Are you aware of California’s Hazardous Materials Business Plan (HMBP) reporting requirements for certain refrigerants? This post explains which facilities are impacted along with why, how, and when such facilities must submit annual reports to the California Environmental Reporting System (CERS). In fact, because reports are...
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We are now entering the third refrigerant transition in the past thirty years. For those that have an asset-centric approach to refrigerant management, navigating this journey will prove to be easier, than the ones who don't. If you're unclear as to what I mean by...
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Do you know what should be on your radar for refrigerant compliance in 2021? Now that plans for an HFC phase down in the United States have solidified, one thing is clear for refrigerant compliance in 2021: Change. Very likely, refrigerant handling requirements for hydrofluorocarbons...
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If you're looking to make decisions about a store or restaurant's refrigeration and/or air-conditioning equipment in the near-term in Colorado, then you should be aware of the new Colorado HFC regulation (5 CCR 1001-26), which contains phase out dates. While numerous states now have their own...
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We're excited to announce that on November 3, 2020, Trakref was approved to be an ENERGY STAR partner for building energy benchmarking. This partnership will help us further promote energy efficiency to our clients and, in turn, the relationship between commercial building energy efficiency and refrigerant...
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Compliance planning enables you to properly manage HVACR assets and achieve operational success. Does your current HVACR maintenance plan reflect today's most important refrigerant compliance requirements well enough? And, is it ready for 2021? Let's find out. In this blog, we will briefly review refrigerant...
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How closely are your facilities following HVACR best practices? Did you know HVAC is the largest energy end use in the non-residential sector and accounts for more than 40 percent of total energy use? Meanwhile, the U.S. EPA estimates that the national refrigerant leak rate...
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Thanks for joining our commercial HVAC news roundup for October 2020. A lot happened in this month, including the EPA pre-publushing a new SNAP Notice and several states, including Washington, Massachusetts, Colorado, and Maryland, having updates in regards to their HFC refrigerant regulations. Let’s...
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More than software, Trakref is a logic-driven HVACR rules engine that guides you and your workforce and makes you a part of our Refrigerant Geek Community. You might wonder, what is the Refrigerant Geek Community exactly? In short, and as you will notice, the community...
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