Refrigerant
NASRC AIP Drives $0.9 Million for Nat Refs!
February 17, 2021 NASRC has secured new funding for natural refrigerant projects through our Aggregated Incentives Program (AIP) Pilot, which was developed to bolster the California Air Resources Boa...
Leaking Havoc: Exposing Your Supermarket’s Invisible Climate
February 15, 2021 Washington D.C. — February 15, 2021, the Environmental Investigation Agency released a report exposing Walmart and other major U.S. supermarkets leaking potent greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Leaking Havoc: Exposing Your Supermarket’s Invisible Climate Pollution is the result of a months-long investigation of dozens of supermarkets in the greater Washington, D....
REFCOM WINNERS AT RAC COOLING AWARDS 2020
December 9, 2020 REFCOM are delighted to have won the RAC Cooling Industry Awards 2020 in the Small Company Achievement category. The judging panel of this category commented, "...
New energy-efficient way to make ammonia
Feb. 8, 2021 The traditional way of manufacturing ammonia leaves a huge carbon footprint. An Australian team of researchers have found a cheaper and greener way to make ammonia from air, water, and r...
Updates on Natural Refrigerants Virtually Presented at GL202
On December 7 to 9, 2020, the 14th IIR-Gustav Lorentzen Conference on Natural Refrigerants, GL2020, was organized by International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR) and Japan Society of Refrigerating a...
Arkema Wins 2020 CSR Industry Model Award at 10th China Char
February 05, 2021 The 2020 China Charity Festival, one of the most influential charity events in China, was held in Shanghai on January 28 and 29. Arkema China was awarded the “2020 CSR Industr...
Mandatory certification on alternative refrigerants: the tim
January 25, 2021 Between 3.5% and 7% of F-Gas certified personnel are trained on alternatives, depending on the refrigerant. This is one of the main outcomes of an internal survey that AREA has just ...
India Notifies Quality Control Order on Refrigerators
According to the Economic Times in India, India notified on December 11, 2020 a Quality Control Order (QCO) on refrigerators and freezers in a move that will restrict cheap imports of these products into the country. As per the order, household refrigerators with or without freezers, and household frost-free refrigerators cooled by internal forced air circulation will have to conform to the Ind...
California Approves HFC Regulation
On December 10, 2020, California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved ‘Prohibitions on Use of Certain Hydrofluorocarbons in Stationary Refrigeration, Chillers, Aero-sols-Propellants, and Foam End...
AGC Introduces AMOLEA 1224yd Low-GWP HFO Refrigerant
At a seminar held at the World Renewable Energy Exhibition on December 9, 2020, Yoichi Nakamura, Gas Business Group, AGC Chemicals Company, introduced AMOLEA 1224yd, which is a hydrofluoroolefin (HFO)...
