Refrigerant

2024.01.21

COP28 Outcomes to Greatly Impact AC & Heat Pump Industry

Reported by Noboru Kagawa, visiting professor, Waseda University The 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) took place in Dubai,...

2024.01.19

AREA: Refrigerant Driving License Website Launched

January 18, 2024 New Qualification Programme for Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Technicians: Refrigerant Driving License available for use by National Ozone Units.    To help govern...

2024.01.18

Towards Zero, Together | A-Gas Sustainability Report

JANUARY 16, 2024 At A-Gas, we are on a journey to embed sustainability in all that we do. We are focused on how our products and services impact the planet. We take great care in measuring our ...

2024.01.16

A-gas: Guatemala Ratify the Kigali Amendment

January 15, 2024   The Republic of Guatemala are the 156th country to ratify the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol.   As the first country to ratify the Amendment this year, Guat...

2024.01.06

Refcom welcomes ‘landmark’ prosecution of online seller

JANUARY 5, 2024   The air conditioning and refrigeration industry’s largest safety register REFCOM has welcomed the successful prosecution of the online sales company Appliances Direct (A...

2023.12.28

Montreal Protocol Decisions to Be Rapidly Transform RAC Sale

Reported by Stephen O. Andersen and Richard ‘Tad’ Ferris, the Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development (IGSD) In the early hours of 28 October 2023, the 35th Meeting of th...

2023.12.26

Daikin Develops Remote R32 Detection Technology and Detector

Daikin has jointly developed a remote detection technology for R32 using a laser with Tokyo Gas Engineering Solutions (TGES) and Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN) for the first time ...

2023.12.25

China Announces 2024 HFC Quota Plan

The Ministry of Ecology and Environment announced that it held an executive meeting on October 24 to review and approve, in principle, the total quota setting and allocation plan for hydrofluorocarbon...

2023.12.22

Kobe Symposium — Accelerating Decarbonization with Technolog

In late autumn in Japan, when the red color of the maple leaves deepened, the beautiful Kobe Port welcomed the elite of the global heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC&R...

2023.12.21

Member news: Koura offers an alternative refrigerant to R123

Koura offers a direct replacement solution for R1234yf in mobile air conditioning.   2023/12/20 Refrigerant manufacturer Koura is now marketing a refrigerant approved by ASHRAE in 2014 as a su...