Refrigerant
Gustav Lorentzen conference 2022
07/08/2022 After two years of pandemic during which the conferences were either cancelled or held online, the IIR had the pleasure of organising a conference on site, in Norway. It was attended by 33...
2021: HFCs contribute 1.18% to climate warming influence of
08 July 2022 The US NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) has released its 2021 update of the AGGI (Annual Greenhouse Gas Index), which follows the evolution of the radiative forcing...
EHPA Position Paper on the revision of the F-gas Regulation
Jul. 06, 2022 | Fluorinated gases (F-gases) are greenhouse gases. In small amounts, they play a crucial role in heat pumps. Fluorinated gases (F-gases) are greenhouse gases. In small amounts,...
Daikin expands patent non-assertion pledge for air condition
1 Jul 2022 Daikin Industries, Ltd. has added 120 new patents to its “Pledge of Non-Assertion of Patents Relating to the Manufacture and Sale of HVAC-R (heating, ventilation, air conditioning, a...
Carlsberg Fined £3m Following 2016 Ammonia Gas Leak
June 29 2022 Carlsberg has been fined £3 million after a contractor died and another was seriously injured following an ammonia gas leak at one of its breweries. The incident happened at Carlsberg’s site in Northampton. An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found Carlsberg hadn’t put proper controls in place. Father-of-two David Chandler, 45...
New Tax on F-gases in Spain
A proposal for a new tax on fluorinated gases in Spain has shocked the industry. The current base of taxation, which applies only to leaked gases, is slated to be extended to all new F-gases placed on the market, either in bulk or in pre-charged equipment, either virgin or recycled, even for initially charged or new equipment, and aims at being implemented by September 1, 2022. Seventeen organi...
Honeywell: It's Cool To Be Cool
28 Jun 2022 For consumers and companies alike, cooling technologies such as refrigerants help tackle the world’s most common challenges related to sustainability, efficiency and modern ev...
Gas Price Hikes Differ across Europe
Gas prices have risen in almost all European countries, but to a varying extent. Eurostat data show that Bulgarian households have experienced the steepest increase in gas prices, with a staggering 103.2% increase in the second half of 2021 compared with the same semester of the previous year. The increase in Greece was 96.1%, and that in Estonia was 82.5%. Luxembourg, Sweden, and Denmark had p...
Japan Subsidize up to ¥500 M for Equipment with Natural Refr
On April 11, 2022, Ministry of the Environment Government of Japan announced that it would be providing a subsidy to help cover the costs of projects designed to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in fiscal year (FY) 2022 (end of March 2023) and FY 2021 (end of March 2022). The project is called ‘Natural Refrigerant Equipment Introduction Acceleration Project’. The Japan Refrigerants and ...
Organic Foods And Café Retrofits Dubai Store Location With L
Supermarket chain uses Honeywell’s ready-now, energy efficient and environmentally-preferable refrigerant solution to support sustainability efforts DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES &nda...
EFCTC contributes to ECHA Public Consultation on proposed re
10 June 2022 The documentation for the proposed restriction of PFASs in fire-fighting foams covers a broad range of substances that have never been used in these foams and which do not have the techn...
EPEE Position Paper to the EU F-gas Regulation Revision Prop
13/06/2022 On 5 April 2022, the European Commission published its draft proposal for the revision of the EU F-Gas Regulation. In this framework, EPEE has developed a position paper represent...
