by Kurt Knapke | Aug 30, 2022 | Efficiency & Refrigerant Regulations, Refrigerants
Among the many dynamic trends, challenges and decisions facing commercial refrigeration end users today, the transition to low-global warming potential (GWP) refrigerants is a core consideration. As supermarket, restaurant and convenience store (c-store) sectors work...
by Kurt Knapke | Aug 16, 2022 | Efficiency & Refrigerant Regulations
The transition to refrigerants with lower global warming potential (GWP) is impacting stakeholders throughout commercial refrigeration and AC supply chains. Over the next few years, the phasedown of high-GWP hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) — and subsequent phase-in of...
by Rajan Rajendran | Aug 9, 2022 | Efficiency & Refrigerant Regulations
The emergence of A2L refrigerants is a topic of many conversations taking place among U.S. commercial refrigeration stakeholders. As the hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerant phasedown proceeds, A2L refrigerants are among the emerging alternatives capable of achieving...
by Kurt Knapke | Jul 26, 2022 | Efficiency & Refrigerant Regulations
After years of speculation and uncertainty, the phasedown of hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerants has officially arrived in the U.S. Retailers in California were among the first to be impacted, as the California Air Resources Board’s (CARB) recent mandate went into...
by Jennifer Butsch | Jul 12, 2022 | Efficiency & Refrigerant Regulations
As we near the year’s halfway point, the HVACR industry is watching closely as the next steps in the global phasedown of hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerants appear on the horizon. Emerging decarbonization targets are driving a reduction in the use of high-global...