To overcome the shortage of NatRef technicians, the industry needs to adopt a longer-term approach to recruitment and training, according to representatives from NASRC, CoolSys and Mt. San Antonio College.
Five Grocery Outlet and Raley’s stores have raised money from the sale of refrigerant carbon credits after choosing to install refrigeration systems that use natural refrigerants instead of HFCs.
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CO2 refrigeration systems will be installed at 12 of 15 stores that are collectively receiving US$1 million in grants.
NASRC report notes interest in CO2 and R290 units for existing stores, though product availability remains limited in U.S.
Pennsylvania company is seeing growth of CO2 and hydrocarbon systems.
The oil-component manufacturer becomes a silver level member.
NASRC is collaborating with the ESCO Group on developing the new curriculum for HVAC&R education programs.
NASRC plans to launch Aggregated Incentives Program this summer with state incentive program.
To justify end-user incentives, Efficiency Vermont will oversee a pilot comparing energy savings of a CO2 system to that of an HFC system.
