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New York State Seeks Feedback for Updating its HFCs Rule and NatRef Goals
The state is considering expanding its HFC regulation and funding demonstration projects to support natural refrigerants in low income areas.
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Action on Short-Lived Climate Pollutants Like HFCs ‘Essential’ to Limit Global Warming
Decisive action on short-lived climate pollutants such as HFCs is found essential to limit global warming in the next 25 years, with only decarbonization policies yielding results in the long run and overshooting targets in the near term.
Leaf Samples Found to Have Increasing Amounts of HFO Degradation Product TFA Over Time
German study discovered a two-to-five-fold TFA increase between 1995 and 2018.
EIA Launches Online Platform to Track Illegal Trade of F-Gases
Refrigerants like HCFCs, HFCs and HFOs have been added to the Environmental Investigation Agency’s Global Environmental Crime Tracker, which details smuggling and trafficking hotspots.
European NatRef Manufacturers Call for More Ambitious EU F-gas Regulation
Stricter GWP limits, product bans and compensation for environmental damage are a few of the amendments suggested by some of the continent’s leading manufacturers of natural-refrigerant-based systems.
EU Releases Proposed F-Gas Regulation, Opening Doors for R744
But European Environmental Bureau contends that the proposal falls short by allowing f-gases in applications where natural refrigerants are available.
IPCC Cites Low-GWP Refrigerants as Key to Rapid Kigali Phase Down
The rapid phase-down of high-GWP HFCs is possible because of their extensive replacement by commercially available low-GWP alternatives, says the International Panel on Climate Change.
New European Proposal Calls for No Fossil Fuels in Heating and Cooling of Buildings by 2040
Stakeholders can submit comments on the European Commission’ proposal to decarbonise buildings until March 15.
EC Seeks Feedback on Efficiency and Labelling of ACs and Heat Pumps
The deadline for submitting comments is February 18.
European Commission to Credit Efficient Cooling in Renewables Calculation
New rules intend to reward the most energy-efficient technologies, such as efficient reversible heat pumps and district cooling networks.