by Joe Summers | Feb 20, 2024 | HVACR Industry & Tech Tips
As recent regulations set the stage for the use of A2L refrigerants in HVACR, commercial refrigeration stakeholders have questions about system design, safety considerations and servicing best practices. Whether you’re an original equipment manufacturer (OEMs), system...
by Andre Patenaude | Feb 13, 2024 | Efficiency & Refrigerant Regulations
With finalized global warming potential (GWP) limits on the horizon and the hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) phasedown officially at 40 percent reductions, food retailers are entering a new phase in their refrigerant transitions. Migrating to future equipment strategies for...
by Joe Summers | Jan 2, 2024 | HVACR Industry & Tech Tips
As the phasedown of hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerants ramps up over the next several years, technicians can expect to see a wider variety of refrigeration architectures that use lower-global warming potential (GWP) alternatives. As I detailed in a recent article...
by Jennifer Butsch | May 16, 2023 | Codes & Standards, Efficiency & Refrigerant Regulations
*Emerson’s Climate Technologies business is now a new standalone company – Copeland. Building on more than a century of HVACR innovation and industry leadership, Copeland will continue to offer the same products you’ve grown to trust while renewing our commitment and...
by Joe Summers | Sep 6, 2022 | Efficiency & Refrigerant Regulations, Refrigerants
The stage is set for the emergence of A2L refrigerants in U.S. commercial refrigeration. Driven by state and federal regulations aimed at phasing down the use of hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerants with high global warming potential (GWP), A2L refrigerants offer...