In a german hospital, installing a new large HFC-134a air conditioning system reduced energy costs by 50 % at University Hospital Aachen.
A recent joint report of UNEP and the WMO (World Meteorological Organization) finds that over the past decade, global ozone and ozone in the Arctic and Antarctic regions is no longer decreasing but is not yet increasing, due to the phase out of ozone depleting substances (ODS), attesting to the success of the Montreal Protocol.
Opportunities for refrigeration use in the refrigeration use in the retail sector
AREA, representing EU Air-Conditioning, Refrigeration and Heat Pumps Contractors, the F-Gas Regulation works.
At the June 2010 OEWG meeting (Open-Ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol), two amendments were presented to control future HFC consumption and production, in the frame of the Montreal Protocol, the first one by the US, Canada and Mexico together, the second one by Micronesia.