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UNEP highlights the success of the montreal protocol
The UNEP 2003 Annual Report is proclaiming the Montreal Protocol as the world's most successful multilateral environmental agreement...
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Mobile air conditioning Torino conference highlights advances in improved HFC134a systems
Progress of the I MAC program - Improved Mobile Air Conditioning Cooperative Research Program -, aiming at decreasing dramatically the environmental impact of HFC 134a in MAC... -
Innovative HFC chiller technology in Tokyo American Embassy
The first air cooled HFC chillers equipped with magnetic levitation bearings, Mag-Lev, were recently installed at the American Embassy in Tokyo, Japan... -
UNEP Agency confirms HFCs role in climate protection
HFCs are confirmed in an UNEP Fact sheet to have allowed Fluorocarbons contribution to global warming to decline from 33 percent to 10 percent compared to CO2 emissions, from 1990 to 2000. -
Recycling of waste refrigeration equipment containing hydrocarbons
Processing of all discarded appliances in a modern recycling plant, irrespective of the contained fluids, scores better on all key environmental indicators than any other treatment mode currently being practiced... -
HFC refrigeration for liquid thermal shock chambers
HFC refrigeration is introduced in a new range of liquid to liquid thermal shock chambers... -
SF6 usage for a more efficient use of wind power production
The EU Commission is subsidising a study of using SF6-insulated high-voltage transmission lines to create a reliable link from offshore wind parks to the European grid.