About EFCTC
Fluorocarbons are used as feedstocks, as refrigerants, as solvents and as blowing agents for insulation plastic foams. The Sector Group’s main objective is to monitor the constantly changing legislation related to HFCs (hydrofluorocarbons), PFCs (perfluorinated carbons) and SF6 (sulphur hexafluoride), CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons), HCFCs (hydrochlorofluorocarbons), in the EU and at global level.
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NEW HFC-BASED GROUND HEAT PUMP : LARGEST FOR THE BRITISH POULTRY SECTOR
A 1,300 kW HFC based Ground Source Heat Pump will provide heating and cooling for a British 50,000 birds poultry farm. -
HFO CHILLER AWARD RECOGNISES ENERGY SAVING AND LOW CLIMATE IMPACT
An HFO-1234ze high performance high capacity chiller has won the CIBSE Energy Saving of the Year 2015 Award, providing further recognition of the chiller significant energy saving and low climate impact. -
ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF HVAC EQUIPMENT SUFFERS DUE TO POOR INSTALLATION
A recent study from the US NIST "Sensitivity analysis of installation faults on heat pump performance”, quantifying efficiency losses due to common installation errors, has concluded that improper installation could increase household energy use for space heating and cooling by the order of 30 percent over what it should be.
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Stepping forward with the F Gas Regulation Review
New EFCTC Brochure
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European HFC Producers support action under the Montreal Protocol for a consumption cap and reduction of HFCs
The European Fluorocarbons Technical Committee (EFCTC) encourages Parties to the Montreal Protocol to move forward with a constructive dialogue to achieve an agreement for a global cap and reduction for HFC consumption on a GWP-weighted basis, building on the discussions in Paris in July 2014 at the 34th Open-ended Working Group of two proposals for an amendment to the Montreal Protocol to reduce the production and consumption. -
EPEE F-gas pledge to be catalyst for global action
25 September 2014 - Following the UN Climate Summit, the European Partnership for Energy and the Environment (EPEE) issued a pledge in which the European refrigeration, air-conditioning and heat pump industry commits to taking concrete, proactive action to facilitate the implementation of the EU F-gas Regulation. -
EFCTC Position on the Paris via Montreal Article in the Economist 20.09.2014
EFCTC welcomes the way the article "Paris via "Montreal in the edition of September 20th, 2014 brings the debate on the role of fluorocarbons in climate change to wider audience. EFCTC strongly supports the inclusion of HFCs and other F-gases in the Montreal Protocol as a means of limiting their climate impact but we feel that there are some issues that need to be clarified. -
Council of the European Union Position Paper
The Council adpted today a regulation on fluorinated greenhouse gases (F-Gases) PE-CONS 1/14, PE-CONS 1/14 COR 1, 7929/14 ADD1.
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The contribution of HFCs to European Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Each year, each member state of the European Union submits estimates of its greenhouse gas emissions to the United Nations as part of its commitment to the Rio Convention. The most recent data were submitted in 2014 and cover the years 1990 to 2012. These numbers are added together by the European Environment Agency (EEA) to provide totals for the whole of the EU. -
The Role of HFCs in Long Term Climate Change
There is ample evidence to show that HFCs have minimal (less than 1%) contribution to climate change at present. Furthermore, the records show that emissions of HFCs from developed countries have slowed in recent years. -
Trifluoroacetic acid - Latest update
HCFCs and HFCs break down readly in the lower atmosphere to form simple inorganic species already naturally present in the environment. However, in a few cases the break down is expected to stop at trifluoroacetic acid, a naturally occurring substance which is apparently resistant to further degradation. -
Natural_refrigerants ?
There is no real distinction between the processing required for any refrigerant, whether it occurs naturally in any useable form or is produced by chemical synthesis. They all require an industrial scale manufacturing process to meet quality specifications for refrigeration fluids. -
Future Radiative Forcing of Well Mixed Greenhouse Gases
The Fifth Assessment Report of Working Group I of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is now available on the internet at http://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar5/wg1/. As part of the study, the climate change impact from the anticipated release of greenhouse gases was evaluated. -
Global Temperature change Potential compared to Global Warming Potential
Global Warming Potential (GWP) has been used to quantify and communicate the relative and absolute contributions to climate change of emissions of different substances, and of emissions from regions/countries or sources/sectors. -
EFCTC Notes on European Parliament/Council Agreement on the revision of F-gas regulation
The final agreed text was approved on 17th December by the European Member States ambassadors. It will then be published and sent to the Parliament and Council for final approval. This will require a vote in the Parliament Environment Committee and then the Parliament plenary which will probably be in February or March 2014 and it will, afterwards, require approval by the European Council. Neither approvals are likely to be controversial – the vote in both is either “yes/no”; changes (other than legal corrections) cannot be proposed/made.
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Reglamento UE No 517/2014 sobre los gases fluorados - Implementación
Seminario CEOE
Madrid, 14 Enero 2015
Arno Kaschl
Comisión Europea - DG CLIMA
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Regulation EU No 517/2014 on Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases - Implementation and international context - C. Rhein Industry Table 3 December 2014
Industry Roundtable
Brussels, 3 December 2014
Cornelius Rhein
European Commission
DG Climate Action