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10.11.2019
R-449A USED FOR FOOD PRODUCTION APPLICATIONS TO FUTURE-PROOF SYSTEMS
The imminent restrictions on use refrigerants with a GWP above 2500, and the requirement in some applications for non-flammable lower GWP refrigerants, has resulted in the selection for food process a...
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09.11.2019
ENERGY EFFICIENCY MUST IMPROVE IN PARALLEL WITH HFC PHASE-DOWN
The new UNEP report Lessons from a decade of emissions gap assessments states that despite a decade of increasing political and societal focus on climate change and the milestone Paris Agreement, glob...
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08.11.2019
IN BRIEF: CONTRIBUTION OF HFCS AND HFOS ATMOSPHERIC BREAKDOWN PRODUCTS TO ACIDIFICATION (“ACID RAIN”) IN THE EU AT PRESENT AND IN THE FUTURE
While hydrogen fluoride (HF) and hydrogen chloride (HCl) are not considered main air-pollutants in the EU, they have the potential to contribute to acidification. Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), hydrofluor...
Press Release
07.11.2019
EPEE Press Release – How cooling can deliver on carbon neutrality and help avoid a climate crisis – #CountOnCooling
Today, the European Partnership for Energy and the Environment (EPEE), the voice of the heating and cooling industry in Europe, publishes its white paper “Count on Cooling: A five-step approach to d...
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07.11.2019
New on fluorocarbons.org November 2019
EFCTC RESPONSE TO RECENT ARTICLES ABOUT HFO-1234yf:
In addition to the October Newsletter item (here) shorter position papers are available on our website here
- EFCTC Response to recent Article...
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03.11.2019
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18.10.2019
F-gas Roundtable: Commission stresses that tackling illegal trade is a major priority
EFCTC members participated in the F-gas Roundtable on 14 October in Brussels. Bente Tranholm-Schwarz, Deputy Head of Unit in DG Climate Action, concentrated her comments on illegal trade in HFCs stres...
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30.09.2019
EFCTC RESPONSE TO RECENT ARTICLES ABOUT HFO-1234yf
EFCTC has, through its newsletter and website(1), already commented in the past on all the points raised in recent articles “Refrigerant R1234yf again in criticism(2)” and an article about HFOs in...
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29.09.2019
ILLEGAL TRADE ROUND-UP OCTOBER 2019
In this round-up, a summary of EFCTC actions and initiatives, seizures of illegal HFCs and disposables and new UK guidance on refillable containers. EFCTC activities to combat illegal trade in HFCs ha...
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28.09.2019
HFO-1234yf HEAT PUMP FOR ELECTRIC CARS EXTENDS RANGE BY UP TO 20%
Almost 100% of new passenger cars sold in the EU use HFO-1234yf as refrigerant to provide air-conditioning. For electric vehicles, there is no combustion engine waste heat for heating which may be pro...
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27.09.2019
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27.09.2019
TRANSPORT REFRIGERATION RECENT DEVELOPMENTS TO REDUCE EMISSIONS AND ENERGY CONSUMPTION
Transport refrigeration in the EU has already implemented measures to reduce refrigerant emissions, through the use of R-513A and R-452A as lower GWP replacements for R-134a and R-404A. Companies are...
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26.09.2019
IN BRIEF 2019 OZONE HOLE
Chemical reactions in the stratosphere involving chlorine and bromine from ozone depleting substances cause ozone in the southern polar region to be destroyed. This depleted region is known as the “...
Press Release
16.09.2019
EFCTC stepping up actions against Illegal Trade in HFCs
Whilst many have taken their Summer vacations, the activities to combat illegal trade in HFCs have gained further momentum. Work has been consolidated on the valuable information received from over 15...
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04.09.2019
ILLEGAL TRADE ROUND-UP September 2019
The efforts by industry groups, compliance officials and NGOs are ensuring the scale and urgency of illegal trade in HFCs is now widely recognised and there is now a much better understanding of the m...
Press Release
02.09.2019
Study for EFCTC shows big holes in Member State implementation and enforcement of the F-gas Regulation
The European Fluorocarbons Technical Committee (EFCTC) carried out an analysis of the legal implementation and enforcement of the F-gas Regulation 517/2014 in 12 Member States. The study performed by...
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01.09.2019
R-410A STILL HAS AN IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY DURING HFC PHASE-DOWN
While R-32 is replacing R-410A in a range of air-conditioning and heat pump applications, R-410A still has an important role to play during the F-Gas phase-down of HFCs for some applications due to it...
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28.08.2019
RECLAIMED R-410A USED IN NEW AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEMS
Equipment manufacturer saves, in one year, 154 tonnes of R-410A by using recovered R-410A from operating installations, reclaiming it to the same quality as virgin R-410A and mixing it with virgin R-4...
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27.08.2019
IN BRIEF: DIRECT AND INDIRECT GWPS FOR VERY LOW GWP SUBSTANCES
In simple terms, direct GWPs are the warming effect of emitting 1 kg of a substance compared to 1 kg of CO2 over a specific time period usually 100 years. Substances with very short atmospheric lifeti...
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26.08.2019
NEW ON FLUOROCARBONS.ORG – USEFUL LINKS SEPTEMBER 2018
New resources and information about TFA: The new ‘LEARN ABOUT TFA For a wide range of information about Trifluoroacetic acid/acetate as a breakdown product of some HFCs and some HFOs’ is supplemen...
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13.08.2019
EFCTC raises awareness of EU Automobile Service companies on the use of illegally imported HFCs
In response to rapid emergence of illegal traffic of Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs- or refrigerants) across the EU, and in order to assist the EU and Member States, the European Fluorocarbons Technical Com...
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12.08.2019
Illegal Trade of refrigerants leaflet – New versions in Slovak, German and Dutch
As part of a broader communications campaign, four leading associations in the heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVACR) sector – EPEE, AREA, ASERCOM and EFCTC – have join...
Press Release
08.08.2019
EFCTC Recognises eBay and other E-Commerce platforms for the Removal of 100 Illegal Refrigerant Listings
As part of its campaign to stem the flow of illegal refrigerants in Europe, EFCTC recognises the
efforts by a number of e-commerce platforms including eBay, to identify and remove nearly 100
listing...
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06.08.2019
Regolamento FGAS, il Governo italiano approva decreto per nuove sanzioni
Dopo la procedura di infrazione avviata dalla Commissione Europea, il Governo italiano muove i primi passi per conformarsi al Regolamento (UE) n. 517/2014.
La scorsa settimana la Commissione aveva es...