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16.04.2019
Press release – EFCTC response to EIA report on the illegal import of HFCs into the European Union
The European FluoroCarbons Technical Committee welcomes the report by the Environmental Investigation Agency on the illegal import of HFCs into the European Union. This report complements the work tha...
09.04.2019
EPEE AGM discusses the potential of Heating & Cooling in the EU’s pathway to decarbonisation
Brussels, 3 April 2019:The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the European Partnership for Energy and the environment (EPEE) had again a very busy agenda....
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28.03.2019
2018 SCIENTIFIC ASSESSMENT OF OZONE DEPLETION UPDATE ON TFA
There is increased confidence that trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) produced from degradation of HFCs, HCFCs, and HFOs will not harm the environment over the next few decades. This assessment is based on th...
28.03.2019
European Fluorocarbon Producers Sponsor Illegal Trade Action Line
In response to rapid emergence of illegal traffic of Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs- or refrigerants) across the European Union, the European trade association of fluorocarbon producers has launched a progr...
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27.03.2019
HFO INSULATION SPRAY FOAM SELECTED AS BEST GREEN BUILDING PRODUCT
An HFO insulation spray foam has been selected as the best green building product at the 2019 International Builders’ Show in the USA. As well as a non-flammable blowing agent with GWP 1 and thermal...
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26.03.2019
HFC-32 HYBRID VRF HEAT PUMP AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM WINS SUSTAINABILITY AWARD
Introduced in 2018 (see EFCTC Newsletter No159 July-August 2018) the Hybrid VRF has been awarded the Low Carbon Initiative prize at the Edie Sustainability Awards. It combines variable refrigerant flo...
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25.03.2019
EUROPEAN COMPANY AWARDED MOST SERVICE FRIENDLY PRODUCT FOR HFO-1234YF MOBILE AC SERVICING SYSTEM
The use of 2 fluorocarbon refrigerants for vehicle mobile air-conditioning has the potential to lead to cross contamination of R-134a or R-1234yf. Almost 100% of new passenger cars sold in the EU use...
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24.03.2019
ILLEGAL TRADE ROUND-UP
EFCTC Sponsors Illegal Trade Action Line. In response to rapid emergence of illegal traffic of Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs- or refrigerants) across the European Union, and in order to assist the EU and M...
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23.03.2019
IN BRIEF EIGHTY YEARS OLD INSTRUMENT STILL MONITORING OZONE IN THE ANTARCTIC
Dr Gordon Dobson, a University of Oxford physicist, became interested in measuring ozone in the stratosphere in the 1920s. His first spectrograph used a photographic plate technique, which was inconve...
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22.03.2019
New on fluorocarbons.org April 2019
EFCTC Press Release:
European Fluorocarbon Producers Sponsor Illegal Trade Action Line
Log-book:
The new Log-book is now available in several EU languages:
English/DE/FR/ES/IT/PT/NL
NEW...
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25.02.2019
NEW MANAGER FOR EUROPEAN FLUOROCARBONS TECHNICAL COMMITTEE (EFCTC) AND EUROPEAN CHLORINATED SOLVENTS ASSOCIATION (ECSA) SECTOR GROUPS
This month Angelica Candido started at Euro Chlor as Cefic Sector Group Manager for the ECSA and EFCTC Sector Groups. Previously she worked as a toxicologist for Penman Consulting, where she managed...
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21.02.2019
EFCTC COMMENT ON THE F-GAS CHALLENGES TO ACHIEVE MARKET INTEGRITY
In our 2018 year-end review we noted three challenges for the HFC sector under the F-Gas Regulation - illegal imports, market bans for high GWP refrigerants and supporting recycling and destruction to...
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20.02.2019
R-410A REPLACEMENTS OPTIONS VARY BY APPLICATION FOR AIR-CONDITIONING
R-32, a mildly flammable (A2L) lower GWP refrigerant, is widely used in the EU and Asia as an alternative to R-410A for residential and commercial air-conditioning ranges. However, other lower GWP mil...
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19.02.2019
FREE COOLING REDUCES ENERGY CONSUMPTION FOR R-32 CHILLER
Free cooling can eliminate the requirement for mechanical cooling when ambient conditions allow. For some systems mechanical pumping of the refrigerant or fluid is still required to achieve the coolin...
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18.02.2019
HEAT PUMP TUMBLE DRYER USES LOWER GWP R-450A TO REPLACE R-134A
Non-flammable R-134a is widely used for heat pump tumble dryers providing reduced energy consumption of up to 50% compared to condenser dryers. A dryer manufacturer is replacing R-134a with non-flamma...
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17.02.2019
IN BRIEF DETECTION OF SHORT ATMOSPHERIC LIFETIME REFRIGERANT GASES
Now that HFOs are becoming more widely used in the EU, very low atmospheric concentrations (typically below 1 ppt parts per trillion) can be detected . Background concentrations at end of 2017 for 3 H...
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16.02.2019
NEW ON FLUOROCARBONS.ORG – MARCH 2019
REVISED AND UPDATED WEBPAGES: The Applications for HFCs and HFOs (including HCFOs) are being updated to take account of the increasing use of lower GWP fluorocarbon refrigerants. See : Application...
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31.01.2019
EFCTC COMMENT ON THE INCREASING USE OF HFOs AND HCFOs
The EEA Report on Fluorinated greenhouse gases in 2018 shows that the use of very low GWP HFOs and HCFOs has significantly increased over the 3 years to the end of 2017. These substances were develope...
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30.01.2019
AVERAGE GWP CONTINUES TO FALL AND EU HFC EMISSIONS DECREASE
The average GWP of HFCs/HFOs placed on the EU market has decreased by about 23% since the phase-out of HCFCs at the end 2009 and has fallen every year since then, with a steeper decline following the...
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29.01.2019
SCIENTIFIC ASSESSMENT OF OZONE DEPLETION: 2018 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ON HFCs
The Assessment documents the advances in scientific understanding regarding protection of the stratospheric ozone layer and climate from the production and consumption of ozone-depleting substances (O...
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28.01.2019
THE EMISSIONS GAP REPORT 2018 (UNEP)
Global greenhouse gas emissions show no signs of peaking. Global CO2 emissions from energy and industry increased in 2017, following a three-year period of stabilization. Total annual greenhouse gases...
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27.01.2019
IN BRIEF 2018 OZONE HOLE
The 2018 WMO/UNEP Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion, has confirmed that the ozone “hole” is beginning to close as a result of measures taken under the Montreal Protocol to phase-out ozone d...
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26.01.2019
NEW ON FLUOROCARBONS.ORG FEBRUARY 2019
F-Gas Reference Manual 2nd Edition: Newly revised and updated with comprehensive index, the second edition of the F-Gas Reference Manual can be obtained via this link. The manual is written to support...
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10.12.2018
BRIEF REVIEW OF POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS RELATING TO FLUOROCARBONS IN 2018
Everyone is busy at this time of year, so instead of a regular newsletter here is EFCTC’s selection of 7 positive developments relating to fluorocarbons during 2018:
The confirmation by the 2018...