The US NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) has released its 2015 update of the AGGI (Annual Greenhouse Gas Index), intended to follow the evolution of the radiative forcing (ability of all greenhouse gases to trap heat) of greenhouse gases. See footnote.
A R-410Aheat pump project has received an “International achievement award” for incorporating an air conditioning system for its offices and production units within a company’s internal heating network.
Three water/air reversible R-410A heat pumps, with a total cooling capacity of 631 kW, have been installed both for summer…
REFCOM, the British F-gas certification body, has published a technical bulletin “WORKING WITH LOWER FLAMMABILITY REFRIGERANTS”, as a number of HFC alternatives chemicals of blends are “mildly flammable” (see Note) of an A2L flammability level (so-called).
The bulletin documents the changes to working practices required when working with A2L…
New performance solvents based on HFO-1233zd(E) have been proposed for the European market. These technical solvents are used for cleaning electrical components or printed circuit boards, among others.
In order to comply with the F-Gas regulation, HFCs contained in aerosol solvents (spray formulations) cannot have a GWP higher than…
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