President Donald Trump’s decision to pull the United States out of the Paris climate agreement made headlines, but the Montreal Protocol – and particularly its 2016 Kigali amendment –potentially affects the HVACR industry in a much larger way. Or not. Because at this point, no matter what the government does it’s unlikely to have much of an effect on the water-rushing-downhill force of the low-GWP movement.
The EPA estimates the annual emissions reductions from this rule will be approximately 7.3 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MMTCO2eq) and 114 ozone-depletion weighted metric tons (ODP tons).
The Sierra Club, a grassroots environmental organization, announced it would be joining nonprofit public interest law organization, Earthjustice; the Consumer Federation of America; the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC); and a coalition of state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit against the Trump administration over the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) delays in issuing new energy-efficiency standards for ceiling fans, freezers, boilers, and commercial and consumer goods.
Nu-Calgon's Cal-Blue Plus features a high-viscosity formula that provides long-lasting bubbles, enabling the product to remain in contact with the surface for an extended period of time – allowing the smallest of leaks to be detected.
This year’s Dealer Design Awards gold winning product in the Refrigeration and Ice Machine category is the Quantum Air™ Remote Air Cooled Condenser from Heat Transfer Products Group Inc.
Subcooling can be a somewhat difficult topic for new technicians starting out in the industry. In fact, few topics garner as many questions from green techs than subcooling does.
These are interesting times for manufacturers of freezers and coolers and the contractors who install and service these essential commercial refrigeration units.
The ice machine industry is always working hard, innovating, and dealing with regulations in order to meet the insatiable demand for the perfect ice cubes, crescents, and nuggets.
Most HVACR technicians will need to raise their levels of safety consciousness when servicing equipment using flammable hydrocarbon (HC) refrigerants, such as R-290 (propane) or R-600a (isobutane), and the first place many technicians are likely to encounter these HCs will be in smaller kitchen equipment, such as reach-in coolers.
The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Technology Institute (AHRTI) — the research arm of the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) — released the first research report as part of its ongoing testing of flammable refrigerants, many of which were identified as possible replacements to high-GWP (global warming-potential) hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) that will be phased down under the Montreal Protocol.