Industry

From 1 January 2023, the Australian Government will no longer charge fees to dispose of halon surrendered within Australia to the National Halon Bank.

Speaking at ARBS, Air Conditioning, Refrigeration & Building Services, the director of the ozone and climate protection section in the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Patrick McInerney, said the government is considering a range of options but wouldn’t commit to specific restrictions.

Signaling the growing market for ammonia-based refrigeration systems for industrial applications in Australia, U.S.-based Calibration Technologies Inc. (CTI) exhibited their ammonia gas sensors for the first time at ARBS 2018 this year.