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To support and provide the reduction of the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump equipment, the European Commission had issued the standardization request to have a European standardization deliverable on the use of flammable refrigerants. These new standardization deliverables specifically classified as A3 in refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump equipment are planned to be issued by November 2020 or February 2021.

Over 50 papers have been submitted for the next CO₂ and Ammonia Refrigeration Technologies conference taking place in Ohrid, Macedonia, in April.

AIRAH strongly recommends that all refrigeration technicians be trained in the handling of flammable refrigerants.

GEA has introduced a new six-cylinder version of its HG66e semi-hermetic refrigeration and air conditioning compressor.

The Republic of Albania has become the first ECA country to ratify the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol.

The Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan is the latest country to ratify the Kigali Amendment to phase down HFCs.

Bacharach’s new MGS-400 gas detectors monitors for leaks of numerous refrigerants including HFCs, HFOs, HCFCs, CO₂, and NH₃.

Carrier’s AquaForce Vision 30KAV chillers have been chosen to provide air conditioning for the new International Convention Centre Wales (ICC Wales).

Trane is launching three new chillers and heat pumps using the HFO refrigerant R1234ze for small commercial buildings, industrial facilities and industrial processes.

Ratification of the Kigali Amendment by Poland brings the total number of countries to sign the global treaty to phase down HFCs to 66.

A new design of compressor using refrigerant R1234ze could provide a long-term, low GWP solution for packaged air conditioning and VRF.

Johnson Controls has extended the capacity range of its York YZ R1233zd(E) centrifugal chiller to 1,350 tons (4747kW) of refrigeration.

Two Bitzer ammonia compressor packs (ACP) with a combined cooling capacity of 1.4MW are supplying the refrigeration for a new pizza production plant in the North of England.

The state of California has today enacted unilateral prohibitions on high‑global warming potential hydrofluorocarbons.

The Kigali Amendment enters into force today with ratification still awaited from over two-thirds of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol.

The Kigali Amendment to phase-down HFC refrigerants has been boosted by ratification by Japan – one of the world’s largest consumers of fluorocarbons.

BESA Training and Logic Certification are now offering offering training and qualifications in the handling of flammable refrigerants.

Mitsubishi Electric has unveiled a new entry-level line of wall-mounted air conditioners using the lower GWP refrigerant R32.

The company developing innovative spool compressors have produced two new models using the low GWP HFO refrigerant R1234ze.

Carrier has adopted the Chemours refrigerant R454B as its primary lower GWP replacement for R410A in ducted residential and light commercial air conditioners sold in North America.