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Italy starts EU F-Gas Regulation implementation

On 16 March, the council of ministers of the Italian government on the initiative of the Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni and the Minister of Environment Gian Luca Galletti, approved a much-awaited preliminary measure to implement the EU F-Gas regulation in Italy (No. 517/2014).

Will new EU legislation boost NatRef adoption?

Introduced on 30 November 2016 by the European Commission, the ‘Clean Energy for All Europeans’ package is a set of legislative measures to support the clean energy transition in the European Union. Accelerate Europe explains in the latest issue how this will affect market for natural refrigerant based equipment.

California adopts U.S. SNAP regs on HFCs

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) last week adopted a regulation prohibiting the use high-GWP HFCs refrigerants, thereby maintaining in California the HFC prohibitions previously established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Colmac’s ADX system takes off

Colmac Coil Manufacturing, based in Colville, Wash., has installed, since 2014, 47 Advanced Direct Expansion (ADX) systems using a reduced ammonia charge around the world, with 36 more to come this year, said its marketing department manager, Patty Smith, at the IIAR 2018 Natural Refrigeration Conference & Expo on Monday.

UNDP backing green HVAC&R technologies

To help countries phase down HCFCs, UNDP (United Nations Development Programme), one of United Nations’ investment implementing agencies works towards facilitating technology changes in recipient companies. “For the moment, we engage with companies to commit to reducing the use of mostly HCFCs – and tomorrow HFCs,” says UNDP’s Etienne Gonin, programme analyst (Europe/CIS, Arab states and Africa), Montreal Protocol and Chemicals Unit.

R32 comes of age at MCE

With R410A facing severe price and supply pressures, the lower GWP air conditioning refrigerant R32 finally came of age at this week’s Mostra Convengno Expocomfort (MCE) with major introductions by leading manufacturers.