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The US HVACR industry has called on the incoming Trump administration to ratify the Kigali amendment to the Montreal Protocol in order to protect US manufacturing and employment.

Italy’s Blupura was established in 2008, becoming a first-mover among water cooler manufacturers investing in hydrocarbon technology.

Hydrocarbons are ready to move into a host of applications, asserts a new paper from European natural refrigerant advocates Eurammon.

A company producing dried pasta has agreed to pay a $78,184 penalty for violations of laws related to its use of ammonia in its refrigeration system.

Commercial refrigeration is just one of many applications that are increasingly relying on CO₂ systems to meet their HFC phase-down commitments in 2017.

The must-attend conference of the year will take place on 20 February in Tokyo, right after the Supermarket Trade Show.

This safety alert concerns Class 2.1 Flammable refrigerant gases and provides guidance to occupiers of premises on how to control the risk of fire and explosion from refrigeration and air-conditioning systems containing flammable refrigerants.

Low-charge, self-contained ammonia systems and ammonia/CO₂ cascade systems look set to become the solutions of choice for distribution centres this year.

Australia’s Coopers Brewery has commissioned an ammonia refrigeration plant for its new malting facility in Regency Park, Adelaide.

Efforts by the Asian giant to reduce HCFC and HFC consumption will move the global HVAC&R market, according to the European Commission.

The Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol will help increase investment in natural refrigerant technologies, according to the French government.

Compressor manufacturer Bitzer has launched a horizontal oil separator designed to work with its ammonia screw compressors.

In the late 1980s, those of us of a certain age became familiar with an international agreement called the Montreal Protocol. The goal of this agreement was the phaseout of ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) refrigerants. Then, in 1999, Title VI of the U.S. Clean Air Act was modified to phase out high global-warming hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerants. Now, once again, the fix has been deemed inadequate, and we are being asked to jump into a new generation of refrigerants.

The amended refrigeration and air conditioning directive, which entered into force on 1 January, will subsidise the installation of natural refrigerant-based systems in Germany.

On 1 January 2017, the island country increased its synthetic greenhouse gas (SGG) levy rates for imported goods and vehicles by 295.5% compared to the previous year.

The 2016 editions of ASHRAE’s major refrigerants-related standards have been published as a package with 30 new refrigerants and refrigerant blends added.

The FSB-drafted guidelines emerge as the legal imperative increases for large companies to disclose the business impact of climate change.

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Industrial Refrigeration Systems Market by Equipment, Refrigerant Type, Application, & Geography – Global Forecast to 2022” report to their offering.

Chiller supplier Klima-Therm is reporting increased interest in low GWP technologies following international curbs on the proliferation of HFCs.

The Italian manufacturer’s new cooler is designed to improve the efficiency of CO₂ refrigeration systems.