The legislation restricts the use, sale, installation or lease of any equipment or product that contains HFCs with a high global warming potential, with certain cut-off dates, says AHRI

Posted: January 16, 2019

Senior company official talks to B Surendar, Editor, Climate Control Middle East, of a new refrigerant that is an improvement on R410a

Posted: April 4, 2017

HCFCs are sometimes used as blowing agents, says Sarmad Fakhri, Managing Director of Kingspan Insulation

Posted: March 30, 2017

Incentive necessary to promote environmentally friendly option, says expert

Posted: March 22, 2017

Natural refrigerants, such as ammonia dimethyl ether (R-723), help to protect the environment and improve sustainability, says eurammon…

Posted: December 6, 2016

YORK YVWA water-cooled screw chiller and the YORK YMC² magnetic bearing water-cooled centrifugal chiller to use the alternative refrigerant– R-513A

Posted: October 27, 2016

Since the lowest GWP products tend to be flammable, typically falling within the ASHRAE 2L category, the industry is faced with the dilemma of using the lowest GWP fluid and the attendant degree of flammability, or accepting a higher GWP refrigerant but with non-flammability. Stuart Corr discusses the finer points of the issue.

Posted: October 5, 2016

Kingspan Kooltherm FM Pipe Insulation and Kingspan Kooltherm FM Duct Insulation certified by the Council.

Posted: September 5, 2016

Highlighting that thermal insulation and pre-insulated panels can negatively impact climate change if they are not manufactured in a responsible manner, as enshrined in international agreements, Sarmad Fakhri asserts that foam insulation products need to be not only CFC-free but also HCFC-free to ensure low global warming potential and zero ozone-depleting potential.

Posted: August 29, 2016

Answers to questions, such as what refrigerants will the phase-down apply to and whom will it affect, have been provided

Posted: August 23, 2016