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Cubic A3 R-290 Refrigerant Gas Leak Sensor Successfully Passed Intertek Testing In Accordance With IEC-60335-2-40 and UL 60335-2-40
Recently, Cubic self-developed A3 R-290 refrigerant gas leak sensor, AM4205 series, successfully completed testing by the third-party authoritative testing organization, Intertek, certifying that AM4205 series meets the requirements of IEC-60335-2-40 and UL 60335-2-40 standards. In response to the current trends in the application of new flammable refrigerants and the flammable and explosive ...
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SoCalGas Partners on Project to Decarbonize C&I Uses with Hydrogen and Hydrogen Blending
Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) is collaborating with GTI Energy to study the use of hydrogen and hydrogen blending in hard-to-decarbonize commercial and industrial processes, continuing its efforts to help the company and California achieve net-zero aspirations. The aim of the project is to study the use of hydrogen in heavy equipment, blended with natural gas up to 100 percent hydrogen, ...
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Trakref Joins UNPRI to Support Responsible Investing
Trakref is happy to announce that we have become signatories for the UNPRl. The PRI is the world's leading proponent of responsible investment working to understand the investment implications of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors. The UNPRI is an independent organization that encourages investors to use responsible investment to enhance returns and better manage risks, but does ...
By Trakref Inc.
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Blue Frontier's Game-Changing, Energy-Storing Air Conditioning Receives $20M in Series A Funding
Blue Frontier, Inc., an innovator in ultra-efficient sustainable air conditioning technology, announced this week that it has raised a $20M Series A equity investment led by Bill Gates-founded Breakthrough Energy Ventures, 2150 Urban Tech Sustainability Fund and VoLo Earth Ventures. Blue Frontier's commercialization partner, Modern Niagara, also participated in the funding round. The Series A ...
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Circular Economy - Circular foam
High-quality rigid foams are used as insulation material in refrigerators and in the construction industry. The use of this polyurethane (PU) insulating material has a positive impact on greenhouse gas emissions in the construction sector and in heating and cooling, but at the end of its life cycle it itself becomes a problematic material in terms of recovery or disposal. Recycling these ...
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Thermo Fisher Scientific and My Green Lab Collaborate to Expand Use of ACT Label in Driving Environmentally Sustainable Lab Practices
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE:TMO), the world leader in serving science, today announced an expansion of its collaboration with My Green Lab, a non-profit organization committed to improving the environmental sustainability of scientific research. The company has set a goal to obtain Accountability, Consistency and Transparency (ACT) labelling for its entire cold temperature storage ...
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Introduction to Washington State Refrigerant Regulations
Over the past couple of years, Washington State refrigerant regulations have evolved and become more robust through new rules and requirements. While the State of Washington is among numerous states that have recently adopted HFC initiatives, it also differentiates itself from the others in certain key areas, especially with the 2021 legislative changes, which include GWP limits and a proposed ...
By Trakref Inc.
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How will Federal EPA Policy Changes Impact Refrigerant Regulations in 2021?
Is your company’s practices in line with the federal EPA policy changes that are already underway and will impact refrigerant regulations in 2021? In the past month alone, numerous regulatory activities have showcased the shift that will occur with federal refrigerant policy. For instance, there have been several executive orders on the climate and environment; additionally, the EPA is ...
By Trakref Inc.
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UC Davis and LADWP Collaborate on Landmark Energy-Water Conservation Study
Conserving water goes beyond just saving water; it plays a vital role in conserving energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs). This is one of the main conclusions of a landmark study conducted by UC Davis in collaboration with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP). The study, published in the journal Environmental Research Letters, shows that customer-focused water ...
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2020 EPA Refrigerant Regulations
What do the new EPA refrigerant regulations for 2020 entail, and how does this impact proper refrigerant management practices for HFCs and HFOs? In this article, we provide an important update on what’s been going on with EPA refrigerant regulations in 2020, as ensuring that HVACR systems are compliant is of increasing importance. In fact, with COVID-19, there has been no lack of ...
By Trakref Inc.
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5 Hotel Chooses Enex For A Sustainable Air Conditioning System!
In luxury hotels, refrigeration becomes increasingly sustainable thanks to CO2: on Dolomites heart, air conditioning part was conceived to be sustainable by using a very modern 150 kW Chiller, operating on carbon dioxide. In fact, the use of CO2, combined with the production of energy with hydroelectric systems, ensures that the entire production cycle of chilled water (air conditioning ...
By Enex srl
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Use Weather to Reduce Freight Spend
Rising Transportation Costs Experts say shippers’ main focus these days is on managing global risks that include higher supply chain costs. These costs are adding up, hitting shippers hard and forcing them to look at advanced data analytics to help identify risks and opportunities for efficiencies. Costs are a constant challenge. The Wall Street Journal reported that U.S. companies ...
By Riskpulse
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New refrigerant sensor for R449A
Called Opteon™ XP40 by Chemours and sold in Europe directly or through the Arkema with the trademark “Forane® 449A (XP40)”, the R449A refrigerant is an environmentally sustainable, non-ozone depleting refrigerant offering a low global warming potential (GWP). R449A is a blend of HFO (1234yf) and HFC fluorinated gases (R32, R125 and R134A). The high-performance ...
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Simple solutions for flammable refrigerant gases
If you are a user or supplier of refrigeration equipment to the European market you will be very aware of the progressing legislation driving the transition to refrigerant gases with a lower Global Warming Potential (GWP). The European legislation in 2020 outlaws the use of refrigerants with a GWP above 2500 thus accelerating the progressive change from the use of high GWP refrigerant gases to ...
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Reclaiming US leadership in the HVAC/R Refrigerant Management Industry
HVAC/R & Refrigerant Management: What are the values and impact? Refrigerant management meant something different in 1994. There seemed to be three things driving awareness and excitement (yes there was excitement): A crisis to close the hole in the ozone layer. Everyone’s values were aligned and the goal of closing the hole were not in conflict with the commercial goals of US ...
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SMUD Reaches 1,000 All-Electric Homes Milestone
SMUD and nearly two dozen homebuilders have teamed up to build more than 1,000 all-electric homes over the next two years in several neighborhoods in the community-owned electric utility’s Sacramento County service territory. The homes are included in the SMUD Smart Home program and are part of a broader electrification effort by SMUD, the first of its kind in the USA. The innovative ...
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SMUD and D.R. Horton Agree to Build All-Electric Homes
SMUD and top national homebuilder D.R. Horton are teaming up to build 104 all-electric homes in two new neighborhoods. These "all-electric communities" - "Juniper," which is planned to include 66 homes, and "Independence," which is anticipated to include 38 homes, are both located in North Natomas and will be priced for first-time homebuyers. The homes are included in the SMUD Smart Home program ...
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Broadband infrared sources for tomorrow`s refrigerant leak detection
The field of refrigerants is wide because of the variety of applications and increasingly stringent environmental regulations. Despite the trend for transition towards refrigerants with low-Global Warming Potential (GWP) and low-Ozone Depleting Potential (ODP), gas leakages need to be detected. Axetris' EMIRS Infrared Sources provide reliable results. Following the ban of ...
By Axetris AG
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Government to promote green alternatives to inhaler F-gases
The UK Government will continue to work to reduce harmful F-gas emissions, which are commonly found in fridges and asthma inhalers. That’s according to its response to a report from the Environmental Audit Committee, which examined progress on reducing the use of F-gases, which have a global warming potential many times greater than carbon dioxide. The report found the UK could go ...
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EU fluorinated gases phase-down remains on track
European Union efforts to phase-down the production and import of fluorinated greenhouse-gases (F-gases) made good progress in 2016, according to the latest annual update published by the European Environment Agency (EEA) today. The EEA report ‘Fluorinated greenhouse gases 2017,’ tracks progress in the phase-down based on data reported by European companies on their activities ...
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