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Steve Ehrlich’s 47 Year Journey Through HVAC and Refrigerants
After returning from military service overseas during the Vietnam War, Steve Ehrlich had several choices to make. The year was 1974. Steve was smart, ambitious, and already an extremely experienced technician, having serviced flight instrumentation in various military aircraft. Of all his options before him, Steve certainly was not planning a career path in the…
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Pollution Detectives Make the Invisible Visible
From that moment, Fran has been a pioneer through multiple environmental frontiers, beginning with exploring the benefits of renewable energy to public health and the economy.
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How Energy Management is Leading ESG Reporting Conversations
Before the 2010s, investors paid little attention to environmental social and governance (ESG) reporting and sustainability data. The story in the 2020s is very different. Today’s investors are hungry for data on your company’s environmental sustainability impact, labor policies, energy efficiency, board composition, and more. They want to know about your corporate sustainability initiatives and…
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4 Ways to Improve Your ESG Reports with Software
Every year, hundreds of millions of pounds of refrigerant gas go unreported. The consequences of such oversight are substantial. Not only do untracked gas leaks result in extreme damage to the atmosphere and the climate, but they also lead to billions of dollars in losses, damaging your bottom line.
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EPA Kicks off Phase 2 of Refrigerant Management Program, Approved Under the AIM Act
You’re here because your company owns or operates HVAC and Refrigerants equipment and you heard there are important new regulations for environmental sustainability that directly affect your operations. So, how do these new regs impact your budget and operations for next year and beyond? And how can you improve your HVAC/R compliance or sustainability posture?
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NEEP 2021 Summit Sessions
You may not have heard of NEEP – the Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships – but you should hear what their members are saying. Trakref is certainly listening to every word from the NEEP 2021 Summit Sessions about energy efficiency, refrigerant tracking, and refrigerant leak rates.
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Refrigerants, ESG Reporting, and Double Materiality
The concept of Double Materiality is a carbon accounting practice that is an extension of the concept of financial materiality. Financial materiality is about reporting information that is material to a company. Double Materiality corresponds with Financial materiality as it standardizes the carbon reporting practices related to reporting emissions and the impact climate has on…
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The Status of SNAP Rules 20 and 21
This Earth Day, as you’re examining your environmental footprint and risk assessment for global warming, prepare for the HFC refrigerant phasedown with Trakref by revisiting the status of SNAP Rules 20 and 21; these are two EPA rules that you should know about for environmental sustainability and ESG reporting, since they look to decrease our…
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CARB’s New R4 Program Puts Spotlight on Refrigerant Reclaim
These amendments set new emission reduction measures for companies’ environmental footprints including GWP limits for refrigeration and air-conditioning equipment as well as company-wide emissions reduction targets for retail food businesses.
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An Overview of the AIM Act
In December of 2020, the American Innovation and Manufacturing (AIM) Act of 2020 was enacted, which gives the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) new regulatory authorities to address HFC refrigerants for environmental sustainability.