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Section 179 Deduction Includes HVAC Equipment Purchases
Are you a property owner or tenant who is considering purchasing HVAC equipment to modernize your commercial building and work toward corporate sustainability? If so, you should be aware of the Section 179 deduction for HVAC equipment purchases and energy efficiency improvements for increasing environmental sustainability.
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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 to work toward environmental sustainability.
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California’s Hazardous Materials Business Plan
Are you aware of California’s Hazardous Materials Business Plan (HMBP) reporting requirements for certain refrigerants? It is an initiative for environmental sustainability and corporate sustainability to decrease companies’ environmental footprints.
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Asset-Centric Approach With Refrigerant Management
We are now entering the third refrigerant transition in the past thirty years. For those that have an asset-centric approach to refrigerant tracking and management, navigating this journey will prove to be easier, than the ones who don’t.
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Refrigerant Compliance in 2021: What to Have on Your Radar
Now that plans for an HFC phase down in the United States have solidified for environmental sustainability, one thing is clear for refrigerant compliance in 2021: Change. Very likely, refrigerant handling requirements for hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) will evolve in the near-term at multiple regulatory levels.
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How Will the Colorado HFC Regulation Impact Facility HVACR Decisions?
If you’re looking to make decisions about a store or restaurant’s refrigeration and/or air-conditioning equipment in the near-term in Colorado, then you should be aware of the new Colorado HFC regulation (5 CCR 1001-26), which contains phase out dates for environmental sustainability and decreasing our environmental footprint.
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Trakref Becomes ENERGY STAR Partner for Energy Management
We’re excited to announce that on November 3, 2020, Trakref was approved to be an ENERGY STAR partner for building energy benchmarking. This partnership will help us further promote energy efficiency and environmental sustainability to our clients and, in turn, the relationship between commercial building energy efficiency and refrigerant leaks.
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Is Your HVACR Maintenance Plan Ready for 2021?
Compliance planning enables you to properly manage HVACR assets and achieve operational success as well as environmental sustainability. Does your current HVACR maintenance plan reflect today’s most important refrigerant compliance requirements well enough? Is your HVACR maintenance plan ready for 2021? Let’s find out.
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Top 5 HVAC Maintenance Best Practices for Energy Savings
How closely are your facilities following HVACR best practices? Did you know HVAC is the largest energy end use in the non-residential sector and accounts for more than 40 percent of total energy use?
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HVAC News Roundup – October 2020
A lot happened in this month, including the EPA pre-publishing a new SNAP Notice and several states, including Washington, Massachusetts, Colorado, and Maryland, having updates in regards to their HFC refrigerant regulations for environmental sustainability.