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Category: Refrigerant Management

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • Operationalizing HVAC/R Compliance

    Your entire refrigerant emissions compliance program must remain an intentional and integral part of your consolidated operation. We call this process Operationalizing Compliance. It’s the process TrakRef created to ensure you stay fully compliant with the vast, complex array of regulatory requirements. But don’t worry. We explain everything right here.

  • Refrigerants Impact on ESG and Sustainability Reporting

    URGENT: The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) now closely monitors results and standardized disclosures more aggressively for public companies, largely because investors are asking them to provide better data and transparency.

  • Top 5 Future Work Trends for HVACR Service Providers

    With World Refrigeration Day a little over a week away (June 26th) and as official sponsors of the event, Trakref’s refrigerant geeks thought it would be important to look at the top five future work trends for HVACR service providers. 

  • 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 to help with environmental sustainability.

  • Introduction to New York Refrigerant Regulations

    Interested in learning about the State of New York’s refrigerant regulations? This article provides an overview of the state’s various refrigerant regulations. Because in addition to the federal EPA regulations (e.g., Section 608) that govern refrigeration and air-conditioning systems in this state, New York has its own set of additional requirements at multiple levels for…

  • 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…

  • 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. 

  • 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.