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Category: Refrigerant Regulations

  • Calculating Refrigerant Leak Rates – And Why It Matters

    Ask yourself: What if you were required to calculate the leak rate of your HVAC/R appliance every time someone worked on it? Would you know what to do? Have you ever done it? With more than 600 Million LBS of refrigerant added to systems each year, and the average transfer of 30 LBS per transaction,…

  • Sustainability, ESG Reporting, & Your Refrigerant Impact

    At the recent COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, the news about our current global warming trajectory and greenhouse gas emissions was fairly dire. We’ve already warmed the planet +1.2°C over pre-industrial averages (as of the summit in 2021).

  • HVACR Management and Refrigerants Tracking

    done. Precision isn’t achievable without a compliance program that has a full understanding of the complex array of regulatory requirements and the technology that is needed.

  • How To End the Year Like a Refrigerant Regulations Pro

    You may realize that you have a lot to learn and that your company has a long way to go in terms of leak repair, and addressing ozone-depleting chemicals and Scope 1 emissions for environmental sustainability. We’ve been in the business of helping companies with these exact issues for 25 years here at Trakref, and…

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Guide to the New York HFC Phase Out

    Do you and your team know about the New York HFC Phase Out? After the partial vacatur of SNAP Rules 20 and 21 at the federal level, numerous states are deciding to implement their own HFC phase downs for environmental sustainability; New York is one such example.

  • California HFC Regulation May Include GWP Limits

    Are you aware of the new proposed CARB GWP limits for new stationary refrigeration and air-conditioning systems? The California refrigerant law 2020 could impact your facility. It will be important to know these refrigerant tracking regulations to keep your facilities up-to-date, and for ESG reporting and answering sustainability audit questions.