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The Great Refrigerant Leak Conundrum: AI & IOT
We began to focus solely on refrigerant leak tracking in 2014. The Internet of Things (IoT) was an existing trend that was supposed to help track refrigerant leaks and wind down 50 years of uncontrolled leaks. There were 15 BILLION IoT devices in 2015 and today there’s nearly 27 billion devices. Leak rates still continue…
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What is Emissions Success if You Don’t Know What’s Expected of You?
Service providers, technicians, contractors, all of you are the front line soldiers on the emissions success issue. You are incredibly important and valued. Fixing the refrigerant leaks, spending late nights retrofitting equipment, reclaiming/destroying instead of venting no matter how small an amount. Thank you for everything you do. You matter and things can change. There…
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The Birth of the Tier 1 Asset
Just like how your shipping address can be different than your billing, there is a difference between your cooling/heating appliances and all the other assets around your buildings. There are a lot of reasons to separate things into segments with the most common reason being cost. This is a huge differentiator since HVAC/R is expensive,…
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Paper’s the Past: HVAC/R Industry Trends and How They Affect You!
The world of refrigerants is “cool” yet complex with an overwhelming amount of information out there to discomfort you more than an EPA regulator’s call. This can lead to a lot of uncertainty but worry not! The HVAC/R industry is forecasted to grow over 6% by 2023 with more attention being paid to regulation and…
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The 15 Billion Ton Problem: The U.S. Refrigerant Recycling Market Fails to Stop Refrigerant Leaks
The paper very thoroughly explains the industry challenges related to capturing the massive stockpiles of refrigerant installed in equipment all over the globe (and here at home as well). It also provides some global success stories and potential insight on how we might solve the problem that we all thought the Montreal Protocol was supposed…
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The Fine Line Between Reckless and Responsible
A lapsed car registration effects everyone no matter what you drive, whether it is a gas guzzler producing more smog than a Beijing city street or an emissions-free electric vehicle. You can’t go back to the gas station and blame them because you failed to take care of your car. It wasn’t the gas that…
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EPA SNAP Rule 20 Lawsuit HFC Phaseout Status
Let’s do a quick rundown on the United States EPA SNAP Rule 20 lawsuit, which basically threw a wrench into the EPA HFC phaseout. This will effect compliance in refrigerant tracking as well as environmental sustainability and corporate sustainability initiatives to decrease our environmental footprint.