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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.
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A Glimpse Into the Refrigerant Geek Community
More than software, Trakref is a logic-driven HVACR rules engine that guides you and your workforce and makes you a part of our Refrigerant Geek Community.
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Operationalize Your SF6 Compliance Needs
Achieving a 1% SF6 emissions rate will require that you and your team go beyond business as usual. It is important for environmental sustainability and corporate sustainability, but requires new ways of thinking.
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HVAC News Roundup – September 2020
A lot happened in this month, including New York finalizing its HFC phase out; the EPA announcing a settlement with Hawaii’s largest refrigerated food warehouse; and more. There is plenty to learn about environmental sustainability, corporate sustainability, compliance, and decreasing our industry’s environmental footprint. Many of these are important to ESG reporting and answering sustainability…
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Refrigerant Geek Academy Live Roundtable Discussions
Over the next several weeks, our refrigerant geeks will be hosting LIVE roundtable discussions over Zoom on some of the most important HVACR compliance and environmental sustainability topics, and you’re invited to join us.