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COVID-19: Business Continuity at Trakref
Helping our customers, clients and their support staff to use technology to accomplish compliance and environmental sustainability success is our core purpose here at Trakref.
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5 Things HVAC/R Teams Need to Know
2019 was the year we all started to see HVAC/R regulations for environmental sustainability come into focus, with changes at the federal and state level impacting both maintenance requirements and record keeping. What did not change in 2019 was the employment situation, there are simply not enough new people coming into the HVAC/R trades to…
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Your New Mobile App Trakref®️ V3: Meet the Developer!
Did you hear about the new mobile app? Trakref® V3 is available now! It’s the latest evolution of our user-friendly refrigerant management tool, enabling technicians in the field to more easily and efficiently enter service records and coordinate with system owners for environmental sustainability.
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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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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…