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  • Reclaiming US leadership in the HVAC/R Refrigerant Management Industry

    It was accepted that governance or control was going to be led by the US and no one doubted it. We had the tech, manpower and expertise needed to lead environmental sustainability initiatives and decreasing our environmental footprint. We also had big businesses working on their own corporate sustainability initiatives. Other countries didn’t line up…

  • Train the Trainer: Top 5 Ways to Make Compliance Training Successful

    Last week the international market made what I think is a smart move in refrigerant management by completing the first round of training sessions for the Refrigerant Driving License (RDL). It’s part of AHRI and UN Environment’s Global Refrigerant Management Training Program.

  • 8 Signs You’ve Outgrown Excel

    It’s time to evaluate your compliance management system for refrigerant tracking: do you have one? If you don’t, are you still using Microsoft Excel? Many do-it-yourselfers have built complex elaborate and amazing spreadsheets; we get to see them all the time. Their can-do spirit tells them: “I can just do all of this in Excel.”…

  • The Door is Wide Open & Your Profits are Stepping Out

    We regularly share information about how to better manage refrigerants and implement better refrigerant tracking. We talk about their impact, results from our work, and stories we hear from others. This week we’re reviewing a report by the EIA (Environmental Investigation Agency).

  • Making an Impact on Refrigerant Emissions: Recycle or Destroy?

    Refrigerants have been identified as the Big Bad when it comes to climate change and environmental sustainability, and therefore the management of those refrigerants has been widely recognized as the No 1 solution. We need to embrace better refrigerant management to decrease our environmental footprint. At trakref we know refrigeration management, so we also know…

  • 10 Invoicing Mistakes Keeping You From Getting Paid

    The invoice is considered a critical piece of communication between service companies, their clients, and their clients’ internal teams. Its purpose is to get you paid and to explain charges or costs to the client. It’s supposed to be simple.

  • 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…

  • Golden State Good: The Fine Line Between Being a Good & Bad Owner of HVAC/R In California

    Compliance is key to your success and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) is the key maker. Last week we posted about the DIY solution for all you go-getters and asset aficionados, but now we want to focus on those whom may not know they are affected by CARB.