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  • Steve Ehrlich’s 47 Year Journey Through HVAC and Refrigerants

    After returning from military service overseas during the Vietnam War, Steve Ehrlich had several choices to make. The year was 1974. Steve was smart, ambitious, and already an extremely experienced technician, having serviced flight instrumentation in various military aircraft. Of all his options before him, Steve certainly was not planning a career path in the…

  • Earth Day 2020 – The Refrigerant Management Conundrum

    Buckminster Fuller was an inventor best known for creating the Geodesic Dome, he was a futurist that created things to help mankind and protect the planet, he referred to earth as “Spaceship Earth”.

  • Keeping the HVAC/R Support Network Safe and Compliant During the COVID-19 Pandemic

    The HVAC/R frontline is a demanding place to be during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Regardless of where you are working, each day on the frontline you are in an environment where every interaction is a potential opportunity to catch or spread the virus. 

  • Compliance Alert: COVID-19 and Business Continuity at Trakref

    Everything in the world has changed in only a few short months. Only a few weeks ago we were all planning our spring maintenance and getting ready to finish up the filings for GreenChill and submitting reports to EPA for Chronically leaky systems.

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • Integrating Refrigerant Regulations into Your Business

    As a business or building owner, it’s your job to know what regulations to adhere to. Refrigerant regulations are constantly changing, and affect your ability to stay compliant. This is especially important as we see more regulations come into place around environmental sustainability and decreasing companies’ environmental footprints.

  • January News Roundup: Top HVAC and Refrigerant Management Compliance Updates

    These updates are important for staying on top of compliance, environmental sustainability, and corporate sustainability initiatives. Keeping on top of the latest in HVAC/R and refrigerant tracking is imperative to stay in compliance and decrease your environmental footprint, so read on!

  • CARB Requirements Gathering Input

    The California Air Resources Board (CARB) as part of the California Code of Regulations is working on creating new requirements intended to help the state achieve the emissions reduction goals for air pollution of SB1383. They are specifically aimed at reducing high global warming potential (GWP) HFCs in stationary refrigeration and air conditioning equipment for…

  • State of Climate Change Programs Across the US

    The USA is like a great big franchise. The states are the franchisees and the Federal Government is the franchisor. In return for their participation, the states (aka Franchisees) get to pick and choose from a menu of services. Some states take The Franchise exactly as it is, and some tweak things to accommodate their…