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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!
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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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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…
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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…
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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).
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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.
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It’s Hard Out Here for a PMP (Preventative Maintenance Program)
Performance management (plan) isn’t some phrase reserved for late night TV ads but rather an important part of success to any business, especially in the HVAC/R industry since your job is tied to equipment performance. Compliance is a measurement of the success of your PMP.
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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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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…