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Tag: Refrigerant Management

  • Refrigerant Management: Making R-22 Last

    Trakref launches new end-to-end solution enabling supply chain and end users to track and manage refrigerants.

  • Blockchain: 10MM lbs of SF6 Leaked This Week – Climate Week

    And in other news, Climate Week, an annual event that has taken place every year since 2009, was again hosted in New York City and Trakref participated for the second year. The summit takes place alongside the UN General Assembly and brings together international leaders from business, government and civil society to showcase global climate…

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • 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.

  • HVAC/R 101: Where Does My Refrigerant Go?

    We enjoy exploring the complexities of HVAC, refrigerant management, refrigerant tracking, legislation, and climate action, but on occasion more basic questions cross our desk. So here is a bit of HVAC/R 101.

  • 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).